Trade is in crisis. The available statistics confirm the reduction in retail outlets and street vendors. The numbers are provided by the analysis conducted this year by Confcommercio: just think that in the period between 2012 and last year there was a 27 percent drop in the number of commercial businesses operating in the area.
It is the Ugl union, led by Guglielmo Nucci, that intervenes on the topic by raising questions and posing the need for collective reflection. «The trade crisis in Cosenza», the union underlines, «cannot be addressed simply by asking citizens to buy in nearby shops or to “adopt” a way to make up for the administration’s serious shortcomings. It is also necessary to understand why some areas lose their attractiveness, which costs weigh most heavily on businesses and which interventions can bring people and economic activities back to the streets. The objectives should not be “limited” to reopening a few shops, but rebuilding a lived-in urban centre, accessible and capable of generating new and further economic opportunities”.
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