Trents Leather Goods co-owners Dana Gray (left) and Karen Gray bought a Dunedin luggage business a month before Covid-19 forced the closure of New Zealand's borders. Photo: Shawn McAvinueThe new owners of a Dunedin suitcase shop remain optimistic despite Covid-19 closing borders and suspending international travel. Since reopening, sales in the shop were “slow” in Alert Level 2 and “improving” in Level 1, Dana said. Suitcase sales in the shop traditionally spiked between March and September, Dana said. “We are missing those sales.”People had been buying suitcases since restrictions lifted, but it was mostly smaller models for domestic travel, Dana said.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 20, 2020 16:30 UTC