The reporter of Beijing business daily noted on December 30 that according to many people such as microblog big V 'Wuhan is coming', handheld Wuhan 'and' Pink Elephant life app ', all stores of Spanish fast fashion Zara in Wuhan have been closed recently. From the pictures taken, seals are pasted on the doors. Some netizens speculated through the 'notice' posted outside some stores, which may be related to fire inspection. Beijing Business Daily reporter verified.
The reporter of Beijing business daily went to Zara's official website for query, and was unable to find the store information in Wuhan for the time being. Search for 'Zara Wuhan' related information through the map, and all stores display closed status. The reporter successively called Zara Han Street Wanda Plaza store, central department store and Huiju central store for verification. The landline phones of these stores were unable to answer.
Beijing Business Daily reporter noted that Wuhan Zara Han Street store still uploaded normal check-in comments on December 23. However, on December 27 and 28, store reviews showed that they went to the scene to eat 'shut the door'.
All Zara stores in Wuhan were closed, and the front doors were sealed by the public security fire bureau
According to the interface fashion query, all stores of Spanish fast fashion brand Zara in Wuhan have been closed, and the front doors have been sealed by Wuhan public security and fire bureau.
Zara has four stores in Wuhan, namely Wanda Plaza store in Han street, central department store, Huiju central store and Wanda Plaza store in Lingjiao lake. According to many Wuhan netizens on Sina Weibo, the four stores had been closed before December 28. After the interface fashion query, it is found that the information of Wuhan stores on Zara China's official website is missing. At present, the official website only lists the store information of Zara Lingjiao Lake Wanda Plaza store. The interface is fashionable. Four Zara stores in Wuhan were called, but they were not connected.
There is no definite official explanation on the reason why Zara closed all stores in Wuhan. However, a number of local netizens left messages on the microblog and speculated that it may be related to 'failure in fire inspection'. One netizen said that the notice outside the IKEA store in Wuhan had the expression of "closing and transformation".
For the above clues, the reporter of Beijing Business Daily called several shopping malls to verify the reasons. Among them, the staff of the general service desk in Han street, Chuhe, Wuhan said, 'Zara store is under decoration, and the specific opening time is uncertain'. The service desk staff of Wuhan Huiju center told the Beijing Business Daily that Zara stores in the mall are upgrading fire-fighting equipment, and the opening time is uncertain.
However, the staff revealed that the brand has retained the Lingjiao Lake store in Wuhan Zara Wanda Plaza to deal with the return and exchange of goods. The reporter called the service desk of lingjiaohu store in Wanda Plaza and was informed that 'all Zara stores in Wuhan, including their own stores, are closed, and the opening time has not been determined.'
Subsequently, the reporter of Beijing business daily finally dialed Zara's official customer service phone. The other party said that all four Zara stores in Wuhan are under transformation and upgrading, but the specific opening time is uncertain. It can be determined that they will open again in the later stage. As for after-sales treatment such as return and exchange, he said that consumers can take photos and send emails to the brand headquarters.
The reporter of Beijing business daily inquired about the store information of Zara in Beijing through the map and comment platform, which is still in normal business state.
According to the data of the search platform, Zara has about 4 stores in Wuhan. The temporary closure of stores in a single city has attracted so much attention, which has something to do with the loss of fast fashion brands in China in recent years.
In November this year, following new look, Forever 21 and Topshop, gap group announced that, As a sub brand of its performance growth engine, Old Navy will withdraw from the Chinese market in 2020. Earlier, in 2018, Topshop closed tmall flagship stores; in December, newlook closed Chinese stores and tmall flagship stores; in April this year, Forever 21 announced its withdrawal from the Chinese market; in October this year, Forever 21 filed for bankruptcy and closed stores in China, Japan and other markets.