OREANDA-NEWS  During the year (from the beginning of July 2025 to the end of June 2026), a total of 2.3 thousand retail outlets were closed in the capital's shopping centers. The mass trend is reported by the newspaper Kommersant with reference to the data of the company "Shop of Shops".

According to experts, a significant part of retail closures occurred in the fashion segment (about 50-60 percent), household appliances and electronics - 8.6 percent, household goods — 5.7 percent. According to the Russian Council of Shopping Centers, the trend is becoming more widespread in the current domestic market (rising costs, falling demand, expensive rentals).

At the same time, new discoveries cannot fully compensate for the negative dynamics both in terms of the number of points (only 80 percent) and in the context of occupied areas (75 percent), experts explain. Pavel Lyulin, co-chairman of the Association of Commercial Real Estate and Retail Experts, explained a similar situation in Moscow retail with the massive optimization of networks.

This trend is also being recorded against the background of the increasing propensity of Russians to save money. In the first half of the year, the Central Bank pointed out, citizens began to abandon expensive purchases more often and make more active choices in favor of inexpensive goods. The less mandatory the purchase, the more noticeable the savings, the regulator stated. Given the slowdown in real income growth, experts agree, the trend may continue for a long time. One of the main victims in this scenario will be shopping malls that no longer meet the needs of citizens, analysts concluded.