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Exactly one week has passed since the day that access to the retail chains, the largest stores, is only possible with passports of opportunity. And this week has been really painful for some retail chains.
Exactly a week ago at the entrances to more than 1,500 square meters. m of the stores lined up a larger or smaller number of people, some shoppers complained about not having a chance to get a passport or even showed uncensored QR codes.
Today, the picture in the larger stores is quite different. There is no congestion at the entrances. But these merchants are far from happy, because the flow has decreased not only at the entrances, but also in the stores themselves.
“It just came to our attention then. For the 30 percent that have touched 75 stores, that’s really a lot. More so because these are stores that reached the 200 thousand limit. Buyers per day, that’s 30 percent. there are actually many, ”says Rima Aukštuolytė, a representative of Maxima.
This means that Maxima’s department stores lose almost 60-70 thousand people every day. buyers. It is true that others have more space left in the store and people are happy with that. They say:
“It just came to my attention then. There are fewer people in those bigger stores, that’s an advantage for me.”
“Fewer people visit stores. Fewer queues.”
Weekly losses are also counted by the Rimi chain, which is accessible to almost 2/3 of the stores with just a passport of opportunity.
“And even given our truly impressive growth in e. trade, which more than doubled in the last week alone; however, we cannot say that the overall picture is gratifying. We are really concerned, ”says Gabrielė Šerėnienė, Rimi representative.
It is true that the Rimi network does not reveal how much traffic was lost during the week. But the merchants association sums it up: 10-30 percent. On average, all major retail chains lost traffic per week.
“In commerce, such a drop in traffic and, at the same time, in turnover is considered very large. Because commerce operates with very low margins. And every drop in revenue already means that companies will have nothing to cover those fixed costs. Then you have to take action, either to allow employees to do downtime or to reduce orders, “explains Rūta Vainienė, director of the Association of Business Companies.
“In large stores, where it is necessary to verify opportunity passports, 26 percent has fallen. And in small stores the rise of 12 percent. Average,” says Dainius Dundulis, the owner of Norfa.
Talk openly: If this situation persists, major networks are at risk of downtime or, in the worst case, redundancies: “The lost business volume in one week across all networks is actually tens of millions. This is 10% for wages, respectively. of turnover goes. After that, about 30 percent goes to taxes. “
The owner of the retail chain says that only those chains, mostly small stores, can enjoy this week.
It is true that the chains that run the smaller stores seem to rejoice in silence. Retail chain Iki admits that its stores located near major centers have attracted some customers, but does not reveal how much. Lidl doesn’t open either.
“That little percentage jump in one direction or the other doesn’t really show any significant trend,” says Valdas Stop, a spokesman for Lidl.
Buyers themselves speak more openly, they say, noting the congestion:
“Because the big centers, if they cannot enter, they all go to those centers.”
“People don’t want to get vaccinated. Because in a few years, the rumors are a sad prognosis.”
True, according to the merchants association, this week was stable enough for non-grocery stores. Especially during the weekend, a greater flow of buyers was felt in the main supermarkets, since the majority of the country’s population was vaccinated.
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