Galeries Lafayette stores owned by businessman Michel Ohayon placed under safeguard

The employees said to themselves “worried” Few days ago. Galeries Lafayette stores in the region, controlled by Bordeaux businessman Michel Ohayon, have been placed under safeguard, announced its communication department on Friday, February 17.

“We are going to place Galeries Lafayette in receivership to protect them from any attack”announced Michel Ohayon in an interview with the newspaper South West (subscriber editions)Friday, February 17. “Their situation is healthy”, assured the entrepreneur, whose business empire is in turmoil, with the liquidation of the Camaïeu brand and the placement in receivership of the Go Sport group. Its communication department, joined by franceinfo, clarified that it was a backup.

Hermione Retail, the company bringing together Galeries Lafayette, which is owned by Michel Ohayon, owns around twenty Galeries Lafayette stores, in Agen, Amiens, Angoulême, Bayonne, Beauvais, Belfort, Besançon, Caen, Cannes, Chalon-sur-Saône, Chambéry, Dax, La Roche-sur-Yon, La Rochelle, Libourne, Lorient, Montauban, Niort, Rouen, Saintes, Tarbes and Toulon. On Tuesday, walkouts were observed by employees among these twenty Galeries Lafayette department stores, which employ around 750 people.