The barren shop floors of fallen retail giant BHS as bargain hunters grab last of the stock
Shoppers visited the large shop which filled two floors to grab last minute bargins
THESE pictures show the desolate shop floor of a doomed BHS store as shoppers arrived to snap up last minute bargains.
The slogan ‘Everything Must Go’ was meant literally as clothes, mannequins and even shelves were strewn around with discounts of up to 70 per cent off.
Very few staff could be seen working at the shop in Cambridge, Cambs., on Monday while a handful of customers browsed the scarce stock before the store disappeared from the high street for good.
Mum-of-one Stacey Smith, 28, said: “It was all very subdued in there to be honest, there was very little stock left and it all just felt empty.
“There were barely any staff working and the ones who were just seemed dejected. I can’t imagine it’s a fun place to work at the moment, knowing you’re going to lose your job.
“All there was left to buy was cushions and candles and ladies’ underwear. It’s a sorry state of affairs really.”
A House of Commons paper into the collapsed chain last week delivered a withering verdict on the high street’s biggest tycoon – previous owner Sir Philip Green, who famously sold the chain for £1.
The Department of Work and Pensions and Business Committees report branded the fiasco “the unacceptable face of capitalism”.
Sir Philip bought BHS for £200 million in March 2000, but last year the company was sold to city investors, Retail Acquisitions, for £1 by the Arcadia Group.
He has come under fire for telling an employee “I own you” and has been called “evil” by a Labour MP calling for him to “face up” to his actions in the fallout of the superstore’s collapse.
Stacey said the BHS store in Cambridge is due to close this week.
“There were signs up everywhere to say it would be closed by Wednesday,” she said.
“I don’t know what will happen to the space now but it’s in a really good location within the shopping centre and within Cambridge so I’m sure someone will snap it up.
“I’ve always liked what BHS have to offer so I will definitely be sad to see it go.”
The mass sale comes after news that all 164 BHS stores in the UK will cease trading by August 30.
Most stores are offering 50 per cent discounts on stock in light of the company’s devastating demise, which comes after business tycoon Green controversially sold the company for £1 last year.
Calls have been made for the multi-millionaire to lose his knighthood over the ongoing saga – which has seen thousands of hard-working Brits in the lurch.
The firm is now looking to sell the stores off shop by shop.
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