Floor already wrote a blog about Carrefour's reorganization, but I will write about its consequences, especially for the Carrefour in Ronse, the city I live in. I got this idea when I heard Carrefour Ronse was also a victim of the reorganization... And one of my biggest concerns is, what might happen with the shops that are situated arround Carrefour because Carrefour is situated in a kind of shopping center.
First of all, what will happen with the eating house the ‘Lunch Garden'? The Lunch Garden is allied to Carrefour. The biggest part of Lunch Garden clients are clients of the Carrefour. A lot of people first do their purchases in the Carrefour and afterwards they go for a drink or eat something in the Lunch Garden. Of course, there are also people who visit the Lunch Garden without first going to the Carrefour. But will this part of the customers be sufficient to create enough profits for Lunch Garden?
In addition to the Lunch Garden, there are also the other shops like Sports Direct, Brico and C&A, which are situated next to Carrefour. I think the consequences for these shops won't be that huge compared to those for the Lunch Garden. Because most of the time, you visit these kind of shops without visiting the Carrefour. On the other hand, there are also a lot of people who at first, only go to the Carrefour for their groceries but afterwards, they are tempted by the looks of the other shops and also bring them a visit. Let's think of all the children who are asking their mum to visit the C&A after doing their purchases in Carrefour. However, I do think these kind of customers are a minority.
The biggest victim will be Pearl Opticiens. This store is situated directly in the Carrefour building. So if Carrefour will close in June, Pearl Opticiens will also have to close. But I suppose Pearl Opticiens is already looking for another location.
I'd like to give a little remark on all the sadness this event brings. I think it's very regrettable for all the employees who are losing their jobs. But last Wednesday, I went to a speaker, named Karel Van Eetvelt, the national chairman of Unizo. He told about the Media who fill the newspapers with dramatic articles about Carrefour discharging 1672 jobs. He also mentioned an article about Colruyt who will employ 3000 new employees. That means 3000 new jobs opposed to a loss of 1672 jobs. The article of Colruyt was very small compared to the article of Carrefour. The customer is often losing its confidence in the economy by reading the newspaper. But actually, we also have to see the good things like Colruyt who will create 3000 new jobs in 2010 and will gladly welcome any ex-Carrefour employees, according to their top manager Jeff Colruyt.
Let's hope the people who lost their job, will soon find a new job. But let's also think a little bit about the consequences for other shops...
http://www.wvs-sws.be/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1740:colruyt-wil-3000-mensen-aanwerven-qcarrefour-mensen-welkomq&catid=42:nieuws2&Itemid=88
I find it very interesting that you told us about the 3000 employees Colruyt will employ. After all the people that lost their jobs in Carrefour will be able to work with Colruyt and about 1300 other people also.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI agree with you when you say that other shops will suffer because of the disappearance of Carrefour. Carrefour is a shop you go to out of 'obligation'. You really NEED the things in that shop to survive. But when that shop is gone people won't feel that attracted to the shopping center.
There is a chance that Delhaize will takeover some of Carrefour's shops. Delhaize is already been thinking about this for a long time. They will create 25 to 30 new shops. But I think that they will aim at the smaller shops of Carrefour and not the really big buildings. Delhaize will first analyses the opportunities, they will find out witch formats of Carrefour will match in their focuses. Let's hope that many employees of Carrefour will find a new job is the new shops of Delhaize.
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