Kaporal's ready-to-wear brand placed in judicial liquidation, 280 people dismissed

As a new victim of the ready-to-wear crisis, Kaporal was placed in judicial liquidation with the immediate cessation of his activity. The Marseille brand, born in 2004, deletes 280 posts, illustrating the difficulties of a sector hit by inflation and the competition of the "fast fashion".

Recovery, recovery, liquidation... In two years, Kaporal will have tried everything to survive, but the economic reality was right, destroying 280 jobs.

In financial difficulty for many months, the French group specializing in jeans was placed in judicial liquidation by the commercial court of Marseille on Saturday 29 March, with immediate cessation of activity.

Kaporal's ready-to-wear brand has been placed in judicial liquidation. The specialized denim brand immediately ceases its activities. 280 dismissals will be pronounced.

The commercial court of Marseille took this decision, with the immediate cessation of the activity of the French trade mark specialized in jeans.

After being placed in recovery in 2023, the denim specialist brand was taken over a few months later by three former executives of the company. Their recovery plan was not enough to ensure the brand's sustainability.