Tag: retail trade
Amazon disappoints with the outlook for the Christmas business
Amazon The eCommerce giant has released its third quarter figures. (Photo: Reuters) Seattle Amazon has disappointed investors: delivery bottlenecks, a lack of workers and massive investments will ruin Amazon’s results…
Amazon disappoints with the outlook for the Christmas business
Amazon The eCommerce giant has released its third quarter figures. (Photo: Reuters) Seattle Delivery bottlenecks and a lack of workers hit the Amazon office. In the current fourth quarter, revenues…
Raid on Mallorca: police bag fake luxury bargains – news abroad
Port d’Andratx – What’ll it be? Bags from Louis Vuitton, glasses from Cartier or t-shirts from Chanel? The policemen and tax investigators who came to the pedestrian zone of Port…
Online retailer eBay increases sales – share falls after hours
eBay The e-commerce group has exceeded the analysts’ expectations. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin The online retailer eBay increased its sales despite the increasing competition from stationary retail. Revenues increased in the…
The restart threatens to fizzle out
Frankfurt Miguel Müllenbach goes into raptures. The CEO of Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof stands on the sixth floor of the newly renovated Frankfurt city center branch, looks through the glass facade…
The restart threatens to fizzle out
Frankfurt Miguel Müllenbach goes into raptures. The CEO of Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof stands on the sixth floor of the newly renovated Frankfurt city center branch, looks through the glass facade…
New ideas for dying malls in Germany
Shopping malls yesterday and today What are the right concepts for the future? (Images: Loom, Luminada (M)) Dusseldorf The 14 artists couldn’t have chosen a more suitable location for their…
Space company of Amazon founder Bezos is planning its own station in space
Blue Origin Jeff Bezos’ space company wants to bring more tourists into space. (Photo: via REUTERS) new York The space company of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is planning its own…
Supermarkets win in the corona crisis – but discounters strike back
Aldi branch in Düsseldorf Despite the sometimes noble presentation, the classic discounters lost market share to classic supermarkets during the corona phase. They now want to change that again. (Photo:…
Hellman & Friedman allies with rival EQT
Dog Food Hellman and Friedman want to take over Zooplus. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The previously rival financial investor Hellman & Friedman and the Swedish investment company EQT now want to…
Karstadt and Breuninger use second-hand fashion to attract young customers
Stuttgart The second-hand sales area of the Breuninger flagship store in Stuttgart can be seen from afar. Not because the clothes offered there stand out because of their used appearance,…
Walmart opens vending machines in 200 stores
Walmart branch This year, Walmart aims to generate $ 75 billion in e-commerce. (Photo: AP) new York Buy toilet paper, milk and bread – and pull out Bitcoin before going…
Gerd Chrzanowski takes over the management of the Schwarz Group
Gerd Chrzanowski As of December, the top manager will also become a general partner of the family business Schwarz-Gruppe. (Photo: Schwarz Group) Dusseldorf The Schwarz Group, Europe’s largest retail group,…
Jack Ma: Alibaba founder on a trip to Europe
Appeared again Alibaba founder Jack Ma is traveling abroad for the first time in more than a year. (Photo: Reuters) Dusseldorf The founder of the Chinese e-commerce conglomerate Alibaba, Jack…
Mercedes dealers in Australia are suing Daimler
Munich Daimler threatens legal trouble in Australia. A group of dealers filed a lawsuit against the Stuttgart-based car maker in Melbourne on Tuesday. Accordingly, the Australian sales partners are demanding…
Delivery Hero participates in delivery service Gorillas
Gorillas logo on depot in Berlin At the company’s headquarters in Berlin of all places, wildcat strikes by drivers have been making headlines for months. (Photo: AP) Hamburg The Dax…
Why the best-before date could disappear
Labeled milk Eliminating the use-by date could help fight food waste. (Photo: dpa) Brussels Every year around 80 million tons of food are thrown away in the EU, one fifth…
Fraud and counterfeiting of products: How Amazon is fighting against it
Dusseldorf The evidence for the fraud is clearly documented: The seven defendants from two Chinese companies are said to have counterfeited accessories from the popular GoPro camera brand on a…
Delivery problems are now also affecting Aldi
Aldi north The discounter has difficulties getting goods from China to Germany on time. (Photo: imago images / CHROMORANGE) Dusseldorf It is not just any promotional product: For the first…
Delivery Hero purchases in the Caribbean
Delivery Hero Delivery Hero already has a strong business in South and Central America. (Photo: dpa) Hamburg Delivery Hero buys in Central America: The Dax group has agreed to take…