“The Sunday trade ban in the current economic situation inhibits the possibility of catching up both after the lockdown and the worsening epidemic. Today, any initiative that stimulates trade is of great importance, as it can contribute to improving the situation in the economy – and most importantly – on market workthreatened by growth unemployment“- we read in the position of the Polish Council of Shopping Centers. PRCH calculates that about 400 thousand people work in shopping centers, and employers, if they” do not make up for the losses caused by the lockdown “, may reduce employment. Shop owners, as we read in the statement,” will start verify your development strategies and analyze the profitability of individual points in detail, which may result in the disappearance of thousands of jobs (…) “.
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Shopping centers want to resume trading on Sunday
“Shopping centers also stimulate the economy by outsourcing a significant part of the operation of facilities to subcontractors, on which approximately PLN 3.4 billion is spent annually. Each of the galleries cooperates with a dozen or so external companies that deal, among others, with maintaining cleanliness, maintaining green areas, protection or marketing services “- writes the Council. And further: “The necessity to look for savings on the part of gallery owners and managers, and thus reducing the scope of cooperation with subcontractors, may mean that jobs in these companies may be at risk”.
“Customer traffic distribution”
The association goes on to say that the commercial facilities “have not rebuilt footfall to pre-pandemic levels.” “The highest traffic is noticeable on Saturdays, in September this year it exceeded the average footfall rate recorded for the average of the remaining trading days of the week by 44%, which means that customers choose the weekend as the most convenient time for shopping” – claims PRCH. The Council also argues that “the opening of shopping centers on Sundays would make it possible to reduce Saturday queues and to divide the traffic of customers visiting the shopping centers from the previous 6 to 7 days, improving the safety and comfort of shopping in conditions of social distancing”.
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