According to Forbes, citing the court docket, LLC “House of Clothing” received a bankruptcy lawsuit against it amid a net loss of 1.5 billion rubles in 2025.
Andrey Pavlov told Shopper’s that the company was engaged in wholesale trade, and its accounts have been blocked since August 2025. According to him, the Federal Tax Service did not conduct an actual on-site inspection and did not establish the real tax liabilities.
In February 2026, the Federal Tax Service assessed Zenden companies with nearly 29 billion rubles in taxes, and Pavlov called the amount “cosmic” and refused to recognize “nonexistent mistakes”.
Because of the account freeze, Zenden began closing stores and cutting staff. In March, Pavlov said that the chain’s main legal entity — LLC “Seasonal Collection” — had already been operating with a blocked account for 120 days, and the workforce had been reduced from 3,500 to 1,500 people. Kommersant wrote about 20 lawsuits against LLC “Seasonal Collection” from mall owners who sought to recover 43.6 million rubles in rent arrears. By May 2026, the number of Zenden stores had fallen by more than half, and Pavlov warned that the chain could continue closing retail locations.
Zenden was founded in 1997; in addition to the eponymous chain, the group developed the shoe brands Thomas Munz and Salamander. In the years before the war, Zenden Group’s revenue exceeded 21 billion rubles, and the chain had about 400 stores.
Pavlov’s conflict with the authorities has been ongoing for several years. In August 2024, the Ministry of Justice recognized the founder of Zenden as a foreign agent, and in February 2026 he was removed from the register of “foreign agents”.
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