“We’d like to get a little bit of that Christmas feeling.” Packed with bags and walking with son Noah (3) Michaela winner on the first Saturday of shopping in Advent through the Leipziger City. “We have already taken a photo of our son under the Christmas tree in the market,” says the employee (36). And money for perfume and toy Spent money, adds her partner David Rinderknecht. “We also have to support the economy”, says the teacher (39). They need it.
“City relatively well filled”
Because even if the city “looked relatively well filled” on Saturday, I guess Thomas Oehme, Chairman of the City Leipzig Marketing Association, one, the customer frequency with 2019 is “actually not comparable”. Compared to the start of the Christmas business last year, there are “40 to 50 percent fewer customers”.
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Thomas Oehme is center manager of the Promenaden Hauptbahnhof and head of the City Leipzig Marketing Association: “40 to 50 percent fewer customers.”
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With regard to sales, however, the situation is “very different,” says the 43-year-old. “Everything that has to do with cooking, i.e. buying pots and pans, and tableware, is going sensationally well. People indulge themselves and cook at home. ”Also Consumer electronics be desired. “It’s okay with books,” is the conclusion of the association chairman. However, it is not in great demand clothing. Who is planning on Christmas or New Year’s parties?
Discount campaigns around Black Friday
Even on Saturday, for example, in front of the Zara fashion store at the market Form customer lines. Discount campaigns are still attracting people after Black Friday. Nevertheless: “Many small fashion boutiques have already lost sales of up to 80 percent. If the lockdown continues in the first quarter of 2021, death will set in, ”fears Oehme.
“This year, however, something is possible that has never been done before: The Leipziger City really belongs to the people of Leipzig ”, the 43-year-old, who is also the center manager of the Promenaden Hauptbahnhof, wants to spread optimism. Because the famous Leipziger Christmas Market, which otherwise attracts tourists in droves, had to be canceled due to the corona. And with it the shopping Sundays in the Advent 2020.
