Marco Moreo's recovery plan was rejected on a technicality — 22 jobs went with it

Marco Moreo, founded in 1987, made artisanal footwear and ran multi-brand concept stores in Gallarate, Porto San Giorgio and Montecosaro, selling clothing, accessories and design pieces alongside its own shoes. The pandemic left it carrying over €900,000 in debt and full warehouses it could not move.

From 2022 the company worked a ten-year recovery plan approved by state-backed lender Mediocredito Centrale and other creditors, and by 2025 its owner said the business had operating budgets back in balance, with continued backing from banks, suppliers and its 22 employees.

That recovery did not save it. The Agenzia delle Entrate — Italy's tax authority — objected that it had not been given the full 90 days the law allows to examine the restructuring plan before approval. The Tribunale di Macerata rejected the plan on that procedural ground and declared Marco Moreo in judicial liquidation on July 3, 2025. Stores in Gallarate and Porto San Giorgio were emptied in clearance sales through August, and an appeal was launched against the ruling.