After three Saturdays of protests, many downtown stores in Paris still had a dead day on Thursday.
Even in neighborhoods where the processions never pass, footfall is in free fall, even though the year-end is a crucial period for many.
Customers are not only avoiding Paris for fear of unrest, but also because it is difficult to get around on protest days.
In front of him, his huge porcelain store is completely empty; on the other side of the window, the sidewalk is hardly more lively.
Shopkeepers are suffering, including those who have not been vandalized or looted.