They went back to scrutinizing the contaminations curve anxiously. Christmas 2021 was presented until recently under good auspices for traders: no major strikes as in 2019, no or few demonstrations by "yellow vests", which had strongly penalized the 2018 vintage. No health restrictions in stores either, with the exception of wearing a mask, since the lifting of the health pass in the last shopping centers concerned last September. But traders are starting to fear that the Covid will ruin the party again. Last year, the outbreak of the epidemic forced the government to close so-called "non-essential" businesses in November, when their stocks, before Christmas, were at their highest. "
Today, our main concern is that the stores remain freely accessible
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explains Emmanuel Le Roch, the general delegate of Procos, which brings together 300 major brands.
We were traumatized by the November closure
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