When Otto Scheck opened his winter clothing store in 1946, the police had to come to regulate the crowds. Sport Scheck has an eventful history and a special meaning for Munich. What is the future of the company after the Signa bankruptcy?
For example, there was the thing with the three piglets in the shop window. They were the talk of the town in no time, simply because you wouldn’t expect little pigs to be in the display of a sports store in the middle of Munich. “It’s a special kind of New Year’s Eve joke,” she explained Evening News their readership. Nobody has to worry about the baby animals because they are housed in a box with plenty of straw and enough food in a box that is climatically perfect. The piglets spent a week in the shop window, next to a sign: “If you feel sorry for us… give up roast pork.”