The decrease in consumption and the consequent intensity of competition play a decisive role in the restructuring of the commercial map of the area…
The adventure of the Bros ΚαÏυπίδη in possession of over 130 supermarkets in the former chain “ΑÏβανιτίδης”, lodged a request for inclusion in article 99 of the Bankruptcy Code and then call it quits, and the padlock of the company trading electrical and electrical goods ΣαÏαφίδης caused a major sensation in Thessaloniki, due to its size and delivery.
The first is for years a key player in the market retail B. Greece and employs 1400 workers. In addition, it operates in a sector in marketing of basic necessities, and –theoretically at least – should have more endurance and more vents. The second is the oldest commercial enterprise in the electric for the city of Thessaloniki, since it was founded in 1969 in Ermou street.
The two cases confirm that the decrease in consumption and the consequent intensity of competition play a decisive role in the restructuring of the commercial map of the area. Something that applies to thousands of cases of small individual shops have closed in the last few years of the crisis. Only in the centre of Thessaloniki, one in four shops are closed, which translates into hundreds of padlocks only one on the block Angelaki, Thessalonike, Dodecanese, Kountouriotou Avenue, Nikis.
The great crisis in the retail sector of Thessaloniki and of the next Beta. Greece has created an even bigger problem in the real estate market. All these closed shops and what will be added in the near future, have owners, who on the one hand, they counted on income from the lease, while on the other hand, have to pay taxes for property that is closed and not working.
There is, in fact, a peculiarity. While the properties located in floors may be subject to change use more easily –the commercial spaces to be homes, and the houses professional or warehouses – shops can only remain in the majority of the points of retail. In the tradition of our country’s ground-floor dwellings are not there, especially while the large ground-floor property can be exploited for many uses: supermarket, large retail chains, banks. Three activities that change in nature and subside rapidly from a spatial point of view.
Anyway the market is a vibrant state in constant mutation. Only that the crisis is speeding up the developments, often in a violent manner. Especially in a city like Thessaloniki, where the trade and the services sector dominate, the vents are not many. In fact, a: the development through the increase of consumption and of the economic cycle. An increase because they can not come from the inhabitants of a city with unemployment much higher than the official national average of 24% – 25%, will only be achieved if you increase the number of foreign visitors, but if you improve the traffic from the hinterland of the Greek north.
Tourism shows signs of improvement in the last few years, with protagonists of their balkan neighbors, who over time choose the city and the market. The bet, however, on the domestic front is difficult and has collateral damage. The Thessaloniki formerly functioned very strongly as a commercial attraction for the rest of the βοÏειοελλαδίτες, something that has been dormant for the last 20 – 30 years. The re-strengthening of this trend need to, now, attempt, and if it happens it will “hurt” the rest of the local markets and will obviously cause reactions.
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That would solve two big problems in the market of Thessaloniki
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