German Retail Blog Podcast
1) Opinion wanted: Yours!
A good doctor regularly takes the pulse of his or her patients. The same applies to publishing. One can bore the pants off of one's readers simply by not covering the issues that concern them.This is ...Show More
2) Production almost back to pre-Covid levels
Martial comparisons are generally best avoided. But, as in wartime, the coronavirus has brought out the best and the worst in people. We have had to endure black marketers selling protective masks and...Show More
3) New in English: FOOD SERVICE International
May we draw your attention to the English version of one of our most influential and authoritative sister publications? FOOD SERVICE International provides global news for the HoReCa sector, which is ...Show More
4) Retailers, up your customer marketing or fail!
Dear Retailers,If you want to survive a savage post-Covid-19 recession, you will have to change your shabby old customer marketing ways. True, the era of mass retailing has always been an excuse for p...Show More
5) Rohlik wants to ring German doorbells
Rohlik.cz is already the leading home delivery company for food in its native Czech Republic. The online start-up now intends to honk its horn in Germany within the next three to five years. "It's my ...Show More
6) Christmas thoughts on German Retail Blog
Nietzsche considered it an infallible sign of decadence when art makes art its subject. So this strange German philosopher would probably not approve of any blog talking about itself, albeit for the f...Show More
7) Aldi gets physical in China
In only days from now Aldi will be starting business in the People's Republic of China. The German discount giant's first store will open in Shanghai on June 7. According to information obtained by Le...Show More
8) LZ Retailytics ranks Europe's Top 50 retail stars
If this were football, Schwarz Group would be FC Barcelona, Real Madrid or ManUnited. The owner of German discounters Lidl and Kaufland has again won the European retail cup, as compiled by Frankfurt-...Show More
9) Lidl culls its bigwigs, but can't stop growing
It used to be fun being one of the boss men, but not if you work at Schwarz Group these days. Klaus Gehrig, the powerful figure running the German retail giant founded by secretive entrepreneur Dieter...Show More
10) Shop and save the Siberian way – Russian discounter Torgservis plans German entry
Talk about audacity! Russian discounter Torgservis plans to enter Germany via Berlin-based subsidiary TS Markt. The retailer from Krasnoyarsk in Siberia wants to rent "more than 100" stores with sales...Show More