Buyers beware: The Hamburg consumer protection agency reported Friday that an increasing number of food companies are substituting artificial ingredients to cut costs without informing customers.
German consumer confidence is edging higher after stagnating for several months, but rising unemployment is a risk to any broader pick-up in Europe's biggest economy, a key survey showed on Tuesday.
German retail sales rose by an unexpected 0.5 percent in April from March, official statistics showed Friday, suggesting that consumption could help ease the country's historic recession.
Germans like to consider themselves part of a global green vanguard, but a new survey puts them in the middle of the pack when it comes to personal environment impact. Their biggest vices? Driving cars and drinking bottled water.
The global economic crisis hasnât affected the German psyche much until now, but a new study released on Friday shows fears about the recession and job loss have surged dramatically.
<b>Worried about a fly in your soup? Elvira Drobinski-WeiĂ, consumer affairs spokeswoman for the centre-left Social Democratic Party, argues a new smiley-face system indicating good hygiene at German restaurants benefits both consumers and the food industry.</b>
If the German government distributed consumer vouchers as part of its plan to stimulate the economy, most people would buy furniture or a new washing machine, according to a poll published by newsmagazine <i>Stern</i> on Wednesday.
German plastic surgeons can now apply for a seal of approval on their finished operations in a push to improve the quality of the industry, according to Munich daily <i>tz</i> on Monday.
German high speed internet customers are deeply unhappy with their service providers according to an online survey by a consumer protection association.
German consumers have shown a âcomparatively cool-headedâ reaction to ongoing financial turmoil, with a key confidence index compiled by the GfK institute remaining stable, it said Tuesday.
Every fourth German butter product is âimpure,â according to test results released by consumer advocacy group <i>Stiftung Warentest</i> on Thursday.
German consumer confidence has hit its lowest level since June 2003, a leading survey showed on Monday, as benefits of increased employment and wages were "demolished" by inflation.
Stores in Germany could see the first supply shortages of milk by as early as Tuesday amid the escalating dairy farmer delivery boycott over low milk prices.
Consumer sentiment is improving in Germany just as Europe's biggest economy appears to feeling the global slowdown, according to a widely watched survey on Monday.
