Several retail chains, such as PENNY Market Kft., Lidl Hungary, Rossmann and Mountex, will also be closed on December 24, but in the preceding days, the stores will typically be open for customers longer, the stores told MTI .
A PENNY after examining the interests of its employees and customers, its management decided to between December 24 and 26, 230 stores in Hungary will be uniformly closed. The store chain is parallel to this on December 22 and 23, it will be open until 10 p.m. with extended opening hours. From December 27, they will be open during regular business hours.
PENNY Market Kft. has been operating in Hungary since 1996. The store chain currently operates 230 stores, 3 logistics centers and employs almost 5,000 employees.
Lidl has also indicated that all 200 of their stores will be closed on December 24. In a statement sent to MTI, the company referred to the importance of the family when they decided to give all 8,500 employees a day off for the holiday of love. They also keep in mind the interests of their customers, who are expected to have extended opening hours on December 23.
A Rossmann the company previously announced on its website that it will provide a day off for its employees on December 24, so on this day more than 200 of their stores will be closed.
At the same time, it was announced that negotiations will take place in the coming weeks with those shopping centers where mandatory opening hours also apply to Rossmann stores, Rossmann is confident that they will be able to keep them closed here as well.
The Hungarian trading company that distributes outdoor clothing and accessories, which is most popular among hikers, Mountex also decided to put families first and close all its domestic stores on December 24 – explained the company in its statement sent to MTI.
