Why shopkeepers in downtown Nîmes say “Thank you Amazon! "

Nîmes (illustration) -

In Nîmes (Gard), an astonishing poster was posted on shop windows in the city center.

“Thank you Amazon!

», Can we read, in bold and in capitals, on this poster created by Coeur de Nîmes, the Nîmes trade and craft office.

One way to make fun of the crisis that the managers of shops considered as non-essential are going through, due to confinement, by taking inspiration from the latest Burger King campaign, which thanks McDonald's.

Oops!

The merchants of downtown # Nîmes say thank you to #Amazone!

Quirky communication ... # infoflash pic.twitter.com/hwasUfTkLJ

- Heart of Nîmes (@coeurdenimes) November 8, 2020

"We, traders in downtown Nîmes, would never have thought of writing that one day," it is written.

However, it is clear that with the success of Amazon, we have worked hard.

We have taken a leap forward a few years in just a few weeks!

We are more digitalized and more motivated than ever.

"

"Added value: people"

The trade and craft office thus evokes online shops, and the many click and collect devices that many traders have put in place, to continue their activity during confinement.

But local merchants have "an added value that Amazon can never fill: the human", we can read on the poster.

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• Languedoc-Roussillon

• Covid 19

• Trade

• Coronavirus

• Nimes

• Amazon

• Confinement

• Society