The “special offer” was actually the only one and flawed. In the La Reina fur store, belonging to the Caribe chain of stores and located in Centro Habana, they only sold, this Monday, a pair of female platform sandals with a broken strap. The rest of the displays, dozens of them, were empty.
Located on the popular corner of Reina and Galiano, the place occupies a large air-conditioned space surrounded by elegant stained glass windows that remain deserted.
“There they sold some Brazilian brand Piccadilly shoes, they were a bit expensive, but they lasted because they were strong,” he tells 14ymedio Marta, a former client of that business, who sold her products in the now defunct convertible pesos. “There were for all types of public, from the smallest to the highest numbers and they also sold umbrellas, bags and other merchandise.”
Now, in the center of the store, two workers use their mobile phones to kill the hours that pass without interacting with the public.
“We only have that pair that you see there, it’s number 40, so they don’t work for you,” said one of the shop assistants to a lady who came looking for an offer. The woman asked when merchandise would enter again. “God only knows,” replied one of the shop assistants.
Leaving the establishment, the woman complained: “What is the logic of keeping this place open spending air conditioning and electricity and the salary of two people, just to sell a pair of half-torn shoes?”
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