Company value of SMEs not affected by financial crisis 8. October 2008 by Thomas Jannot The feared drop in value of small and medium sized entities (SMEs) has so far not occurred. This is demonstrated by the new MuM-company value indicator (mfi) which was developed by the Markt und Mittelstand manager magazine in co-operation with Klein & Coll which is a M&A consulting firm. In future this indicator will provide …
Turnover generated by music downloads booming 7. October 2008 by Thomas Jannot More and more people are ready to pay money for good music on the internet in spite of cheap copies being available on the internet. Thus, turnover generated through music downloads will probably increase to 78 million Euros by the end of this year which is an increase by about 30% as compared to 2007. …
Turnover generated by retail trade in EU up in August 7. October 2008 by Thomas Jannot In comparison with July this year, turnover generated in the retail trade business increased by 0.3% in August in the Eurozone (EZ15) and by 0.4% in the EU27. Thus, the increases were bigger than in July (+0.1% and +0.3% compared to June. In the period from August 2007 to August 2008 the retail trade index …
Online advertising booming worldwide 6. October 2008 by Thomas Jannot The global market for online advertising is booming. According to studies by the EITO market research company turnover generated worldwide through ad banners and other online advertising formats is expected to grow by 23% to 31.7 billion Euros by the end of this year. Expenditure on online advertising is growing particularly fast in Europe and …
Production costs in Europe stabilizing 6. October 2008 by Thomas Jannot For the first time in several months production costs in the European industry remained almost unchanged or even fell slightly. In the Eurozone (EZ15) the production cost index for industry fell by 0.5% in August 2008 as compared to July 2008 and in the EU27 the decrease amounted to 0.7%. In July the respective indices …
Turnover in retail trade down by 3.0 percent 5. October 2008 by Thomas Jannot In August this year turnover in the German retail sale fell by 3.0% (in real terms) and by 0.3% nominally as compared to August last year. However, there was one shopping day less in August this year than last year. As compared to July this year, turnover increased by 3.6% (nominally) and by 3.1% (really) …
German economy expected to grow by 0.6 percent in 2009 5. October 2008 by Thomas Jannot Experts from the institute for the German economy (IW) in Cologne say that next year there will not be a recession in Germany even though the economy will grow less (+0.6%). For 2008 experts expect German GDP to increase by 1.7% in real terms.
Sales of personal computers up by 15 percent 4. October 2008 by Thomas Jannot In 2008 the number of personal computers sold will probably hit a new record high thanks to a sales boom with regard to portable personal computers. This is the prediction by a recent survey carried out by the German Association for Information Management, Telecommunications and New Media (BITKOM). According to this survey the number of …
Mobile data services booming 26. September 2008 by Thomas Jannot By the year 2012 more than 60% of mobile phones in Germany will function with UMTS and therefore provide their users with fast internet access, is the prediction by the German Association for Information Management, Telecommunications and New Media (BITKOM). Turnover generated by mobile data services in Germany without taking into account SMS and MMS …
Stuttgart and Munich most innovative regions in Germany 25. September 2008 by Thomas Jannot Greater Munich and Stuttgart are still by far the leading regions in Germany in terms of research and development. This is the finding of a study by the German institute for economic research (DIW) in Berlin. It also turned out that urban regions are more and more becoming important for industrial research while most regions …