Marseille: the competition for the most beautiful window gives its verdict
- Les Accoules shuttles – Special Jury Prize ©acp
- The CCIAMP hosted the award ceremony for the most beautiful showcases ©acp
The winners of the competition for the most beautiful window display organized by the Association Commerces Positives (ACP) are: At the two counters » – rue Grignan (public prize); ” Les Accoules shuttles » -68, rue Caisserie, (special jury prize); ” lady flour »-77, avenue de la Corse, (creativity prize); while the prize for the spirit of Christmas goes to ” white lemon », tea room, 18, boulevard Bompard. The 4 winners received a Treiz’Local gift card offered by the CCIAMP.
- At the two counters – Audience award ©acp
The Commercespositifs association was created in 2014 by Marie-Pierre Cartier, president and Caroline Baron, vice-president, ” in order to revitalize the city center and to be a relay between traders and public authorities and the various collectives of the city or the Marseille Center Federation “says Marie-Pierre Cartier who adds:” We have more and more businesses enthusiastically participating in this contest which has reached more than 54,000 Instagram accounts this year [1] “.
- White lemon, the price of Christmas spirit ©acp
- Lady flour creativity award ©acp
A success to which she wishes to associate the students in BTS negotiation and digitalization of customer relations from the Charles Péguy and Saint-Exupéry high schools who offered 325 merchants to participate in the competition. Caroline Baroin adds that the objective is, during this mandate of the CCIAMP, to see the competition develop in other city centers of the metropolitan territory. In addition to the competition for the most beautiful showcase, the association has been organizing “La Semaine Mode et Design” for 7 years with a fashion show bringing together more than 40 shops and 900 people at the Palais de la Bourse of the CCIAMP.
“We cannot jeopardize the work and health of others”
Jean-Luc Chauvin, the president of the CCIAMP, to take advantage of this award ceremony to plead in favor of a reinforced presence of the National Police in the city center, to pay tribute to the traders: ” Congratulations for your efforts in the complicated context you have to face between social movements and Covid “. He specifies : ” For four years we have had demonstrations in the city center every Saturday and it doesn’t matter if there are 50 or 500 people, the city center empties. And, as if that were not enough, we now have the conflict of waste collection, despite the efforts of the City and the Metropolis. I appeal to everyone’s responsibility. We cannot jeopardize the work and health of others. There are certainly other ways to manifest “. He recalls that ” trade is essential in the network of our cities “.
Guillaume Sicard, president of the Marseille center federation, insists on the importance of shop windows: ” This is the first contact with our customers ” before formulating the wishes, for this year 2022, ” more solidarity and creativity “. He announces that this year, with Marseille center, will be cultural: “ We are working on two projects: a show with “Lieux Publics” at a dozen merchants and an artistic journey “.
Yves Moraine, representing the president of the metropolis, was in turn to pay tribute to the merchants of the city center: “ they are heroes » and to denounce, concerning the conflict of the dustbins: « the extremism of some “.
Michel CAIRE
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