Robinsons' suppliers to be paid for goods sold

Retailer's appointed liquidator working to ensure vendor brands paid for consignments

Shoppers inside the Robinsons outlet at Raffles City Shopping Centre yesterday. Some suppliers said they found out about the impending closure of the retailer's two branches only after they read the news, and that they did not get any advance word fr
Shoppers inside the Robinsons outlet at Raffles City Shopping Centre yesterday. ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
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Suppliers will be paid for their consignment goods that have been sold by Robinsons since last Friday, said the retailer's appointed liquidator KordaMentha yesterday.

Robinsons had announced last Friday that it would close its last two department stores in Singapore. The sudden news sparked confusion among its suppliers, some of whom said they felt misled by the retailer, which had asked them to plan for future events such as the Black Friday sale this month as well as Christmas and Chinese New Year sales.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on November 02, 2020, with the headline Robinsons' suppliers to be paid for goods sold. Subscribe