GERMANY: KarstadtQuelle Drops 5 Per Cent In First-Quarter
An ongoing slump on its domestic market has led KarstadtQuelle AG, Europe's largest retail and department-store group, to report first-quarter sales down almost 5 per cent. The group, which makes 90 per cent of its revenue on the German market, said first-quarter sales fell 4.9 per cent from the year-ago period.