Tag: Consumer
Green becomes head of the consumer center
Ramona Pop Ramona Pop has been a member of the Berlin House of Representatives since 2001 and was the leader of the Greens parliamentary group from 2009 to 2016. (Photo:…
Green becomes head of the consumer center
Ramona Pop Ramona Pop has been a member of the Berlin House of Representatives since 2001 and was the leader of the Greens parliamentary group from 2009 to 2016. (Photo:…
Gas suppliers are allowed to raise prices – criticism from consumer advocates
Berlin Consumer advocates criticize the amendment to the Energy Security Act (EnSiG) passed by the Bundestag. They are calling for the so-called price adjustment clause to be adjusted and are…
Survey: Inflation is the biggest concern of people in Germany
Gas station People in Germany spend significantly more money on transport costs. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The rapidly rising prices in almost all areas of life are currently causing people in…
These five consumer stocks are still cheap
Dusseldorf The US Federal Reserve (Fed) raised interest rates by 0.5 percentage points last Wednesday. In the future, this will now be between 0.75 and 1 percent. The European Central…
Coca-Cola, Nestlé, Kroger & Co.: How consumer goods stocks are bursting with inflation
Dusseldorf The German inflation rate is currently 7.3 percent – the highest value for around 40 years. The Russian war of aggression in Ukraine, the ongoing supply bottlenecks and high…
Consumer advocates warn of high additional payments
heating costs High additional payments on heating costs are likely to become a major burden for tenants. (Photo: dpa) Berlin According to estimates by the Federation of German Consumer Organizations…
Energy supply: consumer advocates warn of gas barriers
gas meter High energy prices are affecting the citizens – gas or electricity cuts threaten in the event of payment difficulties. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The Federation of German Consumer Organizations…
Beiersdorf, Unilever, P&G: Consumer goods companies continue to raise prices
Dusseldorf Beiersdorf and Unilever got off to a surprisingly good start to the year. The Nivea manufacturer grew organically by 10.3 percent in the first three months, the British manufacturer…
Producer prices after the start of the war with a record increase – plus 30.9 percent
Gas station On average, private consumers had to pay 41.9 percent more for premium petrol and 62.6 percent for diesel than a year earlier. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Natural gas, butter,…
Producer prices after the start of the war with a record increase – plus 30.9 percent
Gas station On average, private consumers had to pay 41.9 percent more for premium petrol and 62.6 percent for diesel than a year earlier. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Natural gas, butter,…
Japanese government worried about yen weakness – ‘cons outweigh cons’
Japan’s national currency, the yen The yen was at 127.80 to the dollar, its lowest level since May 2002. (Photo: dpa) Tokyo The Japanese government is warning more clearly than…
Consumer goods companies are at risk of missing their plastic targets
Dusseldorf The goals are ambitious: consumer goods giants such as Henkel, Beiersdorf and Unilever are planning to drastically reduce the amount of new plastic in their packaging for deodorants, creams…
Salmonella: Ferrero extends recall to Christmas items
Rome There could hardly have been a more inopportune time for Ferrero: a good week before Easter, the Nutella manufacturer from northern Italy is withdrawing dozens of chocolate products from…
Salmonella: Ferrero extends recall to Christmas items
Surprise egg Among other things, the children’s surprise egg three-pack with the best before date between April and June 2022 was recalled. Advent calendars are also affected. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt,…
Vodafone wants to close dead spots along the railway lines
passenger with a cell phone Telephoning, surfing or even working is not always possible on a trip. The network often falls away – Deutsche Bahn and Vodafone now want to…
Olaf Scholz defeats the “Scholzomat” – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
if you want to call Olaf Scholz’s grin “smurfy”, as CSU comics connoisseur Markus Söder did a year ago, then “Schlumpfhausen” was a long way away from “Anne Will” yesterday.…
He who has the raw materials has power – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
Wars usually also have to do with raw materials, and those who dream of a new world order will find their weapon to change the situation here. In the case…
Coalition is struggling to relieve consumers
Berlin The traffic light coalition is still looking for the right recipe to relieve citizens of the high fuel and heating costs. The proposal for a mobility allowance comes from…
Hardly any consumer sentiment despite the end of many corona measures
Dusseldorf On March 20th, many corona protection measures should finally fall in Germany. There are no longer upper limits for participants for events and contact restrictions. Passengers can again use…