The shoe retailer Deichmann will move from the upper floor to the ground floor in the Böblingen shopping center Mercaden, increasing its space by 116 square meters to 582 square meters and thus adapting the location to Deichmann’s new store concept. The handover of the space is expected to take place in February 2025. The … Read more
In an HDE survey of 500 retail companies, 89% of respondents said they suffered from high or very high bureaucratic burdens. 97% of respondents said they had been affected by increased bureaucracy in the past five years. “Reducing bureaucracy has been a popular slogan at all political levels for decades. The current federal government has … Read more
The award ceremony took place in Vienna’s Palais Liechtenstein: Out of 165 submissions, 19 companies were nominated for the Trigos Award 2024, an award for sustainability and CSR in Austria The Austrian shoe manufacturer Legero United won the climate protection category: With the in-house eco-database, a measure of the Legero United sustainability agenda (Luna for … Read more
In May 2023, the Otto Group was still pleased to have 6,500 connected third-party retailers. Sales had also increased by a full 50% at that time. But after just a few months, the situation for the trading marketplace changed, reports Handelsblatt. It all started in March, when CEO Bodo Kipper left the company because of … Read more
Effective October 13, Nike CEO John Donahoe will leave the sporting goods manufacturer. He will be succeeded by former Nike executive Elliott Hill, who held various management positions before retiring in 2020. Hill was most recently responsible for the retail and marketing activities of Nike and the Jordan brand. John Donahoe has been a member … Read more
The total area of the shop on Huestrasse in Bochum is around 270 square metres. A real estate portal stated that the monthly rent for this location before Görtz reopened was around 9,500 euros. This corresponds to a price per square metre of 35.19 euros and, according to market experts, is a typical rent for … Read more
In September, the EU Commission adopted new regulations to protect against dangerous chemicals. PFAS chemicals, also known as perishable chemicals, are both harmful to the environment and to health, but practically cannot be broken down in the environment. The new regulation therefore primarily targets so-called undecafluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA) and related substances. These are used in … Read more
Westfield Hamburg-Überseequartier was originally scheduled to open its doors in April 2024. In June, operator Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) announced that it would postpone the opening of the mixed-use project to October 17 due to water damage. This time, the reason is aspects of building technology, such as fire protection and security systems, the completion of which … Read more
There seems to be no end in sight: attacks by the Houthi rebels, allied with Hamas, continue to put pressure on the freight routes through the Red Sea. Accordingly, shipping companies and logistics companies are currently taking the southern route around the southern tip of Africa – a route that is both more expensive and … Read more
Does the normalization of inflation also bring about a normalization of consumer sentiment? The new focus study by IFH Förderer investigates this question with two consumer surveys in Germany and comes to the conclusion: Yes – the economic uncertainty of consumers has decreased in summer 2024 compared to autumn 2023. This is also reflected in … Read more