It’s the question on everyone’s lips: Which country in The Local's network offers the best value for wistful expats craving comfort food and drink from home? Well, wonder no more!
UPDATE: The confidence of German consumers has dropped for the second month in a row, weighed down by concerns about the economic fallout from crises, a poll found on Friday.
German retailers reported a surprisingly strong increase in business at the start of the year, official data showed on Friday, with sales rising at their fastest rate for seven years.
Anglophiles craving anything from Marmite to a cup of Earl Grey need look no further, as a new interactive map lets you to look up your closest British shop in Germany.
Discount supermarket Lidl began taking all Coca-Cola products off its shelves in Germany on Monday, as a bitter price war between competing discount chains intensified.
British shoppers are shunning more expensive supermarkets in favour of German discount chain Aldi, figures released on Monday suggested, with profits climbing by 124 percent.
A German economist has worked out how a cheap deal can make people ignore their personal convictions - and says his study debunks the idea that market forces can iron out unethical practices.
Ten years after Germany relaxed its laws on Saturday opening hours, supermarkets in the cities have cashed in on staying open longer, while in rural areas few remain open past 6.30 pm. Trade unions say workers are under too much pressure.
Shop owners in the eastern Germany city of Dresden have been celebrating this week as the annual influx of Russians arrived to celebrate their Christmas and New Year, which for most involves a hefty shopping spree.
German-based online retailer Zalando is dealing with a huge number of returned goods, with four out of five shoe sales being sent back – and 65 percent of women’s jeans rejected – putting stress on the company’s bottom line.
Germany’s third largest mail-order company, Neckermann, is cutting more than half its jobs in a bid to stay in business after being hit hard by falling turnover in the clothes market.
A shopping trolley immersed in seven tonnes of white sugar, 2,000 vacuum-packed sausages littering the floor and thousands of slices of bread forming little houses are all part of a modern art display exploring Germany's discount shopping culture.
Motherhood in the Fatherland follows mum Sabine Devins as she navigates the cultural quirks of having a baby in Germany. In the latest instalment, she discovers that the love for engineering starts early.
Retail sales have increased slightly this past week over the past two weeks and stores are expecting further increases heading into the final shopping days before Christmas, the German trade association said Sunday.
German consumer confidence is holding up in the face of the eurozone debt crisis as rising employment and incomes helped to offset looming recession fears, a poll found on Monday.
German commuters are being confronted with the first smart-poster shops in Europe – which have a scan-and-go procedure for smartphones allowing purchases to be made while waiting for a train.
Who needs French <i>Champagne</i> when you’ve got quality <i>Sekt</i>? <b>Tracy Moran</b> travels to the birthplace of German sparkling wine in the heart of Esslingen’s old town.
