The matter in summary: Summer trade accounts for 24 per cent of the annual turnover of the shops in Risør, according to NHO. Agder is the only county in Norway where the summer trade is more profitable than the Christmas trade. Risør has several unique niche shops, which attract customers all year round. The summer trade starts to increase around Easter, when people start using their cabins. Three major summer events contribute to an upswing in trade: Risør chamber music festival, Risør wooden boat festival and Villvin handicraft market. In Grimstad, the summer trade makes up a smaller part of the annual turnover, which is seen as positive because it means that there is more trade for the rest of the year. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAi. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. – The summer trade is extremely important for the city, says daily manager of Risør By AS, Mona Rhein. In Risør, the summer trade accounts for a whopping 24 per cent of the stores’ annual turnover. This is revealed in new figures from NHO, which also show that Agder is the only county in the country where the summer trade is more profitable than the Christmas trade. In the whole of Agder, summer trade accounts for 20 per cent of the stores’ annual turnover. The average for the whole country is 17.7 per cent. Other counties where the summer trade accounts for a large part of the year’s turnover are Vestfold and Telemark, Nordland and Innlandet. Almost only niche shops Rhein in Risør By says that the town stands out a little when it comes to shops. – Apart from grocery stores, there is only one chain store. Otherwise, we only have completely unique niche shops. There is, among other things, a gallery with handicrafts, a jewelery workshop and a shop with self-designed clothes. – And we have a pop-up shop where several people with self-produced goods have come together, adds Rhein. She points out that these are goods that are not only popular in the summer, and that people come from other places to shop throughout the year. Do you spend the most money on shopping in the summer or before Christmas? In the summer Christmas gifts are probably the most popular Don’t know Show result – Go as fast as you can The summer sale is more important for other stores. – In the summer, the grocery stores are busy, and for some of them it is probably absolutely decisive for them to survive the whole year, says Rhein. Trade starts to increase already around Easter, because that’s when people start using their cabins. Daily tenant in Risør By AS Mona Rhein. Photo: Erik Wiig Andersen / news And there is a real boom in trade during the three major summer events in the city: Risør chamber music festival, Risør wooden boat festival and Villvin handicraft market. – It is probably the Villvin craft market that generates the most trade. Then people come to town to shop, and their wallets are at the top of their bags, says Rhein. The event also provides large revenues for restaurants and accommodation facilities. The city also has many visiting boat and RV tourists who leave money behind. Risør wooden boat festival is one of three events that attract many people to Risør in the summer. Photo: Mathias Hamre / news The fact that the summer trade dwarfs the Christmas trade in Risør does not mean that the Christmas trade is bad, Rhein believes. – The Christmas trade also makes up a good part of the annual turnover, but then the weather and wind play a bigger role. When the weather is bad, there are probably many people who would rather be under the roof of a shopping center than in the city streets, says Rhein. Happy for year-round town In Grimstad, the word is a little different. It is one of five municipalities in Agder that is not above the national average when it comes to summer trade. Mellombel’s day-to-day manager of Grimstad Min By and owner of the clothing store Odden Klær Tonje Pettersen says that they work hard to make Grimstad a year-round town. She thinks it is positive that the summer trade does not make up such a large part of the annual turnover, because it means that you have more trade for the rest of the year. – The summer trade comes in handy, but we are not completely dependent on him, says Pettersen. She believes the reason is a growing business community and that Grimstad is a student town. Grimstad is one of five municipalities in Agder that is not above the national average when it comes to summer trade. Photo: Svein Sundsdal / news Unique for Agder – The fact that the summer trade is so important in Agder comes from the many cottagers and tourists who are drawn to the county, says regional director of NHO Agder Høye Gerhard Høyesen. He says the summer trade is most important for the coastal town of Risør and the inland municipality of Bygland. Summer trade in kroner and øre is greatest in the largest cities of Kristiansand and Arendal. Summer trade in Agder’s municipalities: The percentage shows how much summer trade accounted for the annual trade turnover in the various municipalities last year: Risør – 24.0 per cent Bygland – 22.9 per cent Tvedestrand – 22.4 per cent Gjerstad – 22.1 per cent Lillesand – 21 .3 per cent Lindesnes – 20.6 per cent Evje and Hornnes – 20.4 per cent Lyngdal – 20.1 per cent Valle – 19.8 per cent Vegårshei – 19.6 per cent Iveland – 19.5 per cent Flekkefjord – 19.4 per cent Farsund – 19 .1 percent Arendal – 19.0 percent Sirdal – 18.9 percent Hægebostad – 18.4 percent Åseral – 18.0 percent Kristiansand – 18.0 percent Kvinesdal – 17.7 percent Åmli – 17.6 percent Birkenes – 17.5 percent Froland – 17.4 percent Grimstad -17.0 percent Bykle – 16.8 percent Vennesla -16.1 percent National average – 17.7 percent NHO Service og Handel expects that Norwegians and tourists will leave NOK 92 billion in Norwegian shops in during the summer months of July and August. This will be an increase of 3 per cent from last year. According to NHO, the increase is due to more Norwegians taking a Norgesferie due to a weakened krone and reduced purchasing power. At the same time, the weak krone exchange rate makes Norway a more attractive country for foreign tourists. Industry director for Trade in NHO Service and Trade, Linda Vist, points out that the number of goods sold will be almost unchanged. Regional director for NHO Agder Høye Gerhard Høyesen. Photo: Svein Sundsdal/news Published 10.07.2024, at 16.34 Updated 10.07.2024, at 17.15
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