How large furniture stores sign their own death warrant: “Belgian retailers have completely missed the boat”

Furniture Verberckmoes in Riemst is yet another in the list of Limburg furniture stores that are permanently closing their doors. The war in Ukraine, rising energy prices and inflation are given as reasons, but according to retail expert Els Breugelmans (KU Leuven) it is not just external factors. “Furniture retail is a conservative sector that seems to have stood still for years.”

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