The parent company of the Aachener clothing chain has a new boss. On Sunday, Oliver Nobel announced in a letter to his business partners that he had been appointed as the new sole managing director of TEH Textilhandel GmbH.
He succeeded Friedrich-Wilhelm Göbel, around whom there had recently been some turbulence. According to press reports An arrest warrant was issued against the entrepreneurbecause he failed to appear at a court date in early November.
Nobel introduces himself as a “crisis-experienced restructuring expert”.
In the letter available to FashionUnited, his successor introduced himself as a “crisis-experienced restructuring expert from Görg Partnership von Rechtsanwälten mbB”. He will now “in the coming days get his own, independent overview of processes, structures and the current situation of the fashion houses” and “together with the established management team around Susanne Straus, Erich Beyersdorff and Torsten Altenscheidt as well as external support” he will plan the future of the fashion houses Retailer design, explained Nobel.
The change in management is “supported by the landlords of the fashion houses,” emphasized the new Aachen boss. They had “already signaled their willingness to provide further support in initial discussions”. As the new managing director, he will now “immediately contact the suppliers in order to continue to ensure the range and brand diversity in the existing and future branches,” said Nobel.
The clothing retailer has made headlines in recent months after… the takeover of several locations of the insolvent Galeria retail chain had announced.
There is said to be an arrest warrant against the previous Aachen boss Friedrich-Wilhelm Göbel
According to a report published on Monday by the trade magazine Textilwirtschaft (TW), Nobel’s predecessor Göbel explained his departure in an email to employees. “The events surrounding me have made this change necessary in order to fulfill one of the prerequisites for the successful further development of ‘Aachener’,” the magazine quotes from the former managing director’s letter.