One more step towards normality and a “push” in the economic recovery of the sector. It is what it would mean for the distribution and trade not essential that the Consell delay the closure of commercial establishments one hour, from 8:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. 21 h.
The Generalitat plans to review the restrictions in force in the Valencian Community on next monday april 12 and from the National Association of Large Distribution Companies (ANGED) they trust that they will be given more room to open after a year of pandemic that has been “quite long.”
In Today Alicante, the ANGED spokesperson in the Valencian Community, Joaquín Cerveró, has pointed out that epidemiological data and daylight saving time invite this.
Large surfaces will once again open this Sunday, April 11, included in the opening calendar of the large tourist influx areas such as Alicante. And they trust him to continue recovering part of the business after a Easter week that, “without being optimal, it has been significantly better than last year “, in full confinement.
This year, tourism has been supplied by residents of the Valencian Community and this “has somewhat alleviated” the balance of accounts, although the sector continues “far from 2019 sales and influx figures”.
However, Cerveró has explained that it is “difficult” to define whether it has been a good Easter for commerce, since “the elements of comparison with last year do not exist”.
Regarding the forecasts for the rest of the year, Cerveró is optimistic for the second semester. Think i could recover activity commercial in the whole of the country around a 4%, a figure lower than 6% managed by national and international authorities and that would only occur if vaccination progresses and there is a return of at least 50% of the tourism that there was in 2019.
But the reactivation of sales depends fundamentally on the recovery of socialization. The lack of this has had “a clear effect on sales,” he recalls, although it has also triggered the e-commerce, which already represents about 3% of the market share in Spain.
“This is the great commercial headline of the pandemic year,” says Cerveró, who estimates that they have joined 1.6 million new buyers in all the country.
At the top of the news you can hear the full interview in Today Alicante with Carlos Arcaya.
–
