The Munich fashion retailer Hallhuber is closing its online shop as a result of the ongoing insolvency proceedings. Existing claims from returns that have already been made cannot currently be paid out.
In May of this year, Hallhuber had to file for bankruptcy for the second time in a short period of time. The Munich company wanted to reorganize itself under self-management. The reasons were the “well-known effects of the Ukraine crisis, increased inflation and general reluctance to buy”. Now the fashion retailer has also closed its online shop – temporarily, it seems, “they are working hard to have it fully available again as soon as possible,” according to a message on the website.
For the time being, customers should use the almost 200 Hallhuber stores in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands “to discover, try on and shop our current collections,” the company continued.
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Circumstances now arise, especially with returns: Existing claims from returns that have already been made can currently no longer be paid out to customers. The claim will not be lost, but once the self-administration process is completed, only a portion of this will probably be able to be paid, the amount of which has not yet been determined.
Hallhuber continues: “If, however, you are considering returning the item now, we would like to point out the following to you as a precautionary measure: The returned goods will become the property of Hallhuber. However, your resulting claim for repayment must unfortunately be treated in the same way as those that already exist Payment claims from other creditors. This means that it cannot currently be paid out and will only be paid at an indefinite rate at the end of the insolvency proceedings. It is also not possible to personally return returns in our stores. This means that we cannot accept items from you on site either Please decide for yourself whether you want to exercise your basic right of return under these legal conditions or whether you want to keep unwanted items and resell them privately.”
