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Department store chain Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof to change its name upon backing of US investor

Beauty products, handbags, shoes, underwear - these are to be the focal points of German department store chain Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof's product range in future. ‘This will enable us to clearly differentiate ourselves from the competition,’ the company's managing director, Olivier Van den Bossche, said on Tuesday. For beauty products such as...

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Hudson's Bay owner and BB Kapital snap up German department store Galeria

NRDC Equity Partners, the New York-based parent company of Hudson’s Bay, and BB Kapital SA, the investment firm of businessman Bernd Beetz’s family, have come together to acquire German department store firm Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof GmbH. The consortium have joined hands as part of Galeria’s insolvency plan, with the company’s administrator...