last sales for San Marina and its 600 employees, after 42 years of activity

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S. Feydel, F. Castaingts, J. Meyer, O. Barthelemy, V. Mathieu, E. Taxil, I. Cavaletto – France 3

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The San Marina stores were open for the last time, Saturday February 18. The brand has not resisted the development of online and second-hand sales and will be financially liquidated.

Long queues formed outside stores in San Marina on Saturday, February 18, for a last purchase or to support employees. This is the last day of the sign that will disappear. In Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme), the emotion of some customers is great. “I have been a devotee for over ten years. I have 80 pairs of San Marina shoes, I prepared a small souvenir for them. I’m not going shopping, I’m coming to say goodbye to them”says, moved, a woman who holds a printed photo on which we see her entire collection.

600 job losses in France

More than 600 employees will lose their jobs in France when stores close on Saturday February 18. The reason: the growth of online sales and the development of the second-hand market. Customers are disappointed to lose their brand and worry about the future of employees. The judicial liquidation of San Marino must be pronounced Monday, February 20 by the Commercial Court of Marseille, after 42 years of activity.


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