The Marseille Economic Court on Friday examined the offers of three candidates to take over local clothing supplier Jott. The brand is known for its colorful down jackets. Around 15 potential takeover buyers originally registered in February.
The court will announce its decision on April 13. The Jott brand (“Just over the top”), founded in 2010, filed for bankruptcy in December.
The Amoniss Group is an investment company whose portfolio already includes the brands Chevignon and Lee Cooper as well as the retailer Pimkie, which was acquired by the Mulliez family in 2023. As one site reported, Amoniss received the majority of votes from the parties involved in the case. These include the insolvency administrators, the court representatives; the wage guarantee fund (AGS) and the banks.
This offer seems to offer the best guarantees. It provides for the takeover of 77 percent of the employees employed under French law. The selling price for inventory and assets is three million euros.
The takeover proposal from the employees and one of the founders called “Projet Mars” only received two votes. These came from representatives of Jott France and Jott Opération, two units of the Marseille company.
The “Projet Mars” plans to retain only 34 percent of the employees and sets the sales price at 900,000 euros.
The proposal from BCR-I, a holding company that acquired men’s fashion brand Café Coton in June, did not receive a single vote. The offer called for only 28 percent of the workforce to be taken on and offered 400,000 euros for the sale.
Origin Group, linked to Middle Eastern interests, did not confirm its offer on Friday. According to a source, she was unable to provide the required bank guarantees.
Jott, based in Marseille, has a network of boutiques mainly in France and Europe. In 2025, it employed 254 people in France and achieved sales of 70 million euros. The subsidiary that operates the boutiques in the Netherlands and Belgium is also the subject of bankruptcy proceedings in Brussels, which is leading to liquidation.
“Jott is not just a local company, but a Marseille success story,” Mode in Sud, the association of regional fashion companies, said in a statement in December. The association expressed concern on the occasion of the bankruptcy filing. The case is a “significant example for our fashion ecosystem in the South”.
In recent years, the French ready-to-wear industry has suffered from a severe crisis. It is particularly burdened by competition from second-hand fashion and ultra-fast fashion from Asia.
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