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A shopkeeper after closing time watches a cash register dining like an important client while small bureaucratic figures eat the day’s receipts first. A shopkeeper after closing time watches a cash register dining like an important client while small bureaucratic figures eat the day’s receipts first.
  • Market Pulse

Dutch Shops Sell More as the Cash Question Gets Sharper

CBS recorded real growth in May, but for small retailers the harder job starts after closing time.
byPaolo Maria Pavan
July 2, 2026
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  • Market Pulse

Health Sells, but Dutch Trust Sets the Checkout Terms

Drugstore growth is real, but health retail still lives and dies on clean claims, consent, prices, and VAT discipline.
byPaolo Maria Pavan
June 27, 2026
A small clothing shop has parcels queuing for the changing room like customers. One parcel comes out wearing a jacket while the shopkeeper and real shoppers wait awkwardly. A small clothing shop has parcels queuing for the changing room like customers. One parcel comes out wearing a jacket while the shopkeeper and real shoppers wait awkwardly.
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Dutch Retail Is Selling More, but Margin Decides the Story

April sales rose in real volume, yet small retailers still need to read the till.
byPaolo Maria Pavan
June 1, 2026
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