Sale period starts with hefty discounts

Traders went through a difficult period due to higher wages and energy costs. Although most shopkeepers we spoke to in Kortrijk are particularly enthusiastic. And the customers too. “We had a good tie sale. Just before the holidays. Yesterday was already a very good day. And today, hey, sales. It will all work out,” says shop manager Kaat Bruynooghe.

Bit suspicious

The discounts on this first shopping day are therefore immediately substantial: from minus fifty to minus seventy percent, you can already find them. the winter sales are also not very successful. Then starting again with high discounts is perhaps a must to lure people to the store. But it is not always the best option for the trader. He still has a stock, and he has to get lost.”

Although we hear from quite a few traders that the full stock is already in the store. “Everything we have is in the store. So that’s good, isn’t it,” says Kaat.