Two-thirds of Karstadt Sports’ stores face possible closures

Signa Retail is considering the shutdown of 20 of the 30 branches of the Karstadt Sports chain in Germany as part of a reorganization program intended to pull the chain’s parent company, Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof (Galeria) out of its current insolvency. Signa owns 100 percent of the shares in Galeria, ...

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