Rachel Banbury
Electronics store Dick Smith is set to close its doors for good.
After almost 50 years of business, the retailer now has about $400 million in debts and cannot find a buyer.
Almost 363 stores across Australia and New Zealand will close over the next 8 weeks. 2890 people will lose their jobs.
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23 Responses
DANG IT! I love that place!
WHO COULD DO SUCH A THING? I GET MY LAPTOP AND STUFF FROM THEM
(Not really!)
that’s just sad
How is that fair some people in NZ don’t even have a house
so sad
That’s very sad 🙁
Sad sad sad?
I really loved that store I got my first I pad case there hah the memories
(WHAT!!) why would the do such a thing!!!???
thats sad
WHAT NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WHY DID IT HAPPEN
NOOOOOOOOOOOO I LOVE THAT PLACE DONT GO
So sad got my iPad mini case from there to that’s one of my favourite stores really sad??????
They did a bad thing and lost all their money we’ve still got Harvey Norman don’t worry
(What!!!!) That is not fair!!!!!I bought my phone from there
I prefer Harvey norman
I got my Ipad mini from there Sad!!
So many stores are shutting down ??
I hate that!!!!??????
sadddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd
i love that store
quite sad to see the stores closing. but it was because of corporate greed that they closed so it’s really there fault.
isnt it because of the vouchers at christmas