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CEO Yves Burger along with the founder of Digitec and the Nationalrat Marcel Dobler as well as another investor buy the Swiss toy dealer Franz Carl Weber. The acquisition was temporarily blocked by a French court.
The Franz Carl Weber toy store receives new owners. (Karin Hofer / NZZ)
tsf ./ (awp) The Swiss toy dealer Franz Carl Weber (FCW), who until then belonged to the French group Ludendo involved in bankruptcy proceedings, receives new owners. As suspected, there is a buy-out of traditional brand management. In addition to the CEO, Yves Burger, the co-founder of Digitec and the FDP National Council of St. Gallen, Marcel Dobler and the German toy manufacturer Simba Dickie each take over a third of FCW
as apparently a creditors' trustee in Paris wanted to have clarified yet another aspect. In the afternoon, Marc Dobler announced via Twitter that the takeover was going to take place.
The group of investors around Burger bought 100% of the capital of Franz Carl Weber AG from the French group Ludendo. It is supposed to allow the continuity of activities independently.
According to the announcement made since January, sales negotiations with the late Ludendo group have been completed and approved by the Paris Commercial Court.
Marcel Dobler on board
It also confirms the hypothesis that co-founder of online retailer Digitec and member of the FDP National Council Marc Dobler also acts as an investor. According to the Zug trade register, a company called FCW Group was founded in early July in Baar.
There has been speculation on a sale since the owner of Franz Carl Weber, the French group Ludendo. , had financial difficulties
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