At the end of March, Moscow and St. The number of visitors to shopping centers in St. Petersburg increased by 4-6% after a long period of decline. In this respect writer Kommersant cites data from Focus Technologies.
“After a long decline, a positive trend has emerged: at the end of March last year, some of the stores of international brands had already closed, the emotional excitement of consumers had cooled, and the traffic in shopping centers began to decrease,” recalls Mikhail. Vasiliev, head of research and consulting at Focus Technologies.
Market experts agree that at the end of March this year, traffic in shopping centers was 17-20% higher than last year. Sales have also increased significantly. At the same time, the situation changed when the stores of the departing brands were opened only under different names. In addition, the opening of new stores of local brands intervened.
Analysts thought it would be a good result if traffic grew by 5-7% by the end of the year. However, the increase in participation has been highly constrained and constrained by economic factors.
On March 19, Kommersant, referring to market participants, WroteThat the situation in the commercial real estate market in Russia is gradually starting to improve. Fashion operators, catering businesses, specialized retailers began to open new outlets and stores more often.