Adrián Alín, who chairs the Business Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Tourism and City Services (Cecitys) claimed to be very concerned about the sector he represents.
As confirmed to Diario UNO, sales in downtown shops they are plummeting: at least they have fallen, on average, 30% from December until now.
According to what he stated, I haven’t seen a similar crisis in a long time. to this in terms of fall in consumption. Regarding the possibilities of improvements, Alín predicted that the prospects are not good, not even taking into account the proximity of the winter holidays, due to the significant recession in the tourism sector.
In red. Appliances were one of the items most affected by the drop in consumption in Mendoza and the rest of the country.
The appliance sector was one of those that felt the recession the most. The drop in sales exceeded, in some cases, 50%, according to the president of Cecitys
How the crisis impacts different areas
Although sales data in stores are averaged, The consumption crisis does not impact all areas in the same way. Yes, there are key dates in which it becomes more palpable for everyone, as happened in the Father’s Day, where a 10.5% drop in total sales was noted compared to last year and consumption not exceeding $30,000, But there are areas that have suffered more than others.
Between the most affected, Alín mentioned the furniture stores, whose sales have decreased between 50% and 60%, causing many houses that sell furniture to have had to look for other solutions, such as dedicating themselves to making repairs, for example.
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Also the appliance brands They are suffering the greatest blows of the crisis, having as a recent lifeline the return to interest-free installments with credit cards.
Another branch of commerce in which sales suffered the most is clothing. Alín explained that many businesses selling clothing or footwear are selling almost at cost in order to renew stock next season.
Impact of the decline in tourism on commerce
The decline in tourism numbers directly affects sales in businessesespecially in times of low season, when the little hope that merchants have of selling is subject to long weekends or some specific event that attracts more visitors to Mendoza.
However, this is not happening with the fluidity with which the tourism sector has been recovering since the end of the pandemic. Fewer and fewer tourists means fewer and fewer sales for merchants. and cause the strategies to move forward to become exhausted.
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This extra long weekend, which coincided with Father’s Day, the representative of the downtown businesses He stated that sales did not rebound and that the merchants decided to open their doors this Friday, June 21, because so many days without activity make the situation more worrying.
Consumption in gastronomy has also decreased. That traditional walk of going out to the center, having a coffee and making a purchase, is increasingly rare, as exemplified by the president of the Cecitys.
When asked about the loss of jobs, he assured that it is having exactly the same impact as other types of commercial activities, and that if this continues, the situation will worsen.
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