Despite the energy crisis and high prices, people in Germany are starting the new year in a slightly better mood to spend. The barometer of the GfK market researchers in Nuremberg indicates an increase of 2.3 points to minus 37.8 points for January. The measures taken by the federal government to cushion the exploding energy costs are clearly having an effect, said GfK expert Rolf Bürkl. After the so-called propensity to buy showed a permanently falling trend from autumn 2021...
GfK Entertainment Bruce Springsteen is the boss of the German charts Bruce Springsteen has conquered the top of the German charts with his new album. photo © Evan Vucci/AP/dpa Springsteen reinterprets old soul classics on his album "Only The Strong Survive" - and is extremely well received by his audience. The American rock star Bruce Springsteen (73) has conquered the top of the German charts with the album "Only The Strong Survive". "The Boss" is celebrating "the tenth number one...
What Germans watch on TV, which toys and sweets their children prefer, how homeowners want to heat their homes in the future and what the consumer mood is at the moment - GfK knows all of this with 13,000 employees and a turnover of 1.5 billion euros, it is one of the largest market researchers in the world. For a short time, GfK even came close to becoming the global number two. But then the group got into trouble, disappeared...
What Germans watch on TV, which toys and sweets their children prefer, how homeowners want to heat their homes in the future and what the consumer mood is at the moment - GfK knows all of this with 13,000 employees and a turnover of 1.5 billion euros, it is one of the largest market researchers in the world. For a short time, GfK even came close to becoming the global number two. But then the group got into trouble, disappeared...
The Nuremberg market research institute GfK is sold to the larger US competitor NielsenIQ. Five years after the entry of the US financial investor KKR, the majority of the company with 8,000 employees goes to the US investment company Advent International, which holds NielsenIQ. GfK will be valued at around $2.5 billion in the sale, two insiders said. The Nuremberg company GfK is best known for its consumer climate index and the collection of TV ratings and the music charts....
Status: 06/28/2022 09:39 a.m Consumer sentiment has hit a new record low. The GfK index fell to its lowest level so far. This is mainly due to the drastic increase in the cost of living. The consumer mood of the Germans surveyed by the market researchers of GfK is gloomier than ever. The forecast consumer climate index for July slipped to minus 27.4 points. "Since the start of the survey for all of Germany in 1991, no lower value than...
Der ukrainische Energieminister German Galuschenko hat Deutschland die Lieferung von Atomstrom angeboten. Seit dem 16. März habe die Ukraine ihr Energienetz mit dem Verband Europäischer Übertragungsnetzbetreiber synchronisiert; „damit kann die Ukraine zum Outsourcer von Strom für Deutschland werden“, schrieb Galuschenko in einem Gastbeitrag für die „Wirtschaftswoche“. Dadurch entstehe „eine Art Versicherungspolster in Zeiten witterungsbedingt rückläufiger Erzeugung aus Solar- und Windkraftanlagen“. Deutschland und die Ukraine könnten dabei von den unterschiedlichen Zeit- und Klimazonen profitieren. Der Zeitunterschied zwischen Kiew und Berlin betrage...
Status: 02/23/2022 12:42 p.m After the mood was more optimistic again recently, inflation and the ongoing Omicron crisis are putting a damper on consumer sentiment. The Ukraine conflict could also have a negative impact. Rapidly rising prices and the virus crisis that has not been overcome are robbing consumers of confidence. The consumption barometer of the GfK market researchers in Nuremberg for the month of March fell by 1.4 points to minus 8.1 points, as announced by GfK. Surprisingly, the...
study GfK: Consumer sentiment brightened somewhat in January According to the GfK study, consumer sentiment brightened somewhat in January. Photo: Carsten Koall/dpa © dpa-infocom GmbH Omikron is spreading rapidly, but apparently the current wave of the pandemic is no longer having too much of an impact on people's mood to consume. Nevertheless, according to consumer researchers, there is still some reluctance. Irrespective of the galloping number of infections in the wake of the Omicron pandemic wave, consumer sentiment brightened again...
Video Gfk: Consumer sentiment deteriorates massively at the turn of the year The mood of consumers in Germany worsened noticeably at the turn of the year. This is the result of a survey by GfK market researchers. 2000 people were questioned about this. The consumer climate barometer for January is falling significantly, for the second month in a row. GfK expert Rolf Bürkl on the reasons for the bad mood: "The consumer climate is currently being gripped from two sides....
