A line of Disney Store workers stand with their backs to the camera, facing into their store. They were signs saying that they are on strike.

Paris’ Disney Store went on strike Christmas Eve, as closure imminent

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Reports broke in October that France’s final Disney Store’s closure was imminent. On Christmas Eve, the staff took job action to protest the move.

Disney’s location on Paris’ Avenue des Champs-Élysées opened in 1993. While any retailer would long for a location on one of the world’s top retail destinations, Disney had found a French firm to start shopping their unit around for a new tenant. DisKingdom broke the story among English-language news outlets.

To protest the impending closure in 2023, workers went on strike on Christmas Eve, the last retail rush of the season.

DisKingdom shares photographs from their work action, with permission of the photographer.

As of October 2022, the store had 44 permanent staff. Before the company began closing most locations worldwide in 2021, there were 44 Disney Stores in Europe. Only Avenue des Champs-Élysées and London’s Oxford Street remain.

These aren’t the first strikes Disney has faced. In 2021, Italy’s 15 stores each went on strike, on a rotating basis.

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