Retail

The new year is only hours away, and it will bring along new rules. For once, this is not about the Coronavirus, but about supermarket bags, bottles and stamps.

One day before Germany went into its second strict lockdown this year, quite a few Berliners did some offline shopping. Our reporter checked the situation in…

Thousands of jobs will be lost with the closure of 62 'Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof' department stores. While they are shutting down branches, the owners are…

In Germany, a large retail chain has filed a lawsuit against North Rhine-Westphalia because it feels it should be allowed to open its department stores. It was a foregone conclusion that the path to what politicians call "the new normality" would be a little bumpy.

After the Easter holidays, Germany's federal government and its federal states intend to reassess the Corona situation and take decisions about the next steps.…

In many parts of Germany, residents are buying away all durable food and other items. Supermarket chains are having trouble refilling their shelves as quickly…