I don't get the mass closure thing they talk about in the article. Where are the journalists based ? In here, in France, merch in almost every bike shop is eas

I don't get the mass closure thing they talk about in the article. Where are the journalists based ? In here, in France, merch in almost every bike shop is easily sold out, as people rushed to transition from car and public transportation to bike, to avoid crowded trains without generating hellish traffic jams and pollution. (and roads were even closed to cars, and became the most enjoyable bike routes,like Rue de Rivoli in Paris, that connects the Louvre, le marais, les Invalides... now without cars) So they don't suffer from anything, and I haven't seen a single shop out of business.