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Freight rates are falling but so are orders
Freight rates for sea freight containers from the Far East have fallen to a stable low level, but retailers are placing fewer orders with their suppliers than in the previous year. This is according to supply chain experts at Setlog, a software company based in Bochum, Germany, who carried out ...
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Corona regulations eased in additional countries
Even though Covid-19 infections are not steadily declining worldwide, travel restrictions continue to be relaxed in many countries.
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German retail association rejects new lockdowns in fall
HDE (German Retail Association) and ZIA (Central Real Estate Committee, the umbrella organization of the German real estate industry) have published a strategy paper in which they jointly formulate specific demands to policymakers to prevent a repetition of the past two fall/winter seasons. These include an exemption from lockdowns or ...
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China’s worst Covid outbreak since Wuhan is the next threat to the supply chain
Even before the initial problems caused by the pandemic could be solved, the war in Ukraine created new ones. And now, despite all precautions, the Omicron BA mutant of Covid-19 is spreading rapidly in China. The epicenter of infection was the northeastern province of Jilin, on the border with North ...
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eBay survey analyzes shopping behavior during Covid-19 pandemic in Germany
In its consumer behavior analysis for the German website eBay.de, the online company eBay Ads has evaluated search queries during the extract search words and trends among its users. According to the report, two trends are becoming obvious: Search words like “well-being” and “cozy” have seen a significant increase compared ...
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Exercise boosts Covid survival, study finds
According to a study conducted by cardiologists at the San Carlos Clinical Hospital in the Spanish capital of Madrid, patients who exercise regularly are eight times more likely to survive Covid-19 than sedentary patients. Published in the American medical journal Infectious Diseases and Therapy, the study examined 520 Covid-19 patients, ...
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Coronavirus depresses Adidas’ and others’ sales in China
COVID-19 or the novel cronavirus, as the virus is now named, has already infected more than 79,000 people in 30 countries around the world, according to the World Health Organization, but it remains largely concentrated in China. While it has been expanding at a slower rate recently in the country, ...