David Jones customers have rushed to spend gift cards hours after news broke the retailer’s future was in serious jeopardy.
The iconic 188-year-old department store chain entered voluntary administration and receivership this morning.
At the David Jones store inside the Highpoint Shopping Centre in Melbourne’s west, some shelves were short of stock, while others were due to be cleared by staff.
Shoppers had also come to redeem gift cards.
Pauline Ricotta visited the David Jones store at Highpoint Shopping Centre to redeem a gift card. (ABC News: Loretta Florance)
“The staff were saying that it’s really busy today, but it’s very sombre,” shopper Pauline Ricotta said.
Ms Ricotta said she had come into the store to spend a $300 gift card she had…