Due to high inflation, prices in many stores are rising sharply. And that has consequences for, among other things, furniture stores, garden centers and kitchen stores, where visitor numbers have plummeted in recent weeks.
This is evident from a tour of The Telegraph† “We notice that people think longer about large purchases,” says Peter Paul Kleinbussink, director of Intratuin Nederland. “They’re going to look elsewhere, they count their buttons. Last year, during corona, people decided more easily that they were going to buy that one set for the garden. It is tougher for our sellers now.”
“At this time of year, just before the summer, it is normal for sales in our sector to decline a bit,” adds Kees Hoogendijk, director of Koninklijke CBM, the trade association for interior construction and furniture industry. “But now there is really a significant decrease.” According to him, especially kitchen suppliers and bed and home stores are seeing their turnover decline.
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