In Mayenne: first forced to close, this trader can finally open her store

After the anger, the great joy. Prudence Jouvin, the manager of Histoire de Mômes in Bonchamp, received authorization to reopen her shop this Friday, May 7.

It all started on Friday, April 30. Her blood boiled when her husband came home from work and told her that a store, which like her sells children's clothes, was open.

“Why am I not allowed to open?

For the manager of Histoire de Mômes, and while spring is usually a big time, it's the straw that breaks the camel's back.

She then wants to understand why she is not allowed to open.

"We encourage people to buy new"

Prudence Jouvin, who sells second-hand and second-hand clothes and childcare equipment, also regretted an incentive to go buy new or on the Internet "while we are talking more and more about ecology, the planet. It does not make sense ".

A re-examination of the prefecture

She then sends an email to the prefecture but remains without news until Friday, May 7, until she decides to call back the services of the State. There, she re-explains that she has the same APE code as this open store. At first, he is told that it is his association status that allows this store to be open.

But she argues by citing examples of stores selling the same type of items as her, having obtained an exemption. He is assured of a reconsideration of his request. In the meantime, she learns that a consignment store in Brittany has obtained the right to open.

And finally the authorization

Finally, victory, she received a positive message from the prefecture.

"I'm really happy. It's so nice, ”she says, delighted to have been able to welcome her first client in a month to her shop this afternoon.

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