The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
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
145 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
9 September 2024
Employment effect (start)
10 September 2024
Foreseen end date
30 September 2024
Description
The Nanterre Commercial Court has ordered the compulsory liquidation of the American clothing brand Esprit, resulting in the redundancy of the brand's 145 employees in France. Esprit de Corp France, the French subsidiary of the Esprit group, based in Boulogne-Billancourt (Hauts-de-Seine), was placed in receivership on 18 July. The judges of the commercial court ruled that ‘the business can no longer be continued and [...] there is no possibility of presenting a recovery plan to pay off the liabilities’. Esprit had around a hundred shops in France, with annual sales of around €32 million.
In July, the clothing retail chain has announced to be placed in receivership and to cut about 1,650 jobs in Europe, including Germany, France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands Esprit-2024-EU. A previous job cut has been recorded in the ERM Database in 2014 with 222 job cuts in France Esprit-2014-FR.
Eurofound (2024), Esprit, Bankruptcy in France, factsheet number 201584, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/201584.
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