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Milan luxury boutiques adopt shutter system amid security fears

Original: Paradoxical situation in Milan. We live in fear. In Galleria, Milan, the luxury stores didn't lower the shutter to close

Luxury stores in Milan's Galleria have reportedly stopped keeping their security shutters fully open or closed, instead raising them only to admit individual customers before lowering them again immediately. Observers describe the practice as a sign that shopkeepers fear lootings or thefts, calling it a paradox for one of Italy's most famous shopping arcades. Many online are discussing what it says about safety in Milan's city centre.

Why now: The unusual security practice is being read as evidence of growing fear of crime in central Milan

Galleria Vittorio Emanuele IIMilanItaly

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• Paradoxical situation in Milan. We live in fear. In Galleria, Milan, the luxury stores didn't lower the shutter to close. They lowered it because they're afraid of being looted. They work like this: you arrive, they lift it, you go in, you buy, and they close it again. Open, but · RadioGenoa · 4.2K

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