The strong exchange rate run in the country had an impact on merchants and their sales. The Shopping Center expressed its concern in this present with few sales and prices without references. “Inflation is weakening us, leaving pockets skinny,” he emphasized.
Jorge Baremberg, from the Santa Fe Pedestrian Shopping Center, explained the situation that the city’s businesses are going through. “Not only us, we are all losing profitability compared to the fixed cost of rents and salaries,” he remarked.
About the prices of the products, there are many shops that have items in dollars or do not receive stock or have reference prices until the economic situation in the country stabilizes.
For his part, the president of the Federation of Business Chambers of Commerce and other Activities of the Province of Santa Fe (Fececo), Leandro Aglieri, said that “the situation today is worrying, with a lot of uncertainty, a lot of concern, we are waiting for some horizon that clarifies us and gives us some certainty for the future. The truth is that in the monitoring, especially of consumption and sales, there is a decrease four, five months ago. We see that the fall in purchasing power is increasing “, he expressed about the scenario in which the sector is located.
“In the review that we are doing, beyond the specific situation of the rate increase that was already scheduled, we see that there are a lot of components that are totally abusive, distorting and that have a direct impact on the merchant. So, for this very reason we are adding other actors to this table that we have in Fececo, we are trying to get the people of the Santa Fe Industrial Union to join, we are talking with the Chamber of Supermarkets so that they can give their view and their contribution,” he added.
