In 2024, 30 brands closed in downtown Fort-de-France. Sometimes very symbolic closures like the very old “Forum Caraïbes” store, or the “Prezans Kréyol” bookstore. At the same time, more than a hundred new shops and restaurants have emerged.
In the city center, the brands that lower the curtain easily make the headlines. Behind the nostalgia and the drama of dismissals, a dynamic has existed since the end of the covid.
Those who take the time to stroll can discover creator shops. Installation in the city center is an opportunity for this jewelry designer.
I think it’s important to stand out. As a youngster, we have other realities to offer and propose. Given all the constraints found in Fort-de-France, it is important that if people move to see us, that he can live an experience that is quite singular.
Shanon Barro, artist and shoppingQuestioned by Delphine Bez and Mathieu Fontes
Three years after its creation, the store aims for financial balance despite social crises.
Parking, transport and security are the defects of the city center. Opposite, an asset, a big tourist season that pulls the numbers up. New arrivals are betting on creativity.
In this other brand, the manager develops his idea of gastronomic bokit. Omnipresent on all social networks, it serves up to 80 covers each noon.
I like the risk, I ask myself questions afterwards. I associated all my experience in terms of restoration in what I saw and lived. You had to put the two feet in it, even all your soul, that’s what I did.
John Evans, managerQuestioned by Delphine Bez and Mathieu Fontes
The restaurant employs four employees and three trainees.
The prezans Kréyol bookstore in Fort-de-France has dropped the curtain
The Caraïbe Forum store closes its doors, a page turns to Fort-de-France
