For the creditors, the bankruptcy of the retail chain Sportscheck takes a comparatively glowing end: You will receive almost two thirds of your money back, as insolvency administrator Axel Bierbach announced.
At Sportscheck Stationär GmbH, which also operates branches under the roof of Karstadt Sports, the quota is 62 percent. The creditors: Inside the online retailer Sportscheck GmbH received 62 percent. Several media reported about it.
Most of the branches have been preserved
The traditional Munich company was recently part of Karstadt and thus into the strudel of the bankruptcy of the Austrian real estate investor René Benko. In November 2023, Sportscheck reported bankruptcy, just a few months later the Italian sports retail chain Cisalfa took over the company, 26 of the 34 branches were preserved. Among other things, the former parent house in Munich was closed. The usual quota for bankruptcy proceedings is in the single -digit percentage range.
Employees also get money back
According to the insolvency administrator, the fact that it was better for the creditors at Sportscheck was due to the smooth takeover. “It was also decisive that by continuing most houses and the rapid reorganization of the abandoned location of Sportscheck at the headquarters in Munich, the damage from the landlord was much lower than initially assumed,” explained the insolvency administrator.
Around 1050 employees also benefit from the distributions: inside who had also registered claims because of their salary losses. Bierbach promises another – and last – payout for 2026.