<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Alliance Du Commerce on Marianne Caroline</title><link>https://mariannecaroline.com/tags/alliance-du-commerce/</link><description>Recent content in Alliance Du Commerce on Marianne Caroline</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 03:05:12 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://mariannecaroline.com/tags/alliance-du-commerce/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>French Retail Sales Slump as Protests Hit City Centres</title><link>https://mariannecaroline.com/articles/french-retail-sales-slump-as-protests-hit-city-centres/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 03:05:12 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://mariannecaroline.com/articles/french-retail-sales-slump-as-protests-hit-city-centres/</guid><description>&lt;h2 id="a-single-saturday-a-double-digit-hole-in-the-till"&gt;A Single Saturday, a Double-Digit Hole in the Till&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The figures landed on Monday and they make uncomfortable reading. Across France, fashion retailers saw revenue fall by an average of 14 per cent on Saturday, the day protests swept through the country. The damage was not spread evenly: the sharper losses clustered where crowds, marches and disruption were concentrated, and in the heart of towns and cities the picture was considerably worse.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>