Hubertus Pellengahr
Hubertus Pellengahr
depends given money people shops spend week whether
Everything depends on this week and whether people will come to the shops in droves to spend the money they have been given as presents.
germans held mark proof
For a long time, the Germans held the deutsche mark as a proof of normality, something that held them together.
campaign cup friendly germany million motto offered opening shopping time visitors
The World Cup motto is 'A Time to Make Friends,' and friends should be offered friendly opening times. We want to campaign for shopping in Germany so the more than 1 million visitors in Germany for the World Cup come back to go shopping.
debt germans
The Germans have a different consumption mentality: They don't get into debt.
balance expect improve slightly
We now expect that on balance things could improve slightly in 2006.