Germany

Germany is one of the world leaders in global food availability. The country has pledged to shut down all of its nuclear energy power plants by 2020 and all of its coal-fired plants by 2038, amplifying its renewable power sources. Germany has the ...

Black tea is still one of the largest categories in German tea, but has been declining, as consumers tire of mainstream brands and seek out more premium exotic flavours and formats. Herbal/traditional medicinal tea is picking up some of these lost ...

Fresh coffee continued to experience strong growth in Germany in 2019, and is expected to lead growth of the category over the forecast period. Due to the rising number of coffee drinkers, many companies have launched premium ranges reflecting ...

Retail sales of other hot drinks recorded a negative performance in both current value and volume terms in 2019. A major obstacle for strengthening demand for other hot drinks remains the fact that this type of beverage is widely perceived among ...

Hot drinks declined in 2019, both in volume and value, as retail demand fell for key categories, such as standard fresh ground coffee, black tea and flavoured powder drinks. While foodservice volume sales recorded growth due to the rise of coffee ...

The German economy will decelerate in 2019. Mounting political uncertainties regarding trade disputes and Brexit are weighing on business confidence. Export growth and business investment are thus expected to slow. Yet, record low unemployment and ...

Though kids and tweens will experience a declining share in Western Europe‘s total population, rising income, changing value and the move to smaller households will create opportunities for traditional toys and games businesses. Brands need to adapt ...

Digital Twin is part of Industry 4.0 and the Internet of Things ecosystem. Digital Twin is a digital replica of every physical asset involved in the manufacturing process. This can include physical machinery and production components, as well as ...

While sustainability regarding hot drinks packaging is a long-standing issue for both German consumers and manufacturers, the rising demand for and simultaneous supply of recyclable and biodegradable packaging took on new forms in 2018. While the ...

A shift towards smaller pack sizes continues to impact soft drinks packaging, especially in categories such as juice, carbonates and bottled water where bigger pack sizes tend to be more common. While there are introductions of so-called mini formats...

While smaller pack sizes are preferred within the beverage and beauty and personal care industries, packaged food and home care products record more success with bigger pack sizes as a result of consumers perceiving better value from larger packs. ...

Similar to credit cards, charge cards in Germany continued to post strong growth in terms of transaction volume and value as well as cards in circulation in 2019. While showing a still significant gap to debit cards, charge cards recorded ...

In the context of the overarching trend in Germany away from cash payments, all financial cards have been registering higher consumer interest. That is also the case for credit cards which posted the second highest growth in terms of transaction ...

Starting in 2018, the consumer payment behaviour in Germany saw massive shifts driven by the rise of contactless payments, resulting in unprecedented growth in debit card transaction volume and value. This can be explained by the rapidly growing ...

In 2019, pre-paid cards in Germany registered strong growth in terms of transaction volume and value. Amid overall growth, there is a diverging development among the subcategories. That is due to the ongoing decline of open loop pre-paid cards in ...

In 2019, store cards in Germany recorded a decline in cards in circulation as well as transaction volume and value. Thereby, the category maintained the downward trend seen in previous years which is expected to continue over the forecast period as ...

In 2019, the economic context in Germany continued to provide an environment favourable to consumer lending. Enabled through the continuously low base interest rate of 0.0%, set by the ECB since March 2016 and expected to remain on this level until ...

In 2019, consumer lending in Germany continued its long-lasting growth trend which started after the global financial crisis in 2011. This year, value growth of gross lending again outpaced growth of the outstanding balance, thereby underlining the ...

In 2019, financial cards in Germany continued to post strong growth in terms of transaction volume and value. This was again largely due to debit cards, the most important financial card in terms of consumer trust, cards in circulation and ...

Analgesics registered a value decline in 2019 as German consumers continued to reduce their usage - a trend that has been visible for some time. Consumers are cautious about the potential adverse side effects of analgesics if used regularly over a ...