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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale Of Other Goods In Specialised Stores 47.71 - Retail Sale Of Clothing In Specialised Stores
200 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
15 March 2024
Employment effect (start)
15 March 2024
Foreseen end date
Description
The German sporting goods retailer SportScheck has announced the closure of its shops in Munich, Aachen, Augsburg, Bremen and Unterhaching, resulting in 200 job cuts.
SportScheck belongs to Signa-Holding, which had to file for insolvency in November. As a result, SportScheck also had to file for insolvency. The closures of the five shops and the associated redundancies were justified by the fact that the branches were making losses.
Dominik Datz from the trade union Verdi confirms the closures and the associated job cuts. The company wants to have finalised the redundancies by the end of March, says the trade union secretary. They want to do everything they can to gain time and influence the decision, says the union representative.
SportScheck was founded in Munich in 1946 and was taken over by the German retail and services company Otto Group in 1991. The Signa-Holding company took over SportScheck in 2019. The company is now being taken over by the Italian family business Cisalfa Sport. Cisalfa intends to continue the SportScheck brand as a whole.
Eurofound (2024), Sportscheck, Bankruptcy in Germany, factsheet number 201022, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/201022.
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