handelsflykt

handel (“trade, retail”) +‎ -s- +‎ flykt (“flight, escape”)

handelsflykt c

1. A large egress of consumers and trade, often in favour of another trade provider.
   • 2022 May 29, Jakob Kerren, “Norge vill stoppa handelsflykten till Sverige [Norway wants to stop the trade flight to Sweden]”, in Göteborgs-Posten‎^[1]:

     Nu vill det norska näringslivet återuppliva de goda siffrorna och se regleringar för att att minska handelsläckaget till Sverige. I Hurdalsplattformen, som är den norska regeringens plan för mandatperioden, tas åtgärder mot handelsflykten redan upp.

     Now the Norwegian business community wants to revive the good figures and see regulations to reduce trade leakage to Sweden. In the Hurdal Platform, which is the Norwegian government's plan for the term of office, measures against the trade flight are already being discussed.

• butiksdöd (“retail death”)
• handelsläckage (“trade leakage”)
• konsumentflykt (“flight of consumers”)