More than 380 exhibitors at fair for online-marketing 4. September 2008 by Thomas Jannot The “online-marketing-düsseldorf 2008” exhibition will take place on September 17th and 18th and ist mission is to show visitors the entire world of digital marketing. According to the organizers, more than 380 exhibitors have already registered to take part. The number of exhibitors has already more than doubled in comparison with last year. The exhibition …
Production costs in EU up by one percent 4. September 2008 by Thomas Jannot In July this year production costs in industry increased by 1.1% as compared to June in the EU15. In the EU27 this increase was 0.9%. For both these regions the increases are smaller than those of the previous month (+1.0% and +1.4% respectively). As compared to July 2006 production costs increased by 9.0% in the …
Turnover in retail trade unchanged in July 3. September 2008 by Thomas Jannot The German retail trade generated 3.1% more turnover in nominal terms in July 2008 as compared to July 2007. In real terms turnover did not change even though there was one more shopping day in July this year. In comparison to June this year turnover fell by 1.3% (in nominal terms) and 1.5% (really) in …
Phishing fraud as frequent as never before in 2007 3. September 2008 by Thomas Jannot In 2007 the number of cases of pishing fraud in online banking increased as never before by 25%. This is the finding of a projection by the German Association for Information Management, Telecommunications and New media (BITKOM). In the whole of Germany criminals in more than 4100 cases withdraw approximately 19 million Euros from the …
Unemployment rate in July unchanged in Europe 1. September 2008 by Thomas Jannot In the Eurozone (EZ15) unemployment stood at 7.3% (adjusted for season) in July which is the same rate as in June. Thus, the rate in the Eurozone was exactly as high as German unemployment. One year ago the rate in the Eurozone was 7.4%. In the EU27 unemployment did also not change in July as …
Inflation rate in Eurozone at 3.8 percent in August 1. September 2008 by Thomas Jannot According to estimates by Eurostat, the European Statistical Office, the inflation rate in the Eurozone slightly fell in August to 3.8%. Even though this is still quite high a rate, it is nevertheless lower than the 4.0% registered in July and June. In the opinion of some experts, this could be a signal of inflation …
8 percent less orders for German mechanical engineering 1. September 2008 by Thomas Jannot The order intake by German mechanical and plant engineering was down by 8% in real terms in July this year as compared to July 2007. The number of orders from within Germany fell by 1% and that from abroad by 11%. Taking into account the period from May to July 2008 the decrease amounted to …
Worldwide growth for consumer electronics and IT 29. August 2008 by Thomas Jannot The markets for consumer electronics and information technology continue growing worldwide this year. In 2008 consumers will spend 9% more for products from the fields of audia/video, foto, IT and telecommunications. Total global spending on these products will probably amount to 462 billion Euros. Driving force behind this growth is innovation. These figures are based …
Strategies against the failure of major IT projects 28. August 2008 by Thomas Jannot About 20% of all IT projects have to be stopped, half of them last longer or become more expensive than originally planned. Consequences are a damaged image and unnecessary costs. Frequently the main reason for such problems is insufficient risk management. Furthermore, the longer a project lasts and the more complex it is, the higher …
Consumer prices increasing less rapidly 28. August 2008 by Thomas Jannot According to first estimates by the Federal Statistical Office, consumer prices increased by 3.1% in August 2008 as compared to August last year. Thus, inflation is slowing down a little bit (in July: +3.3%). In comparison to July this year consumer prices have probably fallen by 0.3%. This decrease is due to lower prices for …