Buyer found for bankrupt retail chain Blokker in the Netherlands

This acquirer aims “to rebuild the Blokker formula in the coming period and to collaborate with the approximately 45 franchise branches”.

How many stores Blokker will consist of will still depend on reaching an agreement with the landlords of the buildings with Blokker stores and further agreements with franchisees. “This may take several months,” the curators have said.

Blokker has previously disappeared from Belgium. The 123 stores were sold to a Dutch entrepreneur in 2020, but bankruptcy soon followed. About 650 people lost their jobs.