Debate about opening times Shop on Sundays until Christmas?

Status: 19.06.2021 2:58 p.m.

Brick-and-mortar retail suffered a lot in the pandemic, while online retailing gained tremendously. DIW, Städtebund and the trade association HDE are now calling for more flexible opening times to help stimulate the economy. The union ver.di warns. The President of the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Marcel Fratzscher, calls for opening hours to be relaxed in view of the difficult situation of many retailers. “A liberalization of the shop opening times is urgently required so that the stationary retail trade can assert itself in the competition against the online trade and secure jobs,” said Fratzscher to the “Handelsblatt”.

Flexibility required until the end of the year

The economist stood by the side of the trade association HDE. He had suggested leaving the shops open on Sundays at least until the end of the year. This gives retailers the chance to make up at least part of the sales lost during the lockdowns and would also be a signal to people that the city centers are open again. In addition, there should be more reliable rules for a legally secure occasional Sunday opening.

The Association of Towns and Municipalities also spoke out in favor of it. “We now have to do everything we can to ensure that our inner cities and town centers do not become deserted,” said managing director Gerd Landsberg to the “Handelsblatt”. “It would be a positive signal to allow additional Sunday opening hours.” Landsberg referred to the threatening situation of the trade and the danger for hundreds of thousands of jobs.

“Small but important signal”

Over 100,000 retail stores could close or not open at all, Landsberg said. This would put almost 500,000 jobs at stake. The online trade, on the other hand, was open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and was able to increase its sales to over 72 billion euros last year due to the pandemic. Additional Sunday opening hours would therefore be “a small but important signal that the city centers and town centers have a future”.

“Development cannot be reversed”

Fratzscher explained: “Due to the pandemic, there was a massive shift towards online trading, which will not be completely reversed even after the pandemic.” However, fair competitive conditions did not mean that people could shop online 24 hours a day, seven days a week, but stationary retail trade had a “tight corset” and had to be closed on Sundays.

“Instead of sanctions or charges for online trading, politics should make stationary retailing more attractive,” said Fratzscher. In addition to more flexible shopping times, this also includes modern urban concepts that make inner cities more attractive again. “This not only has an immediate economic value, it is also very important from a social and societal perspective that people meet and come into contact with one another.”

Ver.di sees “general attack”

The FDP already supported the HDE’s advance as a suitable economic aid for the retail sector. The trade union ver.di, on the other hand, rejected him as an overly short-sighted “general attack on the trade workers, their families, but also on the Basic Law”.

Digital consumer protection Vulnerabilities in health apps

As of: 16.06.2021 1:53 p.m.

In the corona pandemic, health apps have gained many users. For some, however, there is a lack of data protection. This was the result of a study by the Federal Office for Information Security. The Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) found numerous security gaps in an investigation of health apps. According to a BSI report, six out of seven thoroughly tested apps transmitted passwords in clear text to authentication services. None of the apps fully met the security requirements of the BSI guidelines for health apps. The BSI did not provide the names of the apps examined.

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Personal data is not adequately protected

“From the point of view of technical IT security, this result must at least be rated as critical, especially in view of the fact that a significant proportion of the apps process sensitive and particularly sensitive data”, criticized the office for taking care of the data security of the federal government. “Because, according to the findings of the study, this does not adequately protect user data against attacks.” The BSI checked the health apps as part of the first report on digital consumer protection 2020, which, due to the corona pandemic, focused on digital health offers.

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damage “first of all manageable”

The BSI expert Nicolas Stöcker described the danger for users of the criticized apps when exploiting the identified loopholes as “first of all manageable”. If an attack took place, it would initially only affect a single person. “It would be worse if the backend, where the data is kept, were also insecure.” The authority has a corresponding further investigation for the future “on the screen”, says Stocker. However, BSI President Arne Schönbohm warned that the deficiencies found were also dangerous: “Every gap that is there, every weak point that is there has somehow been exploited at some point.” They are currently working with the app providers to close the gaps. “If we see that this is not fixed, then we reserve the right to issue a corresponding product warning”said Schönbohm.

Speaking of which, I didn’t drink milk tea before. Later, somehow, the afternoon tea was invited to drink milk tea, the weekend shopping also had to drink milk tea, the supper also had milk tea to match. Even more frightening is that the all-inclusive milk tea shop in the drink shop downstairs often scares me to drink milk tea~ Most tourists who come to Xiamen will drink a few cups of milk tea in the city. Not only Gulangyu, Zhongshan Road, Zengcuo, and Shapowei, there are milk tea shops in every corner of Xiamen, and there are one or more shops every 100 meters. Xiamen is dubbed by netizens as the “universal building”, but when it comes to the density of milk tea shops, it must be the world’s first in real value, although there are no official statistics. But as long as you visit Xiamen, let alone food courts, shopping malls, there are several milk tea shops on any street. Why are there so many milk tea shops in Xiamen? Combining the industry and some information I have worked in a few years ago, it can be roughly speculated that it is caused by the following reasons, and you can also indirectly understand the real humanities of the city of Xiamen through milk tea. Xiamen is the most outstanding tourist city in China, but the early Xiamen tourism has actually borrowed a lot of Taiwanese experience, and many tourism projects also have Taiwanese investment. For example, the Taiwanese snack street, which has disappeared for several years, directly focuses on Taiwanese snack culture. The Taiwan Folk Village, which has been closed for many years, also has a background of Taiwanese businessmen. With the introduction of Taiwanese culture in the early years, milk tea also entered Xiamen. The huge mainland market has further stimulated the proliferation of Taiwanese milk tea shops in the mainland. Xiamen, as the first stop for Fujian-Taiwan investment, and the city with the highest per capita income in Fujian, naturally took root in many Taiwanese milk tea shops. Xiamen’s high entrepreneurial atmosphere is also one of the reasons for the “proliferation” of milk tea shops. Because the threshold is low and the initial investment is not high, some young people save some venture capital, so they pull a few people to open a milk tea shop. In addition, Xiamen has been in a state of “demolition and relocation” over the years. Many second-generation demolishers who are not bad for money also like to invest in “milk tea shops” with low technical thresholds and cash flow. Xiamen’s cultural atmosphere and pace of life have also played a certain role. Xiamen is a city with a high cost of living, but there is a feeling of petty bourgeoisie in the bones. On weekends, the milk tea shop can be compared to a small park and can be filled with many young people. Coupled with the hot summer, urban white-collar workers in the CBD like to have afternoon tea with a cup of milk tea to “continue their lives”. But what has to be complained about is that Internet celebrities have become popular in recent years, and many milk tea shops have over-marketed, not only the price is expensive, but also the soul of milk tea. For example, in the Internet celebrity milk tea shop on Gulangyu Island, some milk teas that need to be queued for a few days to make an appointment are all “failures” in the Xiamen milk tea industry. Tourists need to pay attention when purchasing. The reason why Xiamen’s milk tea is highly concentrated is not only because of the Fujian-Taiwan culture and tourism influence, but also because the city has its laid-back side. Perhaps this is the reason why many young people fall in love with Xiamen. After all, after drinking too much milk tea, besides getting fat easily, the sugar content is also quite happy.

After the role of Quynh Doll in the movie of the same name, Phuong Oanh suddenly became one of the most sought-after beauties in the VTV Universe. Recently, when incarnating as Nam in the movie Flavor of Friendship, Phuong Oanh continued to attract internet waves. Partly because she changed the direction of menly and her personality was different from her previous roles, partly because she had to gain 6kg to match the character’s shape. Leaving the image of a charming beauty with a slim Vline chin, Phuong Oanh in the role of Nam again impresses with short hair and a cute chubby face. Because of the increase of 6kg, of course, the beautiful body of Quynh Doll is also fuller than before. However, the actress’s body shape is still very attractive to fans. Even, in an article “consultation” about whether she should regain her former hot curves with a 54cm waist, a series of public reactions simultaneously said that 8X beauties do not need to reduce. scales. Even many people like her current “super-round” body more than 3. Indeed, just looking at the series of photos that Phuong Oanh has just released recently, the unanimous decision to support the girl who did not lose weight is the right decision. Phuong Oanh released a set of photos of mermaid underwater. In a few moments, the actress’s full chest appeared and the actress’s full third bust took over. After a while engrossed in watching Nam menly and his personality on the film, the extremely sexy new image of the beautiful 8X makes many people excited. It can be said that Phuong Oanh is one of the rare Vbiz beauties advised by the online community to gain weight. Because compared to when she owns a 54cm waist, the current plump and energetic appearance of the beautiful Quynh Doll is much more attractive and young. It is known that, despite gaining 6kg when participating in Taste of Friendship and being teased for “the pork chop”, only the first and third round of the beautiful people increased in size significantly, while the waistline remained the same. At present, Phuong Oanh owns the first and third round of nearly 100 cm. It is this that helps her to be considered as one of the undefeated fiery beauties of “VTV Universe”. Only showing off her misty figure, but the actress’s S-curve was clearly visible. It can be said that gaining weight without affecting the waist measurement is very difficult. Surely, in addition to practicing persistently to always keep the standard waist measurement, Phuong Oanh also has to pay great attention to the diet every day. And if you are also looking for a way to “size” your bust 1 and 3 but keep or reduce your waistline, here are the secrets you can pursue: – Eat foods to increase round 1 If you want to own breasts that are full of life and full of vitality, you should invest in a special diet. Accordingly, the foods you should add more to your daily menu are soybeans, papaya, grapefruit, milk, legumes… These are all food sources of nutrients needed to increase breast size. seductive. Eating right will help the measurement of the breast to develop as desired. – Wear a latex belt for a slim waist To have a slim waist while not affecting the 1st and 3rd busts, you can consider investing in belly wraps with a belt. This method easily helps women with a small waist, with a clear S-curve, and at the same time push the amount of fat down to make the 3rd round more enlarged. Wearing latex belts correctly and takes a long time to bring high efficiency. However, the results are extremely satisfying when you can have both an ant waist, a beautiful curve and a straight back. – Practice “size” round 3 Owning an extremely sexy butt is not difficult, as long as every 3 days a week, you can apply the following exercises for about 15-20 minutes. Exercise 1: Squat – squat weight lifting: This is an exercise that works most of the lower body muscle groups, buttocks and lower back. Lesson 2: Walking lunge – practice the first step. Lesson 3: Barbell Hip Thrusts – hips push barbells. Lesson 4: Stiff Legged Deadlift – squat and pull weights. Lesson 5: Bulgarian Split Squats – standing with one leg with double dumbbells.