Tag: Consumption and Commerce
Breweries in the Corona crisis: Little thirst for beer – economy
from Benedikt Müller-Arnold, Cologne Uwe Riehs knows that he got off well. His Krombacher brewery sold a good two percent less beer under its own brand last year. But if…
Amazon and Visa argue about the future of payment – economy
from Claus Hulverscheidt It could be dismissed as a scramble between two rhinoceros bulls attacking each other with bowed heads to clarify the order of precedence in the area once…
“Buy now, pay later”: First the package, then the dunning fee – economy
More and more people are using “buy now, pay later” offers from companies such as PayPal or Klarna. But what sounds good can quickly become a debt trap. About a…
Hofer OB: People are drawn to inner cities – Bavaria
Despite the shops that have been closed for a long time during the corona pandemic and despite the increasingly popular online trade, Hofer’s mayor Eva Döhla (SPD) believes in the…
Plastic bags: Billions of Germans use disposable bags – economy
3,650,000,000 – that’s how many new thin plastic bags German citizens used in 2019, according to the Federal Statistical Office. This means that every German uses an average of 44…
Home24 takes over Butlers – Wirtschaft
Butlers shops are actually quite busy. The decoration and furnishing chain has 40 million customers every year. But that easily belies the crisis that not only butlers, but the entire…
Foodpanda withdraws from Germany – economy
Delivery Hero announced that it would offer its food delivery service Foodpanda in other German cities just six weeks ago. On Wednesday, CEO and co-founder Niklas Östberg suddenly stopped expansion.…
Christmas: According to the survey, women give more than men – Munich
Philipp Rauschnabel, professor at the Bundeswehr University in Neubiberg, evaluated a representative survey for Christmas. A conversation about the gender difference, the Christmas dinner and who actually decorates the Christmas…
Strike at Amazon: it doesn’t work that way – economy
This year the groundhog greets a little more resolutely. Just before Christmas, Verdi is not only calling for a strike at Amazon to draw attention to the poor working conditions.…
Christmas 2021: the festival of empty shelves
In a number of shops there is hardly anything left to buy – and that before Christmas of all times. Why the gaps are more than just an expression of…