Barbara Lutz

Sharing the link to the survey, which is also part of my Post-doctorate stage in Strategic Thinking: https://lnkd.in/dfTtnP8B

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Interesting new episode of the Kassenzone podcast with Peter Pernot-Day from SHEIN, who talks about the history as well as current developments and the general business model. Three interesting tidbits: SHEIN has been active in Germany since 2015. As a company, it has also been profitable since that year - despite the low prices. SHEIN's goal is to create "High Engagement Experiences": Unlike purely search-driven retail, customers should open the app regularly, even if they don't want to buy anything specific. SHEIN is primarily an e-commerce company, but they explicitly use pop-up stores to enable interaction in the physical world - Pernot-Day calls this "ephemeral retail". Find out more in the podcast (it starts in German, but the interview is in English):

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The right-wing AfD now wants an assessment of the handling by the German government of the coronavirus pandemic. WHY?  What did we discover during the pandemic? We found out that Germany has one of the best healthcare systems in the world, with one of the highest densities of ICUs. In fact, German hospitals even welcomed many Covid19 patients from other countries. I was glad to be in Germany during the pandemic, especially if I consider how other countries fared during this crisis (e.g. Italy, Spain, France, China, Russia, the USA, even Sweden, Switzerland or the Netherlands - not always due to bad management on their side). The German population acted responsibly, overall they stuck to the rules and (except for some laggards) got vaccinated quickly. Oh, yes, keyword "vaccination": an unknown German company BioNTec developed an RNA-based vaccine in record time, and through a strategic cooperation with Pfizer, turned that into an economic success story. Overall, we should be proud. So, the whole idea of this assessment is a waste of time and money - which could better be invested in preparing for the next epidemic (birdflu perhaps?) and vaccination programs for existing diseases like measles. Perhaps the AfD could help organize such a campaign among their voters? https://lnkd.in/emNJiKzw #covid19 #coronavirus #pandemic #afd #biontec #vaccine #vaccination

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