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Less Choice Is Always Germany’s First Choice
You can’t just go giving people the freedom to choose. Look at this Brexit mess, for example. And this applies all the more when it comes to new business models in Germany. Especially if they come from...
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No Lines, No Crowds
No customers, no purchases, no spend money, no make money, no business, no future. ‘No lines, no crowds’ — Germans stay home as stores begin to reopen after coronavirus lockdown – German consumers are...
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$1.5 Trillion?
There must be a better word than “stimulus” for that. Wherever medication is given in huge and sudden doses, there’s a risk of unpleasant side effects. In Germany, and Europe generally, one of these...
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German Of The Day: Tank-Rabatt
That means tank discount. No. Not those kind of tanks. Like tanks of gas. Germans will soon only have to pay an arm for their gasoline. They can keep their legs. For now. German finance minister plans...
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German Of The Day: Allzeittief
That means all-time low. Buying mood in Germany drops to all-time low – Consumer sentiment in Germany has reached an all-time low due to the high cost of living. The consumer barometer of the German...
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German Of The Day: Energiepreis-Stoppschild
That means energy price stop sign. This is a brilliant new German invention (both the word and the concept) meaning that energy providers must first explain why they will be raising prices before...
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What A Surprise!
When prices rise, people buy less. Who would have expected that? German retail sales post surprise plunge in December amid rising prices – German retail sales unexpectedly fell in December as a...
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German Of The Day: Schlechte Laune
The good news? Germans still have schlechte Laune (they’re still in a bad mood). The bad news? They’re not in as bad a mood as they ought to be. German consumer morale slows down on path to recovery –...
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German Consumers Are An Odd Lot
They have this annoying tendency to not spend money they don’t have. It has to do with something they call “debt.” Whatever that is. Analysis: Spend the recession away? Not the thrifty Germans – A...
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It’s not a slowdown…
It’s more like a Vollbremsung. That’s German for full braking or emergency stop. Germany’s highest court just cancelled the Green’s latest rush-rush trick, I mean plan to save the planet at German...
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