Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof has announced that it will refrain from using plastic bags throughout the entire department store group. This decision applies to the entire group of companies: for all Karstadt and Kaufhof department stores, sports as well as for subsidiaries in the food and gastronomy sector. The goal is to continuously reduce the last stocks of disposable plastic bags within the first half of 2020. Meanwhile, the company is working on sustainable, reusable packaging solutions.