Bankruptcy of Pimkie: employees express their anger in Brussels

Workers from the Pimkie clothing store chain carried out a symbolic action on Saturday afternoon, in front of the sign on rue Neuve in Brussels. In particular, they stuck messages on the store window expressing their incomprehension at the closure of Pimkie. On Tuesday, the Hainaut company court declared the ready-to-wear chain bankrupt. 24 stores in Belgium have to close and 136 employees will lose their jobs.

“Employees were able to share a little of their disappointment, their sadness but also their anger, through this action on Saturday,” said Olivier Lecomte, CGSLB permanent secretary. "They wanted to draw attention to the practice of the management of Pimkie, who admitted bankruptcy and completely resigned from their obligations by giving no response to their requests, to their questions. One wonders how it is possible from a company which employs 130 workers and which depends on a multinational", reacted the union representative. "Now our interlocutor is the curator, who will make the redundancies. For a buyer, we have no illusions," added Olivier Lecomte.

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The announcement of the bankruptcy of Pimkie had the effect of a bomb, according to the unions, because the employees had never heard of the imminence of a closure. The financial health of the ready-to-wear chain was nevertheless fragile. Thirty-five stores had already gone out of business a few years ago. The financial impact of the coronavirus crisis will have been the final blow. Pimkie belongs to the French Mulliez family which notably owns Krëfel, Auchan and Decathlon.