This Pokémon card shop run by Victoria and Florian was looted on Saturday 17 October. Someone close to them opened a fundraiser, which the shop shares on its Instagram account.
€6,400raised
no goal shown
Help them raise their shutters again.
On 17 October, thousands of shops were looted. Here are the ones with a real fundraiser, checked by hand, and the ones where the best help is to go and buy something. No money goes through us.
- shops
- 18
- fundraisers
- 9
- raised, at least
- €145,021
- Updated
- as of October 20
Some fundraisers were opened in shop owners' names without their consent. Every one listed here has a source. How we check
18 shops
- Give on Leetchi
Around fifteen shops were damaged or looted in Nice, notably on avenue Jean-Médecin. On 19 October the Fédération du commerce niçois et de l'artisanat started a fundraiser for all the affected shopkeepers, which the manager of the attacked Micromania points people to.
Give on LeetchiFundraiser open, amount not yet read
no goal shown
This shop selling figurines, Pokémon cards and video games near République was looted on 17 October, like several geek shops on boulevard Voltaire.
Give on Leetchi€4,812raised
no goal shown
The bike shop on rue de Turbigo had its window smashed and its stock entirely stolen on 17 October. Its founder Caroline Labroue started a fundraiser herself to replace the window, rebuild the stock and reopen.
Give on Leetchi€10,809raised
no goal shown
The shopkeepers' association My Presqu'île, chaired by Johanna Benedetti, opened a fundraiser for the affected shops of the Presqu'île, shared according to the severity of the damage and how fragile each shop is.
Give on Leetchi€7,000raised
no goal shown · as of Oct 20
Vanessa Rivas's natural stone jewelry shop was looted on the night of 17 to 18 October. She started a fundraiser herself and made an appeal on video.
Give on Leetchi€16,462raised
no goal shown
ShopLyon
Shared fundraiserReported by the pressDozens of shops on the Presqu'île were ransacked and looted from 17 to 18 October. Simon Berna, CEO of Axe Capital, started a fundraiser shared equally among the affected shops, with public tracking of the payments.
Give on Leetchi€606raised
no goal shown
This family sportswear shop, run by Youssef for 26 years, was completely emptied and ransacked on 17 October. He expects to stay closed for at least six months to a year.
Give on Leetchi€4,000raised
no goal shown · as of Oct 19
Hassan Robiul's phone shop on boulevard de Magenta was looted on 17 October. His distress, filmed and shared by Brut, set off a wide wave of solidarity.
Give on Leetchi€94,932raised
no goal shown · 10,207 donations · as of Oct 20
This shoe and leather goods shop on rue Paradis was ransacked by about forty people on 17 October, its second looting in three years.
No known fundraiser. The best support: go there, buy something, spread the word.
Looters stayed in this jewelry shop from 5 pm to 11 pm on 17 October. The loss is estimated at about EUR 100,000.
No known fundraiser. The best support: go there, buy something, spread the word.
Aline Li's bar-tabac on rue Beaurepaire had its shutter forced open and then burned on 17 October; the manager, who was beaten, needed stitches. She speaks of a lifetime of work gone up in smoke.
No known fundraiser. The best support: go there, buy something, spread the word.
This independent children's bookshop near the Bastille is among the shops hit on 17 October, according to ActuaLitté.
No known fundraiser. The best support: go there, buy something, spread the word.
This 200 m2 manga bookshop was looted for half an hour on 17 October by about 200 people. Its founder Patrick Corbet would rather people keep their money and come to buy on the day it reopens.
No known fundraiser. The best support: go there, buy something, spread the word.
The pharmacy had its shopfront destroyed and its till and computers taken on 17 October, which brought it to a standstill.
No known fundraiser. The best support: go there, buy something, spread the word.
An independent retro video game shop open for more than thirty years, Sat Elite was looted on 17 October. The loss is estimated at EUR 300,000 to 500,000.
No known fundraiser. The best support: go there, buy something, spread the word.
Assia Sanaa defended her sneaker shop on rue Étienne-Marcel alone against the looters; seven shops of the Shinzo group were looted on 17 October.
No known fundraiser. The best support: go there, buy something, spread the word.
This optician's shop less than 100 meters from place de la République was almost entirely looted on 17 October, with about EUR 65,000 (excl. VAT) worth of frames stolen.
No known fundraiser. The best support: go there, buy something, spread the word.