Schöps has interest in Stiefelkönig

Businessn.a. ♦ Published: August 30, 2010; 13:38 ♦ (Vindobona)

Retail outlets are for sale, initial talks with entrepreneur Jamal Al-Wazzan already took place.

Schöps has interest in Stiefelkönig / Picture: © Stiefelkönig

Stiefelkönig owner BAWAG PSK has launched a renewed attempt to get rid of its shoe company.

There is interest from large shoe retail chains in Germany and Austria, BAWAG CEO Byron Haynes said two days ago.

Officially, only one name is known yet: the retail and real estate businessman Jamal Al-Wazzan, who took over the struggling fashion chain Schöps in August 2008. "Yes,…