Farewell to BIPA: A chapter ends in the Neunkirchner main square passage

Farewell to BIPA: A chapter ends in the Neunkirchner main square passage

The Neunkirchner city center is facing a significant change. The fate of these two popular shops has been determined with the confirmation from Rewe that the BIPA branch will close in the main place passage and the Billa branch in Raiffeisenstrasse at the end of November. The BIPA branch, which has been an integral part of the passage in 1990, will close its doors on November 23.

"Bipa has been with us for 35 years and is the last of the remaining original tenants. We are very sorry," said Wolfgang Kessler, who acts as a spokesman for the passage. This closure marks the end of an era because Bipa was the only branch that had been represented there since the beginning. A possible subsequent tenant has not yet been found, which, according to Kessler, is a major challenge due to the structural conditions, how little light and window.

reopening and adjustments

While the closure of Bipa triggers sadness, there is also positive news: the entrepreneur Fussl has announced that it has announced and expanded his business. This could ensure a certain stability in the passage that is affected by the emigration of business.

The eliminating market share of Billa and Bipa is not only a loss for the shop passage, but is also perceived in wider circles of the Neunkirchner shopping habits. The reasons for these closures seem to be closely connected to the reopening of a new shopping center on the B 17, which may attract many customers and thus put the previous locations under pressure.

It will be a change for many customers, since these businesses have literally become the neighborhood over decades and say goodbye. The developments around the closures show how dynamically the retail environment is, which is constantly changing and adapting. It remains to be seen which chains or shops will take their place and how the Neunkirchner will react to it.

For more information on these developments, a look at the current reporting on www.noen.at .