Staff were told about the changes a day after the 188-year-old retailer called in administrators following unsuccessful negotiations with landlords.
David Jones will stop accepting gift cards as administrators take control of the failed retailer , with staff told any new purchase will also not be eligible for a refund.
The 188-year-old retailer fell into administration this week after failing to reach a deal with landlords for rent relief and to exit a string of loss-making stores.
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Increasingly, I walk through the fashion floors and feel as though the store is looking past me, towards a younger woman it would rather attract.
Last week’s news that the 188-year-old retailer had tipped into administration drove a “record” levels of shoppers to David Jones stores.
David Jones has survived two world wars, the invention of the car and the discounting boom. As luxury perfumes wafted through the stores that inspired its houndstooth trademark, did it lose the service that made it like no other store.
The Swansea-born star got her big break in The Mask of Zorro which cemented her place as an A-lister.
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