French luxury stores board up ahead of Saturday protests

Luxury retailers in France are preemptively boarding up storefronts and deploying security ahead of planned protests on Saturday, indicating expectations of significant unrest. The move follows a pattern of protest-related damage in previous demonstrations, though the specific trigger and scale of the upcoming protests remain unclear. This signals elevated risk of disruption to retail operations and potential civil unrest in major French cities.

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