OECD: Global GDP to return to pre-pandemic levels in 2021
The global output will return to pre-pandemic levels by the end of 2021 after witnessing a sharp 4.2% decline this…
The battle to deliver your online shopping
For parcel delivery companies, 2020 has been a year like no other. Typically, peak delivery season starts in late November.…
German technology aids COVID vaccine logistics
The fight against the pandemic is carried out in test tubes, where microscopic substances are found and tested for vaccine development.…
Column: Germany’s inexplicable love affair with fireworks
There is a day every year when everything you thought you knew about Germans goes up in smoke. That day…
Opinion: Boycotting Black Friday is a waste of time
Every year, hours after American families gather to give thanks for everything they have, millions will flock to stores and…
Cocoa farming, cheap chocolate and child labor
“The road to hell is paved with good intentions,” according to a famous proverb. And there is indeed no lack…
Fear and lockdowns push Black Friday shopping further online
Black Friday, the day after America’s Thanksgiving, has long been heralded as the busiest shopping day of the year. The…
Brexit: Is Nissan really closing its Sunderland plant?
The German magazine Automobilwoche caused quite a few hearts to flutter in the northeastern English city of Sunderland and beyond this…
What’s in Kaczynski’s kosher beef?
Poland’s ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party has pulled back, for now, on a bill banning exports of kosher and…
Berlin landlords forced to reduce rents
From November 23, landlords in the German capital must lower excessively high rents — that is, if they exceed a…