Tag: Industry analysis
Deutsche Post: E-commerce is weakening, freight business is growing
Deutsche Post headquarters in Bonn Dusseldorf For two years, numerous lockdowns during the corona pandemic had brought Deutsche Post’s parcel business a steep rise. But the boom seems to be…
German car manufacturers increase sales of e-vehicles by 92 percent
Volkswagen ID.4 in China The Chinese electric car manufacturers have so far grown more dynamically than the Germans. (Photo: Reuters) new York Global sales of fully electric vehicles more than…
War in Ukraine causes considerable problems in purchasing
Gazprom refinery in Moscow 39 percent of large German companies fear bottlenecks in their own production if deliveries are stopped. (Photo: IMAGO/ITAR-TASS) Dusseldorf The consequences of the war in Ukraine,…
Rewe starts offensive in the delivery service
Delivery service from Rewe The dealer also wants to start the delivery service in the Ruhr area in late summer. (Photo: imago images/Michael Gstettenbauer) Cologne In view of the increasingly…
Rügenwalder demands reduced VAT for veggie meat
Michael Hahnel The head of the Rügenwalder Mühle is expanding the production of meat alternatives and is looking for new locations. (Photo: Rügenwalder Mühle) Dusseldorf Vegan sausages and vegetarian schnitzels…
High raw material prices threaten the boom in electric cars
Munich, Zurich For Yann Vincent, head of the Automotive Cells Company (ACC), the matter is quite simple. By the end of the decade, more than two thirds of new cars…
Rewe starts offensive in the delivery service
Delivery service from Rewe The dealer also wants to start the delivery service in the Ruhr area in late summer. (Photo: imago images/Michael Gstettenbauer) Cologne In view of the increasingly…
Volkswagen will buy semiconductors from Qualcomm in the future
Dusseldorf In the development of automated driving, Volkswagen is making a long-term commitment to the US chip company Qualcomm. The car manufacturer will use the “System-on-a-Chip” (SoC) specially developed for…
Where the Germans get information about the war
Dusseldorf Wiring harnesses are missing, energy costs are rising: the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine is affecting production in the local car industry. And that also has a negative…
How companies are exacerbating the bottlenecks
steel production After a small setback at the turn of the year, prices climbed to a new record high. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf, Stuttgart 19 percent more sales at BASF, 44…
How companies are exacerbating the bottlenecks
steel production After a small setback at the turn of the year, prices climbed to a new record high. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf, Stuttgart 19 percent more sales at BASF, 44…
Inflation: Rising food prices – Aldi & Co. benefit
Aldi branch The discounters are gaining market shares due to the rising food prices. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images) Dusseldorf The bad news doesn’t stop for supermarket customers. Not only did Aldi…
What’s behind the gym crisis
The author Tillmann Prüfer is a member of the editor-in-chief of “Zeit-Magazin”. I read that the gyms in Germany are in crisis. According to “Spiegel”, only 9.3 million people in…
Amazon has arrived in reality
new York Surprise! The growth engine Amazon is not immune to inflation and the economic environment. In the first quarter, the online retailer shocked the markets with a billion-dollar loss…
Withdrawal from Russia weighs on profit
Dusseldorf Persil manufacturer Henkel expects lower profits this year due to rising raw material prices and additional costs for logistics. The Düsseldorf-based Dax group announced this in an ad hoc…
Intel reports sales down after PC market shrinks
Santa Clara The chip giant Intel is feeling the slacking of the corona boom in the PC industry. In the first quarter, sales fell seven percent year-on-year to $18.4 billion.…
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…
BASF balance sheet check: The Russian mortgage of the chemical company
BASF balance sheet check As far as prospects and stock market performance are concerned, some uncertainties and weaknesses are revealed at the Ludwigshafen chemical company. (Photo: dpa [M]) Frankfurt The…
Stress test for Deutsche Bank and Co.
Deutsche Bank headquarters in Frankfurt Although the largest domestic money house achieved the highest quarterly profit in nine years, the share slipped significantly into the red on Tuesday at the…
The delivery bottlenecks disappear – just not with the cars
chip manufacturing The semiconductor shortage is coming to an end – but not for the car industry. (Photo: Bloomberg) Munich Good news for the suffering customers of the chip industry:…