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Kuleba’s wife closes an adult store due to new air-raid alert rules
Ukrainian PR specialist and co-owner of a network of adult stores, Svitlana Pavelyetska, said her business is facing financial difficulties. According to her, due to constant shelling, interruptions in work, and declining sales, some stores in shopping centers have effectively stopped generating revenue.
Pavelyetska shared this on her Instagram page.
According to the entrepreneur, the situation is further complicated by new rules regarding the so-called “yellow alert.” Establishments may continue to operate, but entrepreneurs are required to independently arrange shelters for employees and visitors.
“I’m not sure how exactly a store inside a shopping center should build its own shelter. Maybe between the cash register and the shelving,” Pavelyetska complained.
As a result, she and her partners decided to temporarily close one of the stores. At the same time, Pavelyetska said terminating the lease and simply closing a loss-making point in the mall proved difficult.
“You don’t always get to just close a loss-making store. To close one of our locations, we need to pay about two million hryvnias. Just for the right to stop operating,” the businesswoman stated.
She also explained that stores pay the mall rent and a percentage of turnover. Meanwhile, when sales drop to zero, entrepreneurs continue to pay rent, salaries, and maintain inventory.
“Stores pay the mall rent and a share of turnover. So we share the gains when things are good. And when sales are zero, goods are frozen, salaries and rent must be paid, and each point operates at a loss, so everyone is left to fend for themselves,” Pavelyetska explained.
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