The Belgian subsidiary of the French fashion brand IKKS was declared bankrupt at the beginning of February by the French-speaking Commercial Court of Brussels. The bankruptcy affects around ten of its own stores and puts dozens of jobs at risk, reports business newspaper L’Echo.
IKKS is a French premium fashion brand active in several European markets. This exclusively concerns the Belgian retail operations; the brand’s franchise stores are not part of the proceedings and will remain open.
This includes company-owned stores in Antwerp, Brussels, Knokke, Liège, Louvain-la-Neuve, Waterloo and Woluwe, as well as the outlet stores in Maasmechelen and Messancy and the shop-in-shops at Inno, according to L’Echo.
The bankruptcy of the…