Due to the increasing Corona-infection figures of the German retail sector has prompted consumers to put more discipline in adhering to the Corona rules the day. In a second Lockdown a lot of trading is not save company, warned on Friday, the President of the trade Association Germany (HDE), Josef Sanktjohanser.
"It fills me with great agitation, that it will take many, apparently, so exactly with the compliance with the rules and the number of Infected rises again," said Sanktjohanser. He appealed to the sense of responsibility to consumers: "don't Let the Reached, make a mess." Also, in the interest of the retail trade, it is important to avoid a second wave of the pandemic with available resources.
The Corona-crisis is going to bring the trading companies off of the food trade expected to be a loss of turnover of 40 billion euros. This could cost 50,000 merchant locations in Germany, the existence, said the Association's President. "When the first wave of the pandemic, such drama calls tables to follow in the trade, I would like to give me a second not to imagine. For many traders there are further restrictions, or even to a second Phase of the lock downs, no more Chance to avoid bankruptcy.“
Date Of Update: 31 July 2020, 05:20
