Schlecker Austria to be Rescued?

CompaniesRetail & Consumer ♦ Published: July 30, 2012; 16:56 ♦ (Vindobona)

The Austrian subsidiary of the bankrupt German chemist chain and its subsidiaries in Poland, Italy, Belgium and Luxembourg may be continued.

Schlecker Austria to be Rescued? / Picture: © Schlecker

Potential buyers, who are unknown yet, plan to take over Schlecker Austria and start an expansion program. Above all, the assortiment of goods should be enlarged. The chemist chain, which operates about 1,350 branches in Austria, Poland, Italy, Belgium and Luxembourg, should be re-namend and become a local grocer then.

The chemist´s products should remain the core business,…