Cancel the permit regime in Moscow and the desire of consumers to realize pent-up demand started the restore Shopping Index (reflects number of visitors for 1 sq. m of retail space) to pre-crisis indicators: for a week the gap with the average of June last year fell by almost 10 percentage points. But the full restoration of traffic should not speak before the beginning of next year, warn market participants. Even harder will be commercial objects of St. Petersburg, where the release of the pre-crisis level it is unlikely in the next year.Shopping Index in the Moscow torgtsentrov began to gradually recover, according to the Watcom Group. The company, if the results of the opening of shops on 1 June figure was below the average of June last year by 43.7%, while the output difference is leveled to 36.1% on Saturday (June 6), and 39.7% on Sunday (June 7). After 9 June, the gap has narrowed to 34.9%. Watcom President Roman Skorohodov notes that the majority of visitors targetrow now focused on targeted purchases, realizing the pent-up demand.President of the Russian Union of shopping centres Bulat Shakirov said that if last week’s traffic targetrow remained at the level of 50-55% of the pre-crisis level, the output recovered to 60%. This momentum, the expert considers good. Managing partner of RedStone Indira shafikova notes that the positive effect cancellation in Moscow for admission. In some well-located facilities this week, according to her, attendance recovered to the baseline level. Mr. Shakirov believes that to restore the traffic at 80-85% of pre-crisis levels Moscow torgtsentrov will be able by the end of this year, a full recovery will be discussed only in the first quarter of next year.In St. Petersburg, where most non-food shops remained closed, a clear positive dynamics of the question. At the end of may 30 the fall of the figure was estimated at 71% compared to the same period last year, June 1, decreased to 55.7%, and now kept at 65-68%.The General Director of “Infoline-Analytics” Mikhail Burmistrov expects attendance targetrow in St. Petersburg will be restored for much longer than in Moscow: many objects in the city heavily dependent on tourist flow, which this year sharply reduced. “At the same time in St. Petersburg on the background of the crisis is much less than in Moscow, people with money in their pockets,” he adds. The expert does not expect that traffic facilities will be restored to pre-crisis levels within the next year.The it company “Motor” analyzed the attendance targetrow from 1 to 7 June in other regions, compared with the average pre-crisis weeks in January and March. For example, in Ufa per week on resume targetrow the number of visitors has doubled, traffic 1-7 June reached 56% of the average pre-crisis rate, while may 25-31, was at 26% from pre-crisis. Among the leaders in the reconstruction of attendance of shopping centers — Orenburg (68% of the average pre-crisis of the week) and Irkutsk (66%). In some regions in the torgtsentrov still only work grocery stores, hypermarkets, pet shops and pharmacies. Empty while shopping malls of Kazan (18% of visitors from pre-crisis average of weeks) and Krasnodar (20%).Alexandra Mertsalova, Khalil aminovit of war waged in recent weeks between working in Russia retailers and owners targetrow, hardly anyone will be the winner. After a pandemic experienced in almost all countries in the world for these subjects the real estate market, who considered each other to collapse the partners will probably be meaningless. In a new reality, where the fear of epidemic is unlikely to back down, the Russians may lose all interest in crowded malls with hours of shopping and entertainment at the food courts. Possible future targetrow — commercial kitchens, medical centers and a blind wall of the terminals. But the best option is parks cinemas and coworking instead of the fast food networks.Read more
