Disappearing In the Netherlands in the coming years, to 17 percent of physical area, so the figure for Booz & Company. The decline would be mainly due to the rise of online stores, that less physical space is required.
Consultancy Booz & Company has proposed an analysis for the decrease of the total oor area in the Netherlands for the next seven years. Possible disappears in a total of 17 percent of the total oor area, which represents about 2 million square meters. In particular, shops that sell clothes would be in the coming years to abandon the field, according to Booz & Company.
Over the years the percentage of goods that online ordering has increased significantly, making physical shops more and more under pressure. Also, the economic crisis would contribute to the disappearance of shops from the streets. Booz & Company believes that retailers this in the future for smaller businesses to choose where the focus should lie on ‘productbelevenis’.
According to the CBS was the turnover of retail trade in the month of February is almost 5 percent lower than the same period a year earlier. Stores knew, however, an increase in turnover record of about 1 percent. Of the physical stores saw a do-it-yourself stores and textielsupermarkten their sales strongest decline, according to the CBS.