‘Once the financial crisis broke out, the number of customers who used to shop at Corteo Fashion Mall has gone down dramatically. The sales have naturally dropped quite a bit as well. Those who could afford to buy some really expensive things before are having a hard time now,’ the mall’s Armani section VIP Manager Nina Borodulina said to an UrBC reporter.

‘It’s a bit difficult at the moment to say how much damage has been done to the deluxe clothes retailers. We haven’t got any reliable data yet, though it really is true that the sales have decreased a lot,’ she added.