They're the ones who bring our streets to life. They remember to set your bottle aside, suggest the perfect bouquet for that birthday you almost forgot, and transform a street corner into the kind of place friends rave about. At Bonbon, we spend our days introducing you to them. Today, it's they who need us.
A dark weekend for retail
On October 17 and 18, amid the protests, shops were looted and ransacked in several major cities: shattered storefronts, stolen stock, cash registers ripped out. According to the Federation of Commerce and Distribution, at least 1,500 retailers were directly affected across France. In Marseille, the downtown retailers' association estimates that more than half of the shops in the center were impacted.
acute; ransacked or looted. Paris, Lyon and Bordeaux also have many shops that are completely devastated.Why we're launching a fundraiser
For a self-employed person, insurance doesn't cover everything. There's the deductible, the days of closure, the stock to repurchase and salaries to pay while waiting for the insurance adjuster's visit. Your donation helps fill that gap, right away.
©Jagoda Bartus / Le Bonbon
I'm contributing to the fundraiser
Where does the money go?
Le Bonbon keeps nothing. 100% of the amounts collected, after platform fees only, are transferred to a partner merchants' association in each city. It's the one that knows the ground, verifies the applications and distributes aid to the shops.
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Our transparency commitments
– Zero fees: Le Bonbon takes no money and finances no communication expenses from the fundraiser.
– A progress update with each transfer, published on this page: amount transferred, city and beneficiary association.
– A commitmein writing: each partner association commits to applying these criteria and sending us details of its contributions.
– A complete report in January 2027: amount collected, fees, sums distributed by city, number of shops helped and names of those willing to be mentioned.
In the meantime?
The best support is also the simplest: when your neighborhood shop reopens, push open the door. Buy your flowers, your wine, your next gift there. And spread the word.