Crisis is closing '134 retail outlets' a day in Italy
Confesercenti describes situation as a 'massacre'
19 June, 13:42
(ANSA) - Rome, June 19 - Each day 134 shops, restaurants
and bars close in recession-hit Italy, retail association
Confesercenti said on Wednesday.
Confesercenti, which represents small and medium-sized
businesses in the retail and tourism sectors, said 224,000
enterprises had closed their shutters since the start of the
global economic crisis in 2008."It's a massacre," said Confesercenti President Marco Venturi.
"Every day five green grocers, four butchers, 42 clothes shops, 43 restaurants and 40 bars and catering business close down".
