Poker for Oberpollinger: Billionaire is planning a megadeal with the luxury department store. He already owns more than half, and now the rest is apparently to follow.

The first acquisition could be completed shortly. It's "more about weeks than months," the trade magazine quotes an insider. At the same time, the Central Group is also said to want to take over the Signa shares in the Selfridges and Globus chains. It has not yet been confirmed whether Tos Chirathivat also has an eye on the department store properties that belong to Signa Prime.