the San Marina brand placed in receivership

The San Marina shoe brand, formerly owned by the Vivarte group, which had requested, on Tuesday, its placement in receivership by the Marseille commercial court obtained satisfaction, Thursday, September 22. San Marina employs 680 people in 163 stores in France.

The request had been examined Thursday morning behind closed doors by the Commercial Court of Marseille, the headquarters of the brand being in Gémenos, in the Bouches-du-Rhône. The receivership of the company is pronounced until March 22, 2023, announced France 3 Provence, information confirmed to Agence France-Presse by the lawyer of the company, Mr.e Bernard Bouquet.

The commercial court could not be reached in the evening to confirm this information, one of the representatives of the CSE indicating for his part not to be aware of the decision pronounced.

“Non-essential” traders forced to pay their rents

San Marina said on Tuesday that it was suffering the backlash of the judgment of the Court of Cassation which forced, in June, so-called non-essential traders, and who had had to keep their doors closed during the spring 2020 confinement, to pay their rents.

The company, which had been sold in early 2020 by Vivarte to Stéphane Collaert, had already announced in the spring of 2022 a job protection plan (PSE) “concerning 152 out of 680 posts” and “the adaptation of its store network”. At the time of entering into negotiations with Vivarte, there was talk of 230 stores, the brand claimed 163 on Tuesday.

The management, which informed the social and economic committee (CSE) of the sign on Tuesday of this request for receivership, specifies that the PSE should be “temporarily suspended” during the observation period following the receivership.

At the beginning of August, another French ready-to-wear brand, Camaïeu, had requested its receivership, citing ” the results “ of the judgment of the Court of Cassation.

The textile distribution sector, particularly in the mid-range, has been suffering for years in France. The activity remains complicated this year in the context of concerns for purchasing power, which push many consumers to postpone their purchases of clothing, considered to be less of a priority than food or children’s equipment, for example.

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The World with AFP

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