The breaking news of Zayn Malik’s departure from One Direction has broken the hearts of teenage fans around the world.
But the announcement isn’t just bad news for Directioners, this is also bad news for businesses that have spent great amounts of money stocking their shelves with One Direction merchandise.
For one small pound wholesale company, they are facing a predicament after buying over a thousand One Direction cut-outs of the five band group in preparation for the band’s world live tour.
With Zayn leaving the band, the wholesaler literally has to figure out how to cut him out of the picture.
To save their stock from being discarded into the rubbish dump, the pound wholesaler has resolved to cutting Zayn out of the cut-out and they are trying to save the rest of the band by sticking the cut-out back together with gaffe tape.
If only that was so simple for getting the real life One Direction band back together.
The wholesaler is keeping the cut-out versions of Zayn in case he does return to the group and for those who want to buy a singular image of him. For the rest of the band, the cut-out of the four is also available for sale.
Twitter and Facebook are still trending with the news of Zayn’s departure and evidently his decision to leave is affecting hearts and businesses around the world. In the case of this pound wholesaler, it's clear people are starting to pick up the pieces and work out how to continue on with their lives.