the Closed shops, dark behind the windows and empty streets. It is the image of Denmark right now, how much is closed down.
And for the Sisters, the Branches have coronakrisen also hit hard. The majority of the stores offer right now on closed and locked doors, and the turnover has only gone one way. Down. It writes the Finance.
“We have closed the shops in all countries apart from Sweden, Norway, Finland, Japan and Iceland. So there are only sales in 60 out of the 250 stores. It is an unreal situation and almost beyond comprehension,” says Mikkel Branches, co-owner and managing director.
“We’ll have to see in the eyes, that it takes a long time to get back on the normal level. We know that it is here not about just to open again in a few weeks. It takes a long time, until everything is at normal revs again,” says the director to the Finance company, who have had to take more drastic steps.
All employees from the closed stores are sent home. The same is 40 warehouse staff become. In addition, the company has also been forced to lay off 24 people from the head office.
It does not mean, however, that it is not possible to act with her Branches for the time being. For the company has just opened a webshop. Something that has always been the plan.
It should open the 31. march, and Mikkel Branches call it ‘important’ to have it now that a large part of the shops are closed.
the Sisters, the Branches are far from the only one who is hard hit by the coronakrisen. The same is, among others Danish Bang & Olufsen, who is just now temporarily closed 60 percent of the stores. Something that can cost several shops life.
on Tuesday, it was also discovered that the restaurant chain behind the Dalle Valle and Café, A degree can feel the consequences.
the Chain had Tuesday covet 13 restaurants bankruptcy as a result of coronakrisen, which means that they are now closing.
At a news conference on Monday night gave the prime minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen (S) expressed that she hopes Denmark can open quietly after easter.
How it exactly will be done, will be announced later in the week.
