The high costs, the drastic drop in consumption and lack of profitability put in check the continuity of the kiosks in Mar del Plata that, before declaring bankruptcy, prefer to close their doors.
The item of the kiosks He had a strong economic shake and current Declare in bankruptcy They decide to end their operations. In that sense, the Mar del Plata Kiosk Chamber reported that only in the center of that city closed 30 stores.
In the Buenos Aires City The scenario is repeated and multiplied. There, for last year a total of 16000 kiosks closed their doors. “The people have no patience to bank the business,” says Germán Aranda, representative of the sector.
Kiosks in Mar del Plata: the difficulties that the sector is going through
According to data from the Mar del Plata Kiosk Chamber They are already 30 The kiosks of the city center that closed their doors. The high fixed costs and low profitable level became a lethal combination to try to keep business alive.
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The representative of the sector, Germán Aranda, said that people have no patience to “bank the business.” According to your explanation, most of the income in the kiosks comes from products such as cigarettes or virtual charges of Low gain for the sellerso the equation with daily costs becomes unfeasible. In that sense, Aranda reflected that, although the current government was able to normalize inflation, The consumption collapsed. “We sell products that are not necessary. The first thing that the consumer is to reduce the consumption of these products.”
In particular, Aranda explained that in Mar del Plata, the kiosks are going through an average of 50 “good” in the summer in season. But, when the season is “achica” as a result of the least number of tourists and the advance of classes, The kiosks cannot subsist.
In the metropolitan area, 16,000 kiosks were broken
In it AMBA You also feel the crisis that cross the kiosks. The UKRA reported that More than 16,000 kiosks closed their doors in the last year. The high rentals, the rise in services and other costs generate that many merchants have to close their doors.
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Ernesto Acuñavice president of the Union of Kiosqueros of the Argentine Republic (UKRA)he talked about the difficulty facing the sector: “The current moment of kiosks is difficult“, And explained that people buy less and look for cheaper brands to relieve pockets. In addition, he explained that as products are also available in other places such as pharmacies or supermarkets, that represents an even greater difficulty and endangers the continuity of the item.
Several workers in the sector are concerned about the level of crisis they are living and emphasize the possibility of disappearing the kiosks as we know them, what would put the economy of those who are dedicated to the field at risk and also the offer that the service reflects for consumers.
Source: Ambito
