Organizers of IFA 2007 in high spirits 3. September 2007 by Thomas Jannot After three days of the IFA 2007 in Berlin, which is the world´s most important trade fair for consumer electronics, the organizers of the event, i.e. the Gesellschaft für Unterhaltungs- und Kommunikationselektronik (gfu) and the Messe Berlin, took stock of the fair and said that they are completely satisfied.
25 million Germans shop over the internet 31. August 2007 by Thomas Jannot In the first quarter of 2007, 25 million Germans ordered goods or services over the internet. Thus, according to the Federal Statistical Office, 52% of private internet users shop online which shows that the internet is becoming more and more important as a means of shopping to private consumers. The number of private internet users …
IFA set to beat all records 30. August 2007 by Thomas Jannot With 104.000 square meters of exhibition space and a record participation of 1212 exhibitors from 32 countries the IFA, which is the world´s largest consumer electronics trade show, will open its doors from August 31st to September 5th at the foot of the Berlin radio tower. According to the organizers, the trade fair, which this …
More and more German tourists like travelling around their home country 30. August 2007 by Thomas Jannot The latest figures on tourism published by the Federal Statistical Office fill the hotel and accomodation industry with optimism. Over the first half of 2007 there were 159.9 million overnight stays registered by hotels with nine or more beds and at camping sites. This figure reflects an increase by 3.4% as compared to the first …
Germans are against a boycott of Chinese products 29. August 2007 by Thomas Jannot In spite of reports of deficient products from China most Germans do not pay any attention to the country of origin of the goods purchased: in a recent survey conducted by Emnid on behalf of the N24 news channel 54% of Germans said that they did not intentionally avoid buying Chinese products. 40% of consumers, …
Companies increase investment in e-business 29. August 2007 by Thomas Jannot German companies will significantly increase their investment in electronic business in 2007. More than one third of companies will investment more than in 2006 and almost 60% want to investment as much as last year. These findings were revealed by the “eBusiness-Barometer 2007/2008” survey which was presented yesterday in Berlin. This year companies invest particularly …
Consumer prices virtually unchanged in August 29. August 2007 by Thomas Jannot According to provisional figures by the Federal Statistical Office consumer prices will probably increase by 1.9% in August 2007 as compared to August last year which is the same increase already withnesses in July. As compared to July 2007 prices slightly fell by 0.1% in August.
Sustainable economic development expected for Central and Eastern Europe 29. August 2007 by Thomas Jannot Financial market experts compiling the CEE economic indicator (Central and Eastern Europe) do not expect any changes with regard to the economic development in these regions over the next six months. The experts expect the economy to develop positively there. For Austria, however, future prospects are rather negative, even though the current economic situation there …
Ten product classes account for fifty percent of retail sale turnover 28. August 2007 by Thomas Jannot According to the Federal Statistical Office, the German retail trade (motor vehicles excluded) generated almost half of its turnover (45%) in just ten out of 59 product classes. Most turnover was generated in the field of pharmaceutical products (8.3% of total turnover), followed by ladies´ wear (5.9%) and foodstuffs (5.7%).
SMEs have IT problems fixed by permanent service partners 28. August 2007 by Thomas Jannot Given that just eight percent of all small companies have an in-house IT department, the majority of companies depend on external support even in the case of minor software problems or hardware deficiencies. The TechConsult market research company recently wanted to find out who is charged by small and medium-sized entities (SMEs) with solving such …