Trade improves after the crisis
Facing the protests that took place in Chile, Santiago's trade was impacted in businesses reached. Thus, the commercialization of Footwear, Clothing and Accessories showed a 28% drop in the week of October 14, followed by -75% between 21 and 27 of that month.
The contractions were maintained in the following two weeks, with negative indexes of -19% and -26% respectively. However, the week of November 11 had a growth of 8%, according to the report carried out by FollowUP and the Santiago Chamber of Commerce (CCS).
Particularly, sales of the FOOTWEAR sector had a 34% drop between October 19 and November 17, contrasted with the same period of the year 2018.