Overview
- The family-owned Parfümerie Thiemann filed for a Planinsolvenzverfahren in Eigenverwaltung on Saturday, beginning a court-backed, self‑administered insolvency process.
- All 13 brick‑and‑mortar stores and the online shop remain open for now while management and insolvency administrators carry out a store‑by‑store viability review.
- The Thiemann family cites pandemic-era sales losses, accumulated credit taken to cover rents and wages during lockdowns, falling shopping‑centre footfall and long-term rents as the main causes of the crisis.
- Between about 60 and 70 employees are affected and the company says it will try to preserve as many jobs as possible but does not rule out closures or redundancies.
- Planinsolvenz in Eigenverwaltung lets company managers stay in control while they negotiate a restructuring plan with creditors, and the coming weeks will decide which locations are kept, which are closed, and how local landlords and staff are impacted.