Tag: Consumption and Commerce
China punishes Lithuania: German companies between the fronts – politics
It is one of the most modern plants in the world that the German automotive supplier Continental opened in Kaunas, Lithuania in 2019. Components for the car of the future…
Children’s toys: pink and blue do not belong in the children’s room
The toy industry forces even the very youngest on gender roles and clichés that seem out of date. This is not only lazy, but also wrong. .source site
How does a department store detective work? – Business
Orhan Senel has been a department store detective for 25 years. How he manages to remain invisible, how the perpetrators give themselves away and why he once helped a thief.…
OVG Lüneburg overturns 2G in retail – economy
The Higher Administrative Court in Lüneburg has overturned the 2G rule in retail in Lower Saxony, which only came into force at the beginning of this week. Those who were…
Vegan diet: the chocolate revolutionaries
You can already earn billions with vegan burgers and oat milk. The next big thing: chocolate, completely without cocoa. A German start-up wants to use it to stir up the…
Christmas gifts: sustainable gifts – but how? – Business
Going shopping at the end of the year knowing that we in Germany will have used up all the resources we are entitled to on May 5th can seem quite…
Giving sustainably – but how? – Business
Going shopping at the end of the year knowing that we in Germany will have used up all the resources we are entitled to on May 5th can seem quite…
Amazon and Gorillas: It’s not just consumers who have a duty – business
What do Amazon, Tönnies and gorillas have in common? Exactly, in a competition for the most popular company of the year, the three companies would probably not take home a…
Book trade: will Thalia become the German Amazon? – Business
Anyone who is doing their Christmas shopping in Stuttgart and is looking for a nice book for their loved ones may still notice it painfully: The traditional bookstore Wittwer has…
Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof: The department store deserves a future – economy
Essay by Jan Diesteldorf, Frankfurt This is where the desire to consume that has become home should flourish again. Winter jackets and stockings and plates and bedclothes and perfume bottles,…