Not all shops in downtown Marseille are festive for Christmas
Last straight line for purchases of Christmas
, most often pointing downwards. Indeed these end-of-year celebrations are placed under the sign of sobriety because of inflation
. According to several studies, two out of three French people are destined to consume less, by spending on average 200 euros of gifts for children.
Ready-to-wear in the hard
In this context of economic crisis, shopping centres, supermarkets and the internet seem better equipped than convenience stores in the city centre. In Marseille, many independent brands are indeed seeing less attendance in November and early December. And if no sector seems spared, clothing, shoe and even leather goods stores prefer this drop in consumption at Christmas more than others.
France Bleu Provence verified the atmosphere in the shopping streets from Marseille.
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According to various studies carried out among the French, consumers will first savings on Christmas dinner, then the decorations, the leisure activities during these holidays. Finally, there will be fewer of them going on a trip.
A gloomy Christmas in town
On France Bleu Provence, Nicole Richard-Verspieren, from the CCI Marseille-Provence in charge of recognized businesses a Christmas without magic. “We feel that people are not carried away by the holidays. Usually there is an engine, a desire to make purchases, the madness of Christmas, there is a momentum”waited in vain this year.
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Increased footfall in shopping centers
If the customers are delivered to the city center of Marseille, business seems to be in good shape in the shopping centers of the region. Marie Canton, the director of the Terrasses du Port, in La Joliette, is planning a busy last week of Christmas shopping in the mall’s stores.
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