According to the head of the drugstore chain dm, Christoph Werner, the image of shopping streets in Germany will change permanently.
Politicians have made it possible for many “groceries” to have moved to the suburbs and onto the green meadow, he told the “Badische Latest News”.
Corona crisis is a trend accelerator
Parking in the city centers is becoming more and more expensive, and now people wanted to keep shopping as short as possible because of the corona mask requirement. “There is no need to be surprised if customer flows go to the suburbs or migrate to the Internet,” he said. The corona crisis is definitely an accelerator for trends that have previously existed.
As far as dm is concerned, the number of customers in the markets in shopping centers, pedestrian zones or train stations has not yet recovered after the corona shutdown. “Purchasing, which thrives on inspiration, has been severely affected,” said Werner.
dpa-infocom, dpa: 200711-99-753980 / 2
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