In that sense, Gispert pointed out that 2021 has very positive aspects since it was possible to recover the levels of prendemic activity.
However, he clarified that it also has negative aspects “since activity was more concentrated due to the closure of businesses that have not recovered and with a longer-term perspective, commerce continues to be in a critical situation since from 2014 to at present it lost 6% of participation in the PBG of Mendoza “.
According to Gispert, the main difficulties had to do with restrictions on mobility, the loss of purchasing power of huge sectors of the population, and the concentration of electronic commerce in large cities to the detriment of local businesses.
He warned that the most worrying thing from a strategic perspective is the concentration of commerce in large stores due to the phenomenon of online sales, since the scale of large stores located mainly in CABA makes it very difficult to compete with local businesses and mainly SMEs.
Regarding how he believes that the Government should solve these problems, Gispert expressed: “It should promote the concept of Open Sky Shopping Centers in coordinated work with the chambers of commerce of each district to promote shopping tours through different actions such as an experience that surpasses the consumption itself “.
For the manager, “he must also articulate actions in order to help electronic commerce to also be used by local businesses to be able to sell to other markets as well as to Mendoza.”
The executive director of the FEM explained: “We promote joint work for the development of local electronic commerce, in accompanying merchants to facilitate access to different lines of credit for investment, such as dialoguing with different banking entities (mainly Banco Nación ) to maintain discounts for local consumption. “
“The expectations, looking at the trends of the main variables, are generally positive,” said Gispert, adding that “we are facing the opportunity to continue growing to recover the historical levels of trade in Mendoza”, aiming to reach 25% of the PBG versus 19% current.
Source From: Ambito
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