Giant officially closed its outlets today (31/7/2021). This 19-year-old retail giant in Indonesia is certainly a memory for its customers.
In May 2021, PT Hero Supermarket Tbk (HERO) announced that all Giant outlets would close at the end of July 2021. The company will focus its business on other brands, namely IKEA, Guardian, and Hero Supermarket, as quoted from detikFinance (25/5/2021). ).
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Today, on July 31, 2021, the giant retailer officially closed all of its outlets permanently. After two months previously giving promotions in the form of big discounts to customers so that all their products are sold out.
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The promotion was well received by the Indonesian people. Many of them visited Giant to wholesale groceries to clothing.
Some netizens uploaded their memories while shopping at Giant. It can be seen from the number of tweets that appear on Twitter with the search keyword ‘giant close’.
Like netizens with the Twitter account @ Resty442_ (31/7) who uploaded a video showing how the atmosphere of Giant in Bogor is. “The economic impact has skyrocketed GIANT YASMIN OFFICIALLY PAMIT! Giant Yasmin’s atmosphere, Bogor tonight, after it stopped operating,” wrote the netizen in the video caption.
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Another netizen with the Twitter account @SorryMomImDrunk also shared his memories of shopping at Giant (31/7). In his tease, this netizen told his story when he was still in school shopping with his mother.
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“So I remember when I was in 3rd grade, I went to Giant and my mother bought milk for me. My money was barely enough and I asked for a lot of snacks, wow, finally my mother gave up, I just bought milk in a small box and the rest I bought snacks hahaha. And today Giant is official permanently closed,” he said.
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There are also netizens with the Twitter account @enjebe_ (28/7) who remember the jingle Giant because he thought it was very entertaining. “It’s really sad that all giant outlets will officially close at the end of this month. Even though Jingle Giant is very entertaining,” he tweeted.
Netizens with the Twitter account @ Pintuyangmalang (28/7) are also saddened by the closure of all Giant outlets in Indonesia. Because her aunt often shopped there and claimed to have been close to some of the cashiers and security guards.
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“Giant is officially closed, Syifa’s aunt is sad too. Monthly shopping is always there, even the cashier and security guard are like their own friends,” said a netizen with the @ Pintuyangmalang account.
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