Why has Walmart not been as successful in Europe? answered by Raymond De Vries, studied German & Business at Pennsylvania State University (1987) Walmart tried to enter Germany first. It was an unmitigated disaster. Germans value different things than Americans. Let’s start with the employees. Walmart likes to boost employee morale with pre-work chanting and […]
by CORY GUNTHER | Review Geek Most bikes and e-bikes require some form of mechanical power delivery to the wheels, such as chains, driveshafts, or even belts. However, German company Schaeffler has just unveiled an all-new bike drive system that’s entirely electrical and doesn’t need any of that to get your bike going. The new system is known […]
Q. What is impolite in Germany that is not in America? answered by Peter Moore (Canadian living in America. I spent 3 years in Singapore too) Birthday traditions. A German friend in America told me this hilarious story from his own experience. An American, lets call him Steve, was working in Germany. He had only […]
Q. What don’t you like about Germany? answered by Steve Peterson (Studied at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Graduated 1982) I attended a German high school as a teenager and lived with a German family for a year. My grandparents are German and met many relatives while living there. The German family I lived with […]
Q. Do you regret moving to Germany? answered by Junaid Cheema (Content Creator at the Brown German) Every. Single. Day. (Tongue in cheek) Disclaimer: My emotions have been ticked off for this one. It’s been 4 years, 1 month, and 9 days since I moved to Germany and I can confirm that it’s absolutely devastating. […]
Who really knows the difference anymore? Online sales on Black Friday hit $7.4 billion, per Adobe Analytics. That’s a 19.6% increase from last year and the second largest online shopping day ever. More online shopping means less circling the mall parking lot. ShopperTrak found a 6.2% decrease in store traffic on Black Friday from 2018. […]
by Kirsten Korosec Porsche has poured more than $1 billion into the development of its first all-electric vehicle, a sleek four-door specimen that marks the beginning of a new chapter for the German automaker and its biggest bet in more than a generation. On Wednesday, in three simultaneous events in Canada, China and Germany, Porsche […]
Source: Bridal Traditions from Around the World – Caitlin Jean Russell
Originally posted on Sketches from Berlin (& Parts Beyond):
It’s 12:00 p.m. in Berlin, and I’ve got the windows of my flat open to the garden and can hear the sparrows in the trees and the church bells tolling in the distance. Mark Twain used to complain about the sound of church bells, but I’ve…
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