The first half of the summer has been disappointing, among other things, because of the measurement, requiring to come in and do his shopping alone, and not remaining more than half an hour in the store, believes Sunday Comeos, the federation of trade and services. Comeos's preference would be to abandon this measure re-introduced at the end of July to try to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
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According to a survey of Comeos with members in the apparel sector and " health & beauty ", retailers are seeing a sales decline of about 40% compared to the first half of summer sales in 2019. The number of customers has sharply declined, but for a basket per customer slightly more provided (+5 %) than last year on average.