The lanes are still bustling in Constance.
The border town remains popular with Swiss shoppers.
And the car parks are also full. But no longer every day.
Exports have seen a turnaround.
In the Constance area, the number of green export forms fell last year
by 4%.
We're noticing here that bargain-hunters from central Switzerland
are not coming to Constance as often.
One sign is that
the drugstores aren't as busy as they were.
A lot of people stocked up there.
So much so that limits on individual product groups
such as nappies had to be introduced.
In the Lörrach area too, the figures show that things are changing.
Minus 1.3% in export forms.
A ten-year comparison shows, however,
how much cross-border shopping there still is:
In 2008, 2.3 million export forms were stamped,
peaking at 6.4 million in 2006.
Then came a slight fall last year.
It's an issue. We'll keep an eye on it, no question.
But Pro Lörrach is not currently taking any action.
We also had the same exchange rate before 2015.
As long as it stays within this range,
I assume things will stay ok.
On the Swiss side, retailers are pleased that the Swiss franc is weaker.
There are no official figures on the effect as yet,
but Mathias Böhm from Pro Innerstadt Basel says
that the mood has improved in the retail sector, above all.
We can move ahead again. Also with regard to the figures.
This automatically brightens up the mood.
And the cross-border shopping experience is certainly becoming
a lot less attractive for customers.
So shopping tourism may have already peaked.
But it still remains high
and online trading is a much bigger challenge
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