the first twenty stores HBC wants to rig the next two years will mainly old V & D buildings are located. The flagship is in Amsterdam, but on the other locations spread open across the country, is more published until next month. It is next to shops of Hudson’s Bay also branches of the discount chain Saks OFF 5TH.

The Canadian group takes 2,500 employees for the new stores. The extent to which it dismissed employees of V & D are still in demand. “Our move into the Dutch market has nothing to do with V &. D and we have no affiliation with this company, we will independently looking for staff,” said Baker

Whether there is an own distribution. in the Netherlands becomes clear at the end of the summer. However, the CEO said that Hudson’s Bay, like V & D before, going to work with shop-in-shops. Which shops cooperation is not yet known before.

Baker describes Hudson’s Bay as an innovative, modern warehouses with a contemporary design. Hudson’s Bay and Saks also open shops in the Netherlands.

The arrival of Hudson’s Bay in the Netherlands, according to Minister Henk Kamp (Economic Affairs) positive news for consumers, store employees and the quality of life in the inner cities in our country . “After the bad news from a number of major bankruptcies, this is a welcome boost,” he said. However, that does not mean that there are still too many vacant stores in the Netherlands, the minister added