[HIGHLIGHTS] 111,000 retail outlets lost in Italy since 2012 - Business

111,000 retail outlets lost in Italy since 2012 - Business.co.uk. Between 2012 and 2023, more than one in five shops in Italy closed and were not replaced.

24,000 itinerant trade activities also ceased, according to the study 'Business Demography in ItalianCities' The study reports an "increasingly worrying" commercial desertification of Italian cities, with the reduction inactivities being more accentuated in historical centers than in the suburbs. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Copyright ANSA.