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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO – People wearing protective masks stroll along Kurfurstendamm, Berlin’s shopping district, during the COVID-19 outbreak. This was December 5, 2020. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo

BERLIN, (Reuters) – A rise in coronavirus-related cases in Germany is causing a disappointment for Christmas shoppers in Europe’s largest economy.

The HDE retail association found that 20% of the 350 respondents were not satisfied so far with their Christmas sales. The strongest months for retailers are usually November and December.

HDE’s Managing Director Stefan Genth stated that “The retail sector was able to withstand increasingly challenging conditions such as higher inflation, rising infections numbers, and supply bottlenecks up until November.”

“Nevertheless, in the last week the retail market has been impacted by the drastic worsening the coronavirus epidemic,” he said.

Genth stated that shops had too many controls, including checking for vaccination certificates. Genth also said that customers were being put off by these restrictions. Air filters, masks, and other protective measures were all effective.

HDE earlier in the month stated that Christmas sales would rise by 2% compared with last year, to reach 111.7 billion euros.

According to the Robert Koch Institute of Infectious Diseases, Germany has 44,401 coronavirus cases, which was registered Sunday.

There have been two confirmed Omicron cases in Germany, and over 100,000 COVID-19-infected people since the outbreak of the German pandemic.

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