The operation of commerce in Rio de Janeiro is restricted today (17) to some establishments. On Commerce Day, stores and kiosks in malls will be closed, as will popular street commerce points. Food outlets will operate at different times depending on the establishment.
In the west, Américas Shopping, in Recreio, will have food and service operations operating normally from 10 am to 10 pm. The movie sessions will be according to the schedule. The same will apply to West Shopping, in Campo Grande. At the Village Mall, in Barra da Tijuca, although the hours of the restaurants and the clinic are the same, the drugstore will be open from 12 pm to 8 pm. At BarraShopping, food services start in the middle of the day and go until 11 pm. In both, leisure activities will also follow the schedule. At Park Jacarepaguá, the restaurants will be open from 12:00 to 24:00, but the entertainment areas and the gym will work according to schedule.
At the Fashion Mall, in São Conrado, south zone, the restaurants are normally open from 12:00 to 22:00. There, too, cinema and theater operate according to schedule. In the north zone, Shopping Jardim Guadalupe will have restaurants and other food outlets open one hour less and will close at 9 pm. The hours of leisure and cinema attractions will also depend on the schedule.
Supermarkets will be closed in the municipality of Rio, even those that operate in malls.
CDL
According to the Store Directors Club (CDL), only stores in airports, ports and railway, subway and bus stations can work on Merchant Day. The determination follows the 42nd clause of the Collective Bargaining Agreement 2022-2023, signed between SindilojasRio and the Trade Union of Employees. “The Day of the Merchant will be celebrated on Monday, October 17, the date on which commercial establishments will not be able to operate”.
The stores that are part of the exception had to issue a special Term of Adhesion to operate on this day, through the site www.sindilojas.rioin the Service Central Menu, and homologate it in the two unions.
“The work of the trader is prohibited on December 25th, January 1st and on Trader’s Day, that is, the third Monday of October, with the exception of those companies covered by Federal Decree 27.048/49, which may work with its employees, provided that the formalities contained in the Collective Agreement are observed”, establishes the 42nd clause.
The Rio Commerce Federation (Fecomércio) reported that compliance with the clause, on the third Monday of October, applies to the municipalities of Rio, Niterói, Duque de Caxias, São João do Meriti, Nova Iguaçu, Nilópolis, Macaé and other cities in the state. Despite this, in municipalities in the interior such as Miguel Pereira, Três Rios and Volta Redonda, Merchant’s Day is celebrated in August.
