Overview
- Liquidator Laura Limido told managers the bookstore will shut on April 30, with the entire building to be emptied by the end of June because the lease will not be renewed.
- Mondadori filed a formal offer to buy Hoepli’s school publishing division, with no price or timetable disclosed, and the liquidator said the proposal will face legal and economic review.
- Talks to sell the central Milan building to a U.S. investment fund are described as advanced, though no preliminary agreement has been signed.
- The liquidators report offers for the publishing business but none for the retail bookstore, while some parties have requested access to Hoepli’s accounts to evaluate possible bids.
- A family dispute with minority shareholder Giovanni Nava and a pending Supreme Court ruling add uncertainty, as 49 employees press rescue efforts that include petitions surpassing 60,000 signatures and a proposed worker buyout under Italy’s Marcora law.