Been black for the downtown trade in Saint-Etienne. Since the end of June-early July, we had already identified the successive closures of Gant rue Michelet, Nashville Hot Chicken Place Jean-Jaurès, Richard Traiteur Rue du Grand-Moulin, Moonbo Place de l’Hotel-de-Ville, My Lovers by Jeffy Pop rue Alsace-Lorraine or the Bakery of Saint-Jacques on rue Pointe-Cadet. A real massacre.
And here are two new brands have just added to the (sad) list. In the 3 place of the people, it was the free operator who dropped the curtain on August 8. On the storefront, the brand invites its customers to go to its Center-Deux or Villars shops.
The German brand had moved in 2019
Not far from there, in what remains, however (but for how long?) One of the most dynamic shopping arteries in the city, namely rue Alsace-Lorraine, Adidas is also preparing to make its suitcases. A large liquidation operation began this Wednesday, August 20 and will continue until the closure, scheduled for Monday, October 20.
Will Adidas move to Steel?
It is therefore still a national brand that leaves the Stéphanois city center, after Fnac, H&M or Zara. And while waiting for the Sephora of Place Dorian, as has been rumored for many months?
The rumor of the closure of Adidas has also been running for some time. As often unfortunately, it was therefore not one. Will the brand, like H&M and Zara, join the Steel shopping center in Pont-de-l’âne? A few months ago, a store manager told us that it was an option under study.
The premises taken up by a ready-to-wear shop
Small reason for consolation: According to our information, the Adidas premises should be taken over in the process by the black women’s ready-to-wear boutique in the world, which settled in a temporary room on rue Michelet last June.
Nevertheless, the city center is still preparing to lose one of its commercial locomotives. The hemorrhage seems endless.
