So just got my parents pictures back form when we were in Paris in sept. This was the first day of the closing.
Nik

i pray thats not a sign of things to come

nah its the sign the french have no taste in good sunglasses.

It's too bad that the Italians do...

:(

was there in January, can't believe it...

France wasn't ready!

Not cool. :(

how long was that store open?

Not a consultant or anything, but I would sure have thought they would turn a lot more business if they removed that paper blocking the windows.

It was open less then a year, but if was a franchise store and not one operated by Oakley directly.

In any case, the sunglasses market in France is very hard to penetrate, its not for nothing that Oakley changed ther release pattern to compete against other makers there the last few years.

Maybe next time will be the right one.

maybe they should have opened a croissant shop instead.

The ghostly image of the Oakley sign makes it especially sad...sad that they surrendered such a nice store

Well, I deeply hope taht someone (franchise or not) will open a new O-store here in Paris. But, I don't know why, I think that this will never happen ... like in Barcelona.

For dudes like Francois, I hope so too.