Italy's devastated retail landscape: Here's how one of the worst-hit sectors has been impacted by the pandemic and what it will look like.

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• Italy's retail industry is amongst the hardest-hit sectors by the coronavirus pandemic in Europe.
• As businesses reopened on May 18, luxury fashion and retail brands in Italy are coping with piled up inventories of outdated stock, uncertainty about tourism, and financial anguish.
• Experts gave us their insights on which Italian brands were the hardest-hit by the lockdown, how its retail industry has been impacted, and what its future prospects look like.
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After the country's traumatic 67-day coronavirus lockdown, Italy reopened its economy for business on May 18, and has given the green-light to international travel to and from the country starting on June 3.

While life is expected somewhat to normalize this summer in the tourist-reliant European country, its retail sector is confronting a huge question mark.

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