It is always very sad when lifelong stores are forced to lower the blind forever. Even if we don't like it, Today it is something that often happens in cities with a high population density, since large and new businesses usually appropriate these spaces and cause small businesses to lose their customers And that, in addition, people looking for employment prefer to go to those places to work.
Although massification is not always the reason. Sometimes, simply lFamily shops have to close because there is no other generation in the family that wants to continue with the business and tradition of a lifetimesince new generations have usually had the opportunity to train and to be able to devote themselves to what they really like.
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This is the case of Ballester Bagsan establishment that opened its doors for the first time in 1910 in Sant Antoni. The store has been forced to close after 115 years of family history. At the door of the premises we can see the 'Total Liquidation' poster.
According to the Betevé media, the reason is the generational relief. For the first time, after a century, The latest generation of the Ballester family has chosen not to move forward with the business that their ancestors begansince they have other objectives for their future.
The Tienda, located on Tamarit Street, 183, She is forced to close its doors definitively. For more than a hundred years, your parents and grandparents have been able to find bags from bags, backpacks or quality shopping carts in the Ballester store.
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The grandmother of the current owner, Francesca Ballester, assures her 95 years that occasionally she still goes through the store to feel the warmth of the customers And they claim that “they are not in a hurry” for the closure, since after so many years “it no longer comes from more or less days”
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In recent months they have been very difficult for the business, since the works that were in front of them and the robberies they have suffered have been an impediment to improve the situation. In this same line, Ballester Bolsos belong to the Entidad de Sant Antoni Comerç, And, Jordi Arias, the president of the organization, affirms that “it is a penalty” the closure of the centenary store, but that really “The lack of generational relief is a serious problem of local trade.”
