Retailers Federation disagrees with the 'proposal for retailers to be closed on Sundays'

In the statement, it was stated that "a mandatory weekly closure practice would lead to serious losses in employment and cand will restrict economic activities is veryclear. In this context, the proposal to close on Sundays is not a commonview representing the entiresectorand is not aviewWewould like to state once again that this is in the exact opposite direction of ourviews," the statement said.

TheTurkish Council of Shopping Centersand Retailers issued a statementinwhich it said, "TodayIn variousmedia outlets, reports have appeared stating that an agreement has been reached for tradespeople and retailers to be closed onSundays.Followingthese reports, aneed has arisen to inform the public accurately. Regardingthe aforementioned reports, theneed to inform the public correctly has emerged. TAMPFAs TAMPF, which represents over90 percent of organized retailacross Turkeyin both food and non-food sectors, and which serves as the umbrellaorganization for the industry consisting of seven associations, we do not support the closingof chain markets onSundays.any decision regardingour or anyconsensus, we hereby inform the public that we have no such agreement. On the contrary, regarding our sector,all existingtechnical and economic data; one day of theweekthat a mandatory closure onSundayswould negatively affect consumer preferences,create negative pressure on price stability,and pose serious riskstothe formal economy.clearlydemonstratesthis.Furthermore,

the implementationin questionwould lead to disruptionsin the supply chain.Furthermore, especially in the food sector, itwould causedisruptions in continuity, an increase in spoilage, and deeper losses in productivity.

This situation would negatively impact the entire chainfrom production to logistthe entirevalue chain will be negatively affected. It is very clear that a mandatory weekly closure practice will lead to serious losses in employmentandwill shrink economic activities. It is veryevident. In this context, the proposal to close on Sundays is not a common decisionrepresenting the entire sector.that there is no suchagreement and thatthisiscompletely contrary to ourviews, we would like to state once again," the statement read.

News Source: İHA