Euro Shoe Group, the household enterprise behind Bristol, has filed for creditor safety. The corporate with headquarters in Beringen should search for a purchaser for the 117 shops. A whole bunch of employees see their jobs in danger. The reorganization is accompanied by a full sale, each on-line and in shops, which started on Thursday.
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Many discount hunters appeared in Turnhout. The purchasers we’re speaking about know the store effectively and are available right here usually. “It is a disgrace that this retailer may disappear,” stated Gina, who got here together with her daughter Liese and her husband Luc. “It is even worse for the employees,” Luc sighs. “There are different sources for us.” “Solely Van Haren,” Gina stated.
Luc, Liese and Gina: “Too dangerous for the workers.” – © Bert De Deken
Liese usually comes to buy at Bristol. “I’ve a baby. Kids value rather a lot. However now I am afraid I’ll purchase an excessive amount of right here. I am making an attempt to scrub the store.”
Stacks of shoe packing containers
She can have some work to do, as a result of the racks are nonetheless full. Even when Kim Bartels walks to the money register with a stack of shoe packing containers. “I already visited him this week and I already made my selection. I believed the sale would begin earlier, however I needed to wait till immediately. The reductions are sturdy. A minimum of 50 p.c, I’ve learn. I additionally wish to purchase garments, however I haven’t got my fingers anymore. So I’ll kind this out first after which I will come again. “
Kim Bartels. – © Bert De Deken
“I additionally wish to purchase garments, however I haven’t got my fingers anymore. So I’ll kind this out first after which I will come again.”
Kim Bartels
A buyer
Kelly Linsbergen and her mom Carina Verhoeven have doubts. “Not the whole lot has been diminished but. A 50 p.c low cost? In no way. We have now already requested about this on the money register. We’re common prospects of this retailer. We all know that reductions are solely given on what has already been discounted.” Kelly exhibits us a pair of youngsters’s sneakers that initially value 44.99 euros and are actually solely 15 euros. “There are three I’ve kids, so I primarily come for the kids’s sneakers.”
Kelly and Carina: “Not the whole lot has been diminished but.” – © Bert De Deken
Too early
Many patrons current their chosen gadgets to a retailer clerk, who then scans the barcodes and tells customers what low cost they’re having fun with. “The sale is coming too quickly,” stated a clerk. “We have not had time to alter all the costs within the retailer. That is troublesome for the shoppers, however hey, they might have been higher off shopping for one thing earlier, would not they?”
“We have not had time to alter all the costs within the retailer. That is troublesome for the shoppers, however hey, they might have been higher off shopping for one thing earlier, would not they?”
Store assistant
Search collectively for the very best offers. – © Bert De Deken
The queue on the checkout is getting longer. The quickest discount hunters have already claimed the loot. However you by no means get the impression that the shop is totally offered out. “As a result of it is a large, enjoyable retailer,” Carina says. “That is why I preferred coming right here to buy. The query is what comes right here subsequent. Will Bristol keep? Will or not it’s one thing utterly completely different? Wait. However hey, we love to buy all over the place. “
Bristol department on the Steenweg on Gierle in Turnhout. – © Bert De Deken
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