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The Nice Etoile shopping center caught up by the closure

So, close or not close Nice Etoile?

Because since Monday, surfaces of 5,000 m² are also caught up by the obligation to close.

So decided the prefect of the Alpes-Maritimes. However, the director of the shopping center on avenue Jean-Médecin seems to be giving an opening speech.

“The center remains open, says Patrick Nolier. The pharmacy and food stores continue to operate normally. As for the other brands, they can practice “click and collect”, customers order on the internet and then come and collect their items. ”

Chronicle of an announced catastrophism

Is it playing on words? Is the “click and collect” really a compensation for the traditional opening?

At 5:40 p.m. this Monday, there was hardly any living soul in the shopping mall.

A jeweler was kind enough to speak to us. In his island planted on the ground floor, Stéphane Arbibe (Ydol jewelry store), keeps smiling, yet he is annoyed.

“Until now, all the shops were open, since the center was not affected by the rules of 20,000 m², subject, them, to closure for several days. However, since noon, a change of program: we close. Until when ? We do not really know. It is unclear. It’s true, we can stay connected to our customers thanks to “click and collect”, but the situation will be catastrophic for us, because we were in a good recovery dynamic and there, it will plunge again. However, we respect the rules. We could find solutions to continue to exist … “

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