Tag: Delivery services

Google turns YouTube into a shopping channel

Dusseldorf Influencers and brand manufacturers have recently been able to sell their products in live videos on YouTube. Customers can ask questions directly, comment on the offer and discuss it…

Many retailers do not have an online shop

Dusseldorf Patricia Bernhard is in close contact with her customers in the store. But for the owner of the fashion boutique “In Love with Loretto 23” in Düsseldorf Unterbilk, the…

Famines: The world food system is not working

Sudanese farmer with grain Dependence on wheat is high worldwide. (Photo: dpa) Berlin When Martin Frick, head of the UN World Food Program (WFP) in Germany, talks about the future…

Warning about investors who let down founders

difficult tasks Many start-ups have to save massively – and are sometimes let down by investors. (Photo: IMAGO/MASKOT) Germany’s youngest generation of founders has to learn some ugly vocabulary: The…

Deka criticizes hard before the general meeting

Dusseldorf Despite doubling annual sales, Delivery Hero did not make a profit in 2021 either. While many analysts continue to rate the delivery service positively, criticism from shareholders is increasing…

Retailer delivers purchases using drones

san francisco Walmart becomes the first American retailer to use drones extensively for grocery delivery. Four million households in six states – Texas, Arizona, Utah, Virginia, Arkansas, Florida – will…

Russian successor company is launched

McDonald’s in Russia A McDonald’s lettering on a branch in Novosibirsk is being dismantled – after more than three decades, the fast-food chain is withdrawing from Russia. (Photo: IMAGO/ITAR-TASS) Moscow…

The hunters are in trouble

Dusseldorf The hottest bet in the start-up scene doesn’t seem to be paying off: just a year ago, so-called Amazon aggregators – investors who buy up dozens of Amazon brands…

What the new price targets mean for investors

Amazon fulfillment center The shares of the e-commerce giant are now visually much cheaper – and therefore easier to trade for private investors. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf For many investors, looking…

Hamburg wants VAT off for food

Customers at a weekly market Berlin In view of rising food prices, Hamburg’s Senator for Consumer Protection, Anna Gallina (Greens), is calling for a VAT exemption for certain foods. The…

Dax passes the 14,600 point mark

Dax curve The leading German index is on a downward trend this year – despite the recent recovery. (Photo: Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images [M]) Frankfurt Fading fears of an economic downturn…

Why the descent from the Dax is a blessing

Delivery Hero driver The company was the only Dax member that had never made a profit. (Photo: Max Threlfall/ Delivery Hero) At first glance, it’s an embarrassing failure. After less…