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After corona lockdown: industry fears article junk - "80 to 90 percent cheaper"

2021-02-13T12:52:10.796Z


The goods are currently piling up in the closed shops - and should therefore go on sale drastically after the Corona easing. An industry is now sounding the alarm.


The goods are currently piling up in the closed shops - and should therefore go on sale drastically after the Corona easing.

An industry is now sounding the alarm.

  • Before the economic summit with Peter Altmaier (CDU), associations are calling for more corona bridging funds.

  • The fashion trade is now sounding the alarm - because of its seasonal goods.

  • The retail trade also complains about "massive unequal treatment" compared to the catering trade.

Düsseldorf - Corona also hits the fashion trade hard - and after the lockdown it will not get better immediately, according to the industry: "For many goods there will be 80 to 90 percent discounts so that the pent-up goods can still be sold," said Rolf Pangels, General Manager at the Federal Association of Textile Retailers (BTE), the

Rheinische Post

(edition of February 13, 2012).

The sale of the spring goods will probably be associated with high discounts.

“That burdens us all year,” said Pangels.

If the lockdown is extended further, even more deals are at the end.

Fashion shops in corona pandemic - experts expect "discount battles"

Industry experts had already pointed out that after the reopening of the shops, real "discount battles" could be expected.

According to earlier estimates by the BTE, half a billion unsold fashion items were piling up in stores by the end of January.

Most of these are winter goods, which are losing value day by day.

So now calls for more help.

In view of the continued Corona restrictions, the trade associations expect concrete opening plans and the enabling of cross-border deliveries of goods from the upcoming summit with Minister Peter Altmaier (CDU).

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Still in the shutdown: A fashion branch in Germany

© Jens Büttner / dpa

Criticism of Corona aid for retail: "Much too bureaucratic"

The trade umbrella association HDE called for the state bridging funds to be extended to other companies.

Above all, he called for greater support for the fashion trade, which is hit hardest.

The shopkeepers may already write off winter goods to reduce taxes, "but the design of this regulation is far too bureaucratic," said HDE managing director Stefan Genth according to

AFP

.

In addition, after the lockdown has been extended, this option must generally be extended to seasonal goods, because spring goods are long on their way.

Many company owners would have to fall back on their reserves for retirement.

Often there are no longer any further loans from banks, and in any case many retailers cannot afford to borrow more.

The HDE also complained that the retail sector was still being excluded from the December aid.

Genth told the

editorial network Germany (RND)

that this is a massive difference in treatment compared to the catering trade

.

Two thirds of downtown dealers would see themselves in danger of existence without additional government assistance.

(dpa / AFP / frs)

Source: merkur

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