the 163 stores of the San Marina brand will close

Saturday, February 18, the 163 stores of the San Marina shoe brand will draw the curtain for the last time. The news was announced Tuesday, February 14 to the unions. “Even if there is not yet the final deliberation of the court, we have been made to understand that it will be total liquidation, even if we do not have the right to talk about it”explain Helmi Farhat, representing CGT San Marina.

600 jobs at risk

The brand, born in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône), suffered the full brunt of the Covid-19 crisis and competition from the Internet. The company is in receivership. Its liquidation should be pronounced on Monday. In total, 600 employees find themselves threatened, and other signs of the group are worried, like Minelli. Contacted, the management does not wish to speak before the decision of the commercial court. Unions are calling on workers to strike until Saturday.