‘Top!’ retail chain
Ilze Priedīte, board member and marketing director of the ‘top!’ retail chain, acknowledged that there was initially a noticeable drop in alcohol sales, but that the situation has stabilised over time. Shoppers have adjusted their shopping times, purchasing drinks when permitted to do so.
The retailer’s observations show that sales volumes have fallen most sharply for alcoholic and beer-based cocktails, fortified wines and beer in PET bottles, whilst a...