Paris Beirut Luxury Stores Face The Dilemma Of Closing Down

These world famous brands have stores in Beirut, Paris. Recently, however, there seem to be not many people who want to buy them, or not many people can afford their high prices.

Although many people do not want to admit it, some famous boutiques opened in Beirut Souk will face a serious lack of passenger flow. Their employees are dressed neatly and meticulously waiting for customers to come to the door, but no one is in the dilemma.

Usually in the summer, some of the wealthy in the Gulf region will come to Beirut, Lebanon to escape the scorching heat of their hometown, to enjoy and participate in this lively, internationalized, Arabia language city's conspicuous consumption.

But this year is different. Saudi Arabia and other oil-rich Gulf states are persuading their citizens not to come. The reason is that the riots in neighbouring Syria have shaken Lebanon's security and stability.

"Business is bound to be affected," said Walid of Alexander McQueen. "But about 70% of our customers are Lebanese who live locally or live abroad, so we are not entirely dependent on the Gulf countries' passenger flow."

"In Lebanon, business is good and bad is normal," he continued. Because of the instability caused by the 1975-1990 civil war, national capital was hit hard, and the violent conflict has affected the political life of the country from now on.

But some luxury goods dealers are still free from losses in such a situation.

"This is a question of brand awareness," said LV, an impeccable fashion dress seller. When the elegant ladies in expensive clothes can not be satisfied with their handbags, the high price is destined. He smiled: "we are doing very well."

In Louboutin, a pair of Daffodile's heels of SWAROVSKI crystal are worth 6000 US dollars. However, one sale says that the turnover is not as good as expected, but only increased compared with the same period last year.

Nevertheless, some brands that are slightly inferior to these brands even cautiously put the "Sale" logo in their shop windows, which are designed as artworks.

Lamborghini's official website gives the key chain and some fashion accessories 40% (forty percent off), but Lamborghini cars, such as the Lamborghini LP700, which is often seen in the chic little streets and equipped with Dubai chassis, still asks for $400000 or more.

In the crazy city of Beirut, the roaring of ordinary pedestrians is often the Porsche SUV rather than the NISSAN economic car. So it is hard to say that the sales of top brands in Lebanon are affected by the political turmoil in the neighboring countries, and the only possible indication is that the super car running along Beirut streets has decreased slightly.

The government suggests: stay away from Beirut

Saudi Arabia joined the island of Bahrain this month. Sectarian tensions intensified as a result of the Syria rebel group. Earlier this year, Lebanon took many street riots. After that, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar advised their nationals to stay away from Beirut.

Rumour has it that some of the $two hundred million luxury yachts, decorated with modern Beirut ports, have left anchor and may not return to the registered ports of the Cayman Islands, but to other Mediterranean ports. Morocco is still considered the center of fashion.

A Saudi foreign ministry official believes that "the current situation in Lebanon is as unstable as in a competitive arena" while Saudi Arabia has the right to know.

Arabia countries in Sunni Muslim Bay, especially Saudi Arabia and Qatar, have openly supported Sunni led anti government riots in Syria, providing funds for rebels and appealed to the rebels to arm themselves.

"But they still come from the Gulf," a top class. clothing "Those who know Beirut and have houses there will continue to come," said the manager of the franchised store.

"The royal family will not come. If they come here, they won't be able to persuade their citizens not to come here, "he said." in addition, those who are accustomed to driving will not come back, because 21 people need three Suburban escorts, which can not be done under such circumstances. Vehicles from Arabia must be taken via Syria. {page_break}

　 Beirut: post-war reconstruction

Beirut people have different views on the post-war reconstruction of the city center. Post-war reconstruction is to erase the wounds left by the civil war and build a new (Muslims) open-air theater in the city center of Beirut.

Some people love the noble, quiet, airy marble layout of the tower, the bright shops on both sides of the glass lane and the pale gold stone walls of the surrounding streets. These places are molded into the new Osman style, where stopping one or two Bentley or Ferrari sports cars is not out of season.

The streets were spotlessly clean, especially those office buildings stationed in a series of banks. Uniformed City beauticians, mostly Africans, are using camel dust remover to keep traffic lights clean.

However, not everyone likes Beirut like this. Some people think that such a city centre is like an empty shell that has lost its soul by greed and profit-making. The commercial street of the old Raven people has been replaced by an overrun shop, full of noisy shouting from traders.

Other parts of Lebanon are not like the Beirut open-air theater. Each animal can earn $10500 income, which is 1/10 of the income in Qatar, the Emirates, and the country's long-term shortage of electricity and other infrastructure.

This month, Beirut witnessed the great consequences of its priority rights. After the only overseas cable in Lebanon was blocked, the Lebanese people spent the most difficult three days of network connection.

Ookla is a company that tests speed in all parts of the world. It often places Lebanon at the bottom of its global net index.

Lebanon also had to endure the daily blackouts. The memory of the Lebanese people has been suffering from the memory of today's college students. Every family has a generator, almost becoming the slogan of the country.

But the restaurants and food were great. It seemed that people with high incomes and well-dressed people danced in the bar until late at night.

Now we are leaving Beirut and saying goodbye to all of this. To Yves Saint Laurent, Jimmy Choo, Mont Blanc, Chloe, Hublot, Boucheron, Stella, Hublot...