text: KarstadtQuelle to sell 77 department stores, waive 2004, 2005 dividends (AFP) AFP - KarstadtQuelle, Europe's leading department store operator, said it planned to sell  quot;as quickly as possible quot; 77 of its 181 department stores around the country as part of a massive restructuring programme aimed at pulling it out of its current financial crisis.
inputs: KarstadtQuelle to sell 77 department stores, waive 2004, 2005 dividends (AFP) AFP - KarstadtQuelle, Europe's leading department store operator, said it planned to sell  quot;as quickly as possible quot; 77 of its 181 department stores around the country as part of a massive restructuring programme aimed at pulling it out of its current financial crisis.