Israel's stores reopen, but retail sector will take years to recover from closure

Rents have fallen sharply in many areas as merchants give up the ghost, with a quarter of the country's 40,000 downtown retailers having gone out of business https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/business/.premium-israel-s-stores-reopen-but-retail-sector-will-take-years-to-recover-from-closure-1.9298149 #coronavirus #israel_economy