​Anyone who thinks that downtown retailing is having a hard time during the Covid-19 era needs to visit any airport in the U.S. Retail and restaurant concessionaires there are on their knees thanks to forced closures and travel bans.

​USA. Airport retailers and restaurateurs in the US will lose a combined US$3.4 billion between now and the end of 2021 due to the impact of the COVID-19 crisis. That’s the latest estimate of the Airport Restaurant & Retail Association (ARRA) in a new paper that underlines the need for urgent relief from government and airport partners.
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​DENVER -- On a recent Monday, a simple sign greeted would-be customers at the shuttered Cantina restaurant in Denver Airport's eerily empty main terminal.