柏林卡迪威百货公司 (KaDeWe) 由陷入困境的奥地利 Signa 集团拥有，自疫情爆发以来租金上涨了 37%，该百货公司已申请破产，以谈判降低租金。 Berlin's KaDeWe department store, owned by struggling Austrian Signa Group, files for insolvency to negotiate lower rents following a 37% increase since pandemic onset.
在柏林，标志性的卡迪威百货商店以及慕尼黑和汉堡的另外两家商店于周一申请破产。 In Berlin, the iconic KaDeWe department store, as well as two other stores in Munich and Hamburg, filed for insolvency on Monday. 拥有这些商店的零售集团卡迪威集团表示，柏林、汉堡和慕尼黑的租金“过高”，使其难以长期盈利。 The retail group, KaDeWe Group, which owns these stores, cited "exorbitantly high rents" in Berlin, Hamburg, and Munich, making it difficult to operate profitably in the long term. 尽管收入有所增加，但自疫情爆发以来租金价格上涨更为显着，给公司带来了财务负担。 While revenues have increased, rent prices have risen even more significantly since the beginning of the pandemic, creating a financial burden for the company.