Stock Photo - 01 April 2020, Hamburg: Passers-by walk in front of the closed entrance of a department store of the Karstadt department store chain in downtown Hamburg. The department store chain Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof is seeking rescue in a protective shielding procedure in view of the slump in sales caused by the Corona pandemic. The company's application for the initiation of proceedings has already been granted by the Essen District Court, the Group announced on April 1, 2020. The protective shielding procedure protects companies in crisis from the access of creditors, without the companies already having to file for insolvency. Photo: Axel Heimken/dpa. - Hamburg/Hamburg/Germany