Retailers in the Southwest feel disadvantaged and hindered compared to large online retailers. “Many have the increased impression that stationary retailers, who are indispensable employers, trainers and taxpayers, have more bureaucratic and tax hurdles in their way than large online groups,” said the general manager of the Baden-Württemberg Trade Association, Sabine Hagmann.
Karlsruhe - As an example, she named the replacement for parking spaces. This tax would have to be paid by dealers, even if there was no space for parking spaces - while the delivery vans of the parcel carriers were everywhere in the cities. The trade tax that stationary retailers have to pay on the rent is also unfair. Overall, the pandemic and the associated closings have severely weakened retail and city centers, while online retail has been accelerated.
Hagmann called for a large investment program for the retail sector.
At the same time, the inner cities also required enormous investments.
The five million euros that the country is making available for this is far too little.
"In comparison: Hesse raised 40 million euros in the same time for the inner cities alone, NRW in the first step 70 million," she said.
"The 5 million here in the southwest, on the other hand, sound as if Baden-Württemberg doesn't really have the same problem - but that's not the case."
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All cities and municipalities can apply regardless of the number of inhabitants, for example to receive a grant for events.
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