woensdag 6 april 2016

Desolate

"Miffy goes shopping" says the sign, but she will not here anymore. Miffy is a dutch rabbit figure in childrenbooks by Dick Bruna, translated all over the world in many languages. This scene is in an empty store of V&D , the biggest Dutch chain of department stores established in 1887, that went bankrupt a few weeks ago. With over 60 shops spread all over the country it is a real disaster for the thousands of employees who lost their job.

There was a selling-off of the last items, it was rather sad to see the desolate and denuded spaces.

Even the mannequins were for sale.
Linking to "Signs, signs"

19 opmerkingen:

  1. Sorry for all the employees that lost their jobs.
    Bankrupt is becoming a common word.

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  2. É sempre triste quando fecha uma loja e os seus funcionários ficam sem emprego.
    Um abraço e óptima Quarta-Feira.

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  3. Talk about "losing your shirt"! I do hope all the employees are able to find new work soon.

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  4. The hollowness of the empty store reflects the tragedy for the employees who lost their jobs. Lots of irony in the "unemployed" mannequins, too.

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  5. Oh no! I shopped at the V&D in. The Hague all of the time. Our world is changing.

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  6. A very sad situation and terrible for the ones that lost their job.

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  7. So unfortunate for all those who lost their jobs. I hope they fare well in searching for new jobs. Very sad to go bankrupt, but is becoming more and more common these days. There's something very sad about empty shelves and abandoned stores.

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  8. Our economy is sick. This is a real tragedy for the employees who lost their jobs.

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  9. That is sad to see. And of courses the executives will land on their feet without a problem, no doubt.

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  10. The empty store is a sad sight. So many people losing their jobs. I remember the Miffy books so well.

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  11. It's sad to see businesses close but times change and sometimes certain businesses get caught along the way.

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  12. So sad to see something end....did you buy a mannequin?

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  13. Ik was pas geleden nog even in de vestiging in Groningen, maar het was gewoon troosteloos. Ik stond snel weer buiten.

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  14. I heard about this department store going out of business. How sad. It is the end of an era. Stark photos with all the empty space, even the naked mannequins look unhappy.

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  15. It seems to be happening everywhere!

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  16. department stores are going bankrupt every where

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  17. as lot of our bookstores are closing because of the Ipad and Kindles. I love everything about books! I love the smell of a bookstore and a library. It saddens me to see these things ending.

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  18. I really hate to see failures and bankruptcies. So many negative outcomes as a result.

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  19. I have a feeling this is a scene more and more department stores will be seeing. Very sad.

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