Tag: Main Association of German Retailers HDE
Sustainable delivery service wants to compete with Hermes and DPD
In this difficult environment, the Liefergrün start-up has now successfully completed its first major round of financing. Investors led by eCapital are putting €12 million into the company, which offers…
New corona rules: economy fears rule chaos again
Berlin Masks, vaccinations and tests – the traffic light government is relying on this triad in its corona protection plan for the fall. What basically sounds simple, however, feeds the…
Deutsche Post suffers an unexpectedly sharp slump in online retail
Dusseldorf The sharp slump in German online retail is dampening the growth of Deutsche Post DHL. The European market leader in the parcel business lost 10.7 percent of its sales…
Retail shows biggest drop in sales since 1994
Shopping street in Cologne The German retail sector can look back on a difficult first half of the year. (Photo: dpa) Berlin High inflation, corona crisis, Ukraine war: German retailers…
Recession: Germany must catch up on lost growth
container port All the driving forces of the German export economy are currently paralyzed. (Photo: dpa) While record inflation is burdening the population in Germany and the federal government, consumers…
Recession: Germany must catch up on lost growth
container port All the driving forces of the German export economy are currently paralyzed. (Photo: dpa) While record inflation is burdening the population in Germany and the federal government, consumers…
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…
Many people no longer have enough money to buy groceries
Shopping in a supermarket The budget is empty by the 25th of the month at the latest. (Photo: IMAGO/Martin Wagner) Dusseldorf In view of the significantly increased prices in the…
Rising energy costs: Retailers experience an electricity price shock
Dusseldorf Michael Radau, CEO of the supermarket chain Superbiomarkt, paid 4.7 cents per kilowatt hour for the electricity in his branches until the end of 2021. But the supply contract…
Relief package from the Federal Environment Agency: This is how the affected sectors are reacting
The authority’s president, Dirk Messner, justified the tax relief package with climate protection. What is environmentally friendly should become cheaper, what is environmentally harmful should no longer be subsidized by…
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…
Card payments disruption: Financial regulator Bafin is investigating problems
Frankfurt The problems with card payments in Germany call the financial regulator Bafin on the scene. The authority is in close contact with the Bundesbank, the Federal Office for Information…
Holidaycheck, Jameda & Co complain about purchased online reviews
Dusseldorf No matter how shoddy it is, getting ten positive hotel reviews online is easy. For a special price of 159.90 euros, Fivestar Marketing, a German agency with a company…
Meat, vegetables and cereals are becoming more expensive
One end is not foreseen. Aldi has announced higher prices, as has the bakery – to name just a few. “The second wave of price increases is coming, and it…
Aldi is raising prices – groceries are becoming even more expensive
Aldi supermarket with empty shelves Many foods are currently hardly available, others are becoming significantly more expensive. (Photo: IMAGO/Michael Gstettenbauer) Berlin According to estimates by the retail industry, food prices…
Many federal states are relaxing the measures on Sunday
Berlin The “return to normality” targeted by the federal government is getting closer. People still have to show their vaccination or test certificates in restaurants, bars and cafés. People continue…
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…
The federal and state governments continue to relax
Restaurateur in Bavaria As of today, unvaccinated people have access to restaurants and bars again – but only with a negative rapid test. (Photo: dpa) Berlin It is another step…
German consumers are keeping their money together
pedestrian zone The Germans’ willingness to buy, otherwise at a rather high level, has decreased. (Photo: imago images/Ralph Peters) Dusseldorf Omikron hits the German consumers on the mind. The HDE…
“Right to repair”: traffic light plans meet with rejection
In business, however, the project is met with rejection. At EU level, there are already guidelines for the repairability of certain products. The managing director of the German Retail Association…