Tag: Entrepreneur of the day
The amazing second life of Bonita
Branch of Bonita The retailer was supposed to be repositioned for a younger target group, but that went awry. (Photo: Bonita) Dusseldorf Not even three years ago, the owners basically…
Fashion retailer: H&M under pressure from Inditex and Shein: Persson family owners have to change course
Stockholm The success of H&M has made Karl-Johan Persson’s (47) family rich. The head of the supervisory board and his parents, aunt and siblings are all among the wealthiest Swedes.…
Logistics start-up Grünfuchs strengthens retailers in the fight against Amazon
Grünfuchs founder Felix Dossmann The entrepreneur wants to secure the future of inner-city retailers in the fight against online giants like Amazon. Dusseldorf The Göttingen household goods retailer Markus Reich…
Juwelier Christ wants to expand with a new owner in Europe
Dusseldorf The Christ jewelry chain has more than recovered from the slump in sales during the corona crisis. “We had an extremely strong 2021/22 financial year, which we closed with…
Air taxi pioneer wants to expand focus to Germany
Santa Cruz, New York A whirring sound is heard as the electric air taxi climbs into the air. It does a few laps before landing back at the hangar at…
How Ulrich Grabowski wants to promote drones & Co. in aviation
Planned delivery drone “Whisper” The aircraft for regional use is scheduled to take off for the first time in 2023. (Photo: EAMD) Frankfurt The business model is special, but so…
Trigema boss Wolfgang Grupp calls for more entrepreneurial responsibility
Dusseldorf Wolfgang Grupp has been managing the textile manufacturer Trigema for 53 years. Karstadt was an important customer for him for many years. The department store chain is now part…
This is how things will continue for the consultants after the death of Péter Horváth
Stuttgart The management consultancy Horváth, Germany’s number four, lost its defining figure in June with its founder. After all, Péter Horváth was present in the company almost every day until…
Publishing legacy has to go back to prison after BGH decision
Alexander Falk (centre) in the criminal proceedings before the Frankfurt Regional Court The publishing heir will soon be back in prison and serving the remainder of his four and a…
Peek & Cloppenburg starts catching up with Zalando and About You
Dusseldorf The Düsseldorf fashion retailer Peek & Cloppenburg has been working on its new web shop for two years. The company is investing a three-digit million sum in digitization. But…
Red Points secures 20 million euros for the fight against counterfeiters on the Internet
Dusseldorf The online trade in plagiarism has reached dramatic proportions in recent years. According to OECD estimates, counterfeit gangs make more than $500 billion in annual sales worldwide. This corresponds…
Delivery service Liefergrün recruits staff from Hermes and Amazon
Dusseldorf The delivery start-up Liefergrün wants to attack established parcel services with a newly formed management. The experienced logistics manager Nils Fischer becomes co-managing director and, as head of the…
Mark Zuckerberg’s sister promotes the Web3
Randy Zuckerberg Mark Zuckerberg’s sister is a tech entrepreneur herself. (Photo: Bloomberg) London Anyone in the tech industry who believes in crypto technologies and also has the surname “Zuckerberg” is…
Reluctance to buy hits the bike industry – Rose Bikes lowers prices
Manufacturing at Rose Bikes In the middle of the consumer crisis, the bicycle company lowers prices. (Photo: ROSE Bikes GmbH) Dusseldorf After years of boom, the gloomy consumer mood is…
Reluctance to buy hits the bike industry – Rose Bikes cuts prices
Manufacturing at Rose Bikes In the middle of the consumer crisis, the company lowers prices. (Photo: ROSE Bikes GmbH) Dusseldorf After years of boom, the gloomy consumer mood is also…
Robots cook at the Yaya restaurant chain
Bowl restaurant Yaya in Munster At Yaya, everything is digitized: from ordering at the terminal, cashless payment to cooking the dishes. (Photo: Yaya ) Dusseldorf There are no cooks in…
Start-up Software Defined Automation finds new financiers
Digitized factory SDA has developed a platform between the factory and the cloud, to which machines and applications from established providers can dock. (Photo: Software Defined Automation) Munich The industrial…
How Gerhard Wendl built Austria’s largest hotel chain
Vienna You don’t always have to be a specialist to create a company. Gerhard Wendl is a sociologist and has built up Austria’s largest hotel chain with the Jufa Holding.…
Skeleton wants to make mining greener with carbon batteries
mining vehicle In mining, dump trucks transport up to 100 tons of raw materials per trip. (Photo: Bloomberg) Dusseldorf The German-Estonian start-up Skeleton Technologies has received its first major order…
Stina Ehrensvärd wants to make passwords superfluous
Yubikey The small device is usually carried on a bunch of keys and used like a classic key to open locked entrances. (Photo: Yubico) san francisco In almost every hacker…