Tag: retail trade
Jan Bredack’s company goes public
A Veganz supermarket in Berlin Dusseldorf Jan Bredack has meticulously prepared this moment for a good two years. In 2019 he converted his company Veganz into an AG. In two…
Shopping for Christmas: Three out of four retailers have delivery problems – economy
Shortly before the Christmas sales it’s getting serious at Germany’s retailers. According to a new survey by the Ifo Institute, 74 percent of retailers complain about Delivery issues. Ifo survey…
Ifo Institute: Delivery problems reach retailers
Retail in Oldenburg The delivery bottlenecks are affecting very different areas of the trade. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Delivery problems no longer only plague industry, but also German retailers. 74 percent…
Ifo Institute: Delivery problems reach retailers
Retail in Oldenburg The delivery bottlenecks are affecting very different areas of the trade. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Delivery problems no longer only plague industry, but also German retailers. 74 percent…
Corona boom is over for online fashion retailers
Topshop branch in London The online retailer Asos warns of delivery bottlenecks and falling profit margins. (Photo: Bloomberg) London Online fashion retailers were among the big winners of the corona…
Gorillas investor Christophe Maire launches food tech fund for 100 million euros
Dusseldorf Christophe Maire has a nose for disruptives. As the first investor, he believed in the business model of the Gorillas express delivery service. In summer 2020 he joined the…
The struggle of delivery services for large cities brings disadvantages for customers
Driver from Wolt and Lieferando in Berlin The restaurant and grocery delivery services focus on competition in the big cities. (Photo: Bloomberg) Hamburg, Düsseldorf Fluffy carpeting is not necessarily the…
The start-up conquers the food discount trade
Share products Share products are now also available from Aldi Süd, Decathlon, Müller and Rossmann. (Photo: Share) Dusseldorf If you want to shop ecologically, you no longer have to go…
More expensive raw materials fuel the price increases in the supermarket
Dusseldorf The prices for agricultural commodities continued to rise in September. The food price index of the World Food Organization (FAO) rose by a further 1.2 percent to 130 points…
More expensive raw materials fuel the price increases in the supermarket
Dusseldorf The prices for agricultural commodities continued to rise in September. The food price index of the World Food Organization (FAO) rose by a further 1.2 percent to 130 points…
The layoffs after the strikes are justified
Strike at gorillas in Berlin on Monday Gorillas had to learn that the company achieves little with concessions. (Photo: Getty Images) Hamburg It has been going on for weeks: employees…
Why Aldi and Lidl have to become waste disposal companies
Lidl sister Prezero collects packaging waste The retail sector has recognized that plastic waste is a valuable secondary raw material. (Photo: PreZero) At first glance, you might think that a…
Aldi & Lidl are fighting for the garbage business
Pressed plastic bottles on a landfill Plastic is increasingly becoming a sought-after secondary raw material in retail. (Photo: Imago) Dusseldorf The discounter Aldi also wants to earn money with the…
Impact start-up SPRK combats food waste with AI
Alexander Piutti Founder Alexander Piutti wants to prevent food surpluses with the technology from SPRK. (Photo: SPRK) Dusseldorf No matter when you walk through the supermarkets: Both grilled meat for…
Luxury restaurateur Michael Käfer relies on vegan food
Munich Feinkost Käfer: It’s a term like Dallmayr coffee or Beluga caviar – in a class of its own. From the head office in Munich-Steinhausen, the owner of the Michael…
Aldi & Lidl are fighting for the garbage business
Pressed plastic bottles on a landfill Plastic is increasingly becoming a sought-after secondary raw material in retail. (Photo: Imago) Dusseldorf The discounter Aldi also wants to earn money with the…
Shop without cash register in the Netherlands
The new branch in Utrecht Customers can check in at the new branch using their mobile phones. The purchases will be settled automatically later. (Photo: obs) Dusseldorf More and more…
This is how the environmental problem becomes business
Dusseldorf Be it fruit and vegetables with blemishes, chocolate with an expired best-before date or simply bad planning at retailers or canteen operators: around twelve million tonnes of food waste…
Swiss group wants to enter the German online trade
Dusseldorf So far, few people in Germany have heard of the name Galaxus. But Migros, after all the Swiss trading company with the highest turnover, is determined to develop this…
Doordash makes delivery app Flink a unicorn
Advertisement for Flink High marketing and delivery costs require a lot of risk capital. (Photo: Reuters) Hamburg The super-fast grocery delivery services continue to attract investors. The US delivery service…