Shops of over 20,000 square meters will have to close on Sunday, as announced by the Prime Minister on Friday.
The stores were therefore crowded on Saturday, some French people wishing to make their last purchases.
Europe 1 went to the Beaugrenelle shopping center in the 15th arrondissement of Paris.
After Jean Castex's announcements on Friday, shopping centers of more than 20,000 square meters will be forced to close to fight against the coronavirus epidemic.
At the Beaugrenelle shopping center, in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, customers were particularly numerous on Saturday.
"From tomorrow everything is closed, we do not know how long it will last so we rush a little before we can no longer buy anything," says Alexandre, at the microphone of Europe 1.
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At 6 p.m., the gates of the mall were about to close.
Like many others, Alexandre wanted to do some final shopping.
He says he stocked up on shirts because he expects stores won't be able to reopen until summer.
"We were not the only ones. We have the impression of being in the metro, it's impressive," he blurted out.
Traders must adapt
All day long, the flow of customers did not stop at the three floors of the mall.
Some brands have taken advantage of this to the end to achieve their last cash flow.
"It's overnight ... We were warned yesterday and today we are taken aback," laments Lila when closing her cosmetics store.
It must now tackle the management puzzle: "We must do all the schedules, position everyone on short-time work… We have to adapt, it's not as if we had a choice . "
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Professionals are almost disillusioned and frustrated to see the other shops in the neighborhood remain open.