Long wait for shopping expected to drive sales


Merry making: Pavilion mall going all out to invite the Christmas cheer. — AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star

PETALING JAYA: The risk of the Covid-19 Omicron variant is unlikely to dampen year-end holiday season sales as pent-up demand will see brisk business, say retailers.

Malaysia Retailers Association vice-president Datuk Ameer Ali Mydin said current footfall had gone up to 80% of pre-pandemic levels and sales too had risen to 70%.

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