https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Once Europe’s biggest erotic retail company, Beate Uhse filed for insolvency last year, but is now set to be saved by a financial investor. https://www.thelocal.de/20180406/erotic-chain-beate-uhse-to-be-reinvigorated-by-new-investor Fri, 06 Apr 2018 17:21:45 +0200 erotic-chain-beate-uhse-to-be-reinvigorated-by-new-investor Germany's pioneering sex shop chain Beate Uhse said on Friday that it has filed for insolvency, as the empire started by a female Second World War pilot fails to rise to the challenge posed by erotic e-commerce. https://www.thelocal.de/20171215/erotic-shopping-empire-beate-uhse-to-file-for-insolvency Fri, 15 Dec 2017 12:14:24 +0100 erotic-shopping-empire-beate-uhse-to-file-for-insolvency One of Germany's original electronics makers, Loewe, said on Tuesday it had filed for bankruptcy. The household name did voice hope that an investor could come to its rescue. https://www.thelocal.de/20131001/52187 Tue, 01 Oct 2013 16:23:00 +0200 52187 Are Germans losing interest in tool belts and hammers? One of the country's biggest DIY supply chains Praktiker declared itself insolvent on Wednesday night, with nearly 20,000 jobs now at risk. https://www.thelocal.de/20130711/50799 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 11:13:00 +0200 50799 German solar panel manufacturer Conergy said it will file for insolvency on Friday, the latest victim of ferocious competition from Asia in the industry. https://www.thelocal.de/20130705/50711 Fri, 05 Jul 2013 14:46:00 +0200 50711 The insolvency of German drugstore chain Schlecker has also ruined its founder Anton Schlecker, who is said to have lost nearly all of his wealth, according to a his daughter. https://www.thelocal.de/20120130/40437 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:06:00 +0100 40437 The official insolvency procedures of energy firm TelDaFax have begun in a Bonn court, but refunds appear to be a pipe dream for most of the failed utility's 700,000 former customers. https://www.thelocal.de/20110902/37339 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 11:34:00 +0200 37339 The insolvency administrator for low-cost power provider TelDaFax is seeking to calm fears from customers that their electricity will be immediately cut off. But prepaid customers may end up losing money. https://www.thelocal.de/20110615/35679 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 17:16:00 +0200 35679 The beleagured high-street department store Karstadt has shown itself to be a more stable business than previously thought, with insolvency commissioners expecting a profit this year. https://www.thelocal.de/20100627/28127 Sun, 27 Jun 2010 13:03:00 +0200 28127 A US-German investor and the US fashion group BCBG Max Azria are to acquire Karstadt, the famed but financially troubled German department store chain, Karstadt's judicial administrator said Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20100608/27703 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:10:00 +0200 27703 An investor negotiating to takeover the bankrupt Karstadt department store chain is talking of making 4,000 staff cuts and reducing rental payments at store sites, media reports said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20100425/26771 Sun, 25 Apr 2010 14:41:00 +0200 26771 Creditors for the insolvent German department store chain Karstadt opened the way for the sales of the company following a meeting on Monday in Essen. https://www.thelocal.de/20100412/26499 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:14:00 +0200 26499 More than 10,000 companies declared insolvency in Germany between January and April this year, official data showed Wednesday, as the global economic crisis hits Europe's top economy harder than most. https://www.thelocal.de/20090708/20461 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:12:00 +0200 20461