Tag: retail trade
Rewe Group voluntarily increases wages and salaries
Rewe supermarket “More than 130,000 employees will benefit from the increase,” said a spokesman for the Rewe Group. (Photo: IMAGO/Michael Gstettenbauer) Cologne The Rewe Group wants to increase the wages…
Discounter gets a new head of Germany
Christian Härtnagel The discounter’s previous head of Germany is moving to another position in the group. (Photo: ddp/News Licensing Jack Hill/The) Dusseldorf The discounter Lidl is surprisingly replacing the head…
Less in it, the same price – government wants to ban “deceptive packages” in supermarkets
Berlin, Düsseldorf Federal Consumer Protection Minister Steffi Lemke (Greens) is taking action against hidden price increases in retail. “Deceptive packages are a big nuisance. “Consumers are being misled here,” Lemke…
Former Haniel chief controller Doreen Nowotne joins Kühne Holding
Doreen Nowotne The manager is moving to Kühne Holding in Switzerland as managing director. (Photo: Haniel) Zurich The former head of the supervisory board of Haniel and Brenntag, Doreen Nowotne,…
Sales of laboratory meat in the EU applied for
Dusseldorf The manufacturer of Bärchenwurst wants to sell hot dogs with meat from cell cultures in the future. A subsidiary of In Family Foods has submitted an application to the…
How Amazon attacks Aldi and Lidl with its own brands
Amazon is competing with retailers The “Our Essentials by Amazon” brand range corresponds to the core range of supermarkets and discounters. (Photo: Imago [M]) New York, Düsseldorf In Germany, Amazon…
Shipping company MSC wants to join the port of Hamburg
Hapag-Lloyd container ship in Hamburg Major shareholder Klaus-Michael Kühne is calling for a counteroffer for HHLA. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf The planned partial sale of the Hamburg port operator…
Shipping company MSC wants to board at the port
Hapag-Lloyd container ship in Hamburg Major shareholder Klaus-Michael Kühne is calling for a counteroffer for HHLA. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf The planned partial sale of the Hamburg port operator…
Shipping company MSC wants to board at the port
Berlin, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf The planned partial sale of the Hamburg port operator HHLA to the Swiss shipping company MSC is causing trouble in the Hanseatic city. “This solution is an…
Klaus-Michael Kühne brings a counteroffer for HHLA into play
MSC container ship in Hamburg The Hanseatic city and the container shipping company announced a deal to partially sell the port operator on Wednesday morning. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The planned…
Klaus-Michael Kühne brings a counteroffer for HHLA into play
Klaus Michael Kuehne The Hamburg native is a major shareholder in MSC rival Hapag-Lloyd. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The planned partial sale of the Hamburg port operator HHLA to the major…
Container shipping company MSC wants to join HHLA
Port of Hamburg The container shipping company MSC wants to join the port operator HHLA. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The world’s largest shipping company MSC wants to join the Hamburg port…
New indications are fueling speculation about mobile phone offerings
Amazon logo Reports that the US giant could enter the mobile phone market have been driving the industry for weeks. (Photo: dpa) Hamburg Reports about a planned mobile phone offer…
Kaufhof owner Benko gets fresh money from investors
Rene Benko The image of the real estate prodigy has recently cracked. (Photo: Getty Images for Oberpollinger/ ) Frankfurt, Dusseldorf According to company circles, the Signa Group of real estate…
Kaufhof owner Benko gets fresh money from investors
Frankfurt, Dusseldorf According to company circles, the Signa Group of real estate investor René Benko, which is behind the Galeria department store group, has secured fresh equity. The existing investors…
Takeovers in the logistics industry collapse drastically
Dusseldorf After the takeover hype during the corona pandemic, company acquisitions in the transport industry have collapsed drastically this year. This is the result of a study just published by…
Czech billionaire builds trading empire
Paris Four years ago, Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky took a minority stake in French supermarket giant Casino. Now he is supposed to save the heavily indebted group. Late on Monday…
Shein, Temu & Alibaba want to oust Amazon in Europe
Temu and Shein Asian online retailers want to expand in Europe. (Photo: Getty Images, Bloomberg [M] ) Dusseldorf Amazon is still the undisputed number one in Germany in e-commerce. Not…
Amazon wants to catch up in the AI race
Trade fair appearance by AWS The cloud market leader is at risk of falling behind in the AI race. (Photo: Reuters) san francisco Amazon invented the global cloud business and…
Delivery service Getir is facing drastic cuts – and is fighting for investor funds
Frankfurt, Berlin, Dusseldorf Months after taking over German rival Gorillas, Turkish express delivery service Getir is facing drastic cuts. The company is burning between $80 million and $100 million a…