Tag: Consumer goods
Rewe Group voluntarily increases wages and salaries
Rewe supermarket “More than 130,000 employees will benefit from the increase,” said a spokesman for the Rewe Group. (Photo: IMAGO/Michael Gstettenbauer) Cologne The Rewe Group wants to increase the wages…
Discounter gets a new head of Germany
Christian Härtnagel The discounter’s previous head of Germany is moving to another position in the group. (Photo: ddp/News Licensing Jack Hill/The) Dusseldorf The discounter Lidl is surprisingly replacing the head…
Why Ukraine is suing its closest ally Poland
Vienna Ukraine is dependent on its agricultural exports – and not only faces obstacles in the Black Sea. Poland, Hungary and Slovakia still do not allow Ukrainian imports of grain…
Fuerst Wiacek wants to expand on the German market
Berlin From Berlin into the world: This applies to the colorful canned beers from the Fuerst Wiacek brewery. The Berlin start-up exports its internationally recognized and award-winning craft beers with…
Is German wine worth investing in?
Vines in Stuttgart German wine is increasingly becoming an international collector’s item. (Photo: imago images / Westend61) Munich Johannes Hasselbach knows from his family how far enthusiasm for wine as…
Less in it, the same price – government wants to ban “deceptive packages” in supermarkets
Berlin, Düsseldorf Federal Consumer Protection Minister Steffi Lemke (Greens) is taking action against hidden price increases in retail. “Deceptive packages are a big nuisance. “Consumers are being misled here,” Lemke…
Oktoberfest boss is “not chasing records”
Beer tent After a rainy restart after the Corona break, Oktoberfest wants to build on previous visitor numbers this year with better weather. (Photo: AP) Munich Munich is hoping for…
Sales of laboratory meat in the EU applied for
Dusseldorf The manufacturer of Bärchenwurst wants to sell hot dogs with meat from cell cultures in the future. A subsidiary of In Family Foods has submitted an application to the…
How Amazon attacks Aldi and Lidl with its own brands
Amazon is competing with retailers The “Our Essentials by Amazon” brand range corresponds to the core range of supermarkets and discounters. (Photo: Imago [M]) New York, Düsseldorf In Germany, Amazon…
New indications are fueling speculation about mobile phone offerings
Amazon logo Reports that the US giant could enter the mobile phone market have been driving the industry for weeks. (Photo: dpa) Hamburg Reports about a planned mobile phone offer…
Adidas raises forecast after successful sale of “Yeezy” shoes
Coveted sports shoes Kanye West’s Yeezy collection was also highly coveted in the clearance sale. (Photo: imago/Eastnews) Munich After a first successful sell-out of “Yeezy” goods from the stopped cooperation…
Consumers punish suspected greenwashing immediately
Dusseldorf If doubts arise about the credibility of their sustainability promises, companies can quickly lose sales. This is shown by a survey by the Nuremberg Institute for Market Decisions (NIM),…
“Dog food is more expensive than jam”
Test kitchen from Zentis The Aachen-based jam manufacturer now does most of its business with fruit preparations for yoghurt. (Photo: Zentis) Aachen In the world of family businesses, Zentis boss…
That’s what European boss Nina Hajikhanian is planning
Nina Hajikhanian The manager is the European head of Patagonia. Dusseldorf Outdoor apparel company Patagonia does things differently than most companies. If you ask the new head of Europe, Nina…
Kaufhof owner Benko gets fresh money from investors
Rene Benko The image of the real estate prodigy has recently cracked. (Photo: Getty Images for Oberpollinger/ ) Frankfurt, Dusseldorf According to company circles, the Signa Group of real estate…
Kaufhof owner Benko gets fresh money from investors
Frankfurt, Dusseldorf According to company circles, the Signa Group of real estate investor René Benko, which is behind the Galeria department store group, has secured fresh equity. The existing investors…
Czech billionaire builds trading empire
Paris Four years ago, Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky took a minority stake in French supermarket giant Casino. Now he is supposed to save the heavily indebted group. Late on Monday…
Shein, Temu & Alibaba want to oust Amazon in Europe
Temu and Shein Asian online retailers want to expand in Europe. (Photo: Getty Images, Bloomberg [M] ) Dusseldorf Amazon is still the undisputed number one in Germany in e-commerce. Not…
Amazon wants to catch up in the AI race
Trade fair appearance by AWS The cloud market leader is at risk of falling behind in the AI race. (Photo: Reuters) san francisco Amazon invented the global cloud business and…
This is how the chocolate manufacturer saves energy
Dusseldorf When you reach the village of Waldenbuch in the district of Böblingen, the smell of chocolate fills your nostrils. The chocolate manufacturer Ritter Sport employs 1,000 of its 1,900…