Published in Fashion on 20-05-2021
Pat Verbruggen - RetailDetail
Wouter Torfs, CEO of the eponymous shoe store chain, can see the first signs of improvement after a year of Covid misery. Nevertheless, the uncertainty remains widespread, as nobody knows what will happen when the government removes all financial support.
Great uncertainty
The Social and Economic Council of Flanders (SERV) has just finished a new report on the effects that the Covid pandemic could still have in the coming months when the economy is more or less back to normal. For this purpose, the SERV consulted ten business leaders, including Torfs. The most important conclusion of the report is the great uncertainty that exists among the interviewed managers.