French summer sales face low sales turnover after riots
STORY: French summer sales face low sales turnover after riots
DATELINE: July 13, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:13
LOCATION: LYON, France
CATEGORY: ECONOMY
SHOTLIST:
1. various of stores
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): MARLENE, Manager of a clothing store
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): JEROME, Store manager
4. various of stores
STORYLINE:
The summer sales, which kicked off on June 28 in France, faced low sales turnover as violence broke out all over France after police fatally shot a 17-year-old teenager in Nanterre on June 27.
More than 1,000 businesses were vandalized during the riot according to the French Ministry of Economy.
The Trade Alliance suggested that the sales turnover witnessed a 2-percentage-point drop in the Ile-de-France region in the first few days of the summer sales, which is a crucial period for French stores to sell off their items in a month.
In the cities most affected, the turnover of shopping centers decreased significantly: minus 36 percent in Strasbourg, minus 17 percent in Marseille, minus 35 pe
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