Smiths City liquidation sales across the South over the weekend left shelves stripped of their stock in just one day, as staff are left in the dark about what comes next.
The future of Smiths City remains up in the air with more advice likely by the end of the week.
The 107-year-old retailer went into voluntary administration on Tuesday last week and on Friday announced a nationwide liquidation sale over the weekend.
Seven of the eight stores — Auckland, Christchurch, Greymouth, Oamaru, Alexandra, Gore and Invercargill — reopened to sell remaining stock.
The exception was the Dunedin store, which remained closed.
The Wānaka store closed last month.
In Gore, hoards of bargain-hunters left the shelves empty on Saturday, with…