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Shopping centres near the border: success or flop?

The Stücki shopping centre in Basel is suffering from low footfall and, since the exchange rate floor to the euro was abandoned, the situation has become even more acute. The Rheincenter in Weil am Rhein in Germany presents a rather different picture: it’s full of cross-border shoppers. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)

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