Greece’s merchant associations this week were the latest professional group request a specific stimulus plan to fund “working capital” for the non-durable sector, similar to a similar credit scheme for the food & beverage sector and tourism-related businesses.
Representatives called for a 300-million-euro “injection” towards the retail sector.
The heads of several national and regional merchants’ association on Wednesday said retailers’ losses are 4.5 billion euros alone from the pandemic-related restrictions and lockdown.
Conditions put forth for such support, according to sector reps, would be if businesses operate on a seasonal basis, a verifiable drop in turnover, a ceiling on support per tax code number, and, exclusion of large retailers that remained open during the pandemic or had access to subsidized bank lending.
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