News that could turn the climate used insurance and forced into. Interactive content teaching the next generation about what little touch i should. Music channels available to inspire people to take action and more determined to do something here for the next generation. Sfi environment series of global 3000. Its the most wonderful time nothing here but not everyone gets to relax as retailers around the world wrap up their final christmas preparations we take a look behind the scenes out of Berlin Department store. Also on the show the iconic fetal may no longer be rolling off the Assembly Line but that doesnt mean that. Mania is over. Im twice some shoppers in the netherlands are being encouraged to slow down when they take a trip to the Grocery Store. This is your business im Kate Ferguson welcome along tis the season to be jolly at least for the 2000000000 people around the world celebrating christmas but not everyone gets to relax from baltimore all the way to here in berlin people work behind the scenes to ensure the rest of us get to enjoy some festive cheer. Wrapping presents 3 shifts a day thats all these employees do here is a Department Store in central berlin and the close of christmas looms the more frenetic the pace. Books c. D. s films and vouchers there is a classic gets people buying a last minute rush were expecting this year to be a record breaker according to the German Retailers Association says nationwide turnover in november topped 100000000000 euros december is expected to top that again good news for the Retail Sector and. Christmas shopping bottom line continues to trend upwards people enjoy giving gifts the mood is good conditions generally good with the economy and employment consumers have more money in their pockets and thats of course reflected in buying behavior under the mood is especially buoyant in online retail. Yeah its whitehalls in the year 2019 was another boom year we handled a total of around 3600000000. 00 parcels and thats 19000000. 00 a day at the christmas peak in 4 days that would be enough to stretch from the north to the self the poles and the poor. The euphoria isnt exactly reflected in the queues at the parcel collection stations as if it was delivered to the shop the day before yesterday and now today after i stood in line for an hour they tell me its not here they just cant cope with the volume of whats a few script of theres no system sometimes its delivered here sometimes just dropped off there or somewhere else again each time you have to look all over the place but the cheek of it when youre waited at home and they say they couldnt reach you its an outreach. The road to christmas can be rocky and everyone would like to find solutions to this chaos so how to get so many parcels to their recipients their good decision is a hero different possibilities autonomous driving might be a solution but also underground traffic dont work so drones in more remote areas and seems theres no limit to what people can wish for christmas. On a process that works part time as a hopeful christmas elf she knows a lot about customer wishes they reflect current anxieties. Not theirs climate recently there is demand for books about climate i think thats cool but also conscious cooking and sustainability not how to sky it seems like the checkout counter is groaning under the weight of gift wrapped times exhorting more moderate consumption. Aircraft maker boeing has reportedly handed regulators and investigators fresh documents on the 737 mock only hours after announcing a leadership shake up details of the documents arent clear but a congressional aide is quoted as saying they appear to paint a very disturbing picture of boeings response to 737 mock think he issues the company of the. Scrutiny over a decision to keep the plane flying after the 1st of 2 fatal crashes on 4 brushing off safety concerns. For exotic recently ended production of its iconic beetle originally conceived in nazi germany the model was later became associated with hippie culture and starred in a number of disney films it may no longer be rolling off the Assembly Line but on the streets of the ethiopian capital addis ababa beatlemania continues. Buzzing all over the capital and its about some of them are 5 decades old twice the age of their proud owners. I know. Most of the time im going to vote so i can beatles are driven by older people. When theyre customized and pimped like this theyre a fashion statement for young people so young. Bobs i know we are. Robel paid 1700. 00 us dollars for his classic then he stuck a bit of money into it and some work and this was the end result. Khalid to so is another big fan of the v. W. Beetle hes also got a professional stake many cars have passed through his body shop which is famous all over the country kelly obss father once worked for v. W. Before he opened his own workshop 50 years ago since then father and sons have been doing repairs here mostly fixing beetles finding spare parts is particularly difficult but generally they find a way when they sprucing up to these oldies. Snobbishness im not even a blessing to most. A lot of young people like it this way when its pimped as on the bottom so ive known these cars since my childhood. I know what they need it could lead paint work which could be big tires and it could be dishonest system because some of the ball of it my customers come by if theyre interested because. These beetles are adored and well taken care of theyre called objects that the cost successor is no longer being built only adds value at least thats what these fans in addis ababa. Now through a 29000 francs that was never far from the headlines one figure that didnt get much of a word in though with santa claus i next report brings us to his home town of lochlann in finland where the man himself is used to welcoming visitors from for. A while. So many people here in my but you go home for about a. The Christmas Season has begun and finlands north sun ticals loves will coming visitors to his home here north of the Arctic Circle but Hotel Operators in northern yemi have been nervous that brags a jitters will keep many british visitors at home people here are quietly celebrating but the departure date has been shifted back to january. Is definitely good news for us and heres our biggest u. K. Market says its great for us we love the u. K. Cast so they dont they love us no we have snow now we have cold and now we have no break cities at least at the moment so its looking good for the christmas sleigh rides with randy are. Willing marshmallows. And eating in an igloo so these are some of the attractions that pulled tourists here around christmas time and for the british as for other you citizens its easy to get here without extra trouble formalities the finns hope that even after brags that their country will be attractive to british tourists one thing that could change perspex it is the Currency Exchange and weve been offering a price guarantee which means that we will honor the Exchange Rate at the time of the booking which seems to be encouraging people to book ox so the bins hope that even in future years some to close and his friends in lapland will continue to be a tourist attraction for many british tourists to see we dont buy hearts i wish. I had everybody a few. Very. Very crisp. There was some christmas cheer for a strikers in france staging industrial action against pension reform as they were handed a check 4250000 euros to finance the strike the donation was handed over at the headquarters of French Public transport company our a. T. P. But there was less seasonal joy for tens of thousands of people hoping to spend christmas with their families as the crippling transport strikes and to reach their 20th day protest against pension reform have led to tysons of trains being counseled or delayed. Now next time you find yourself annoyed while standing in the checkout line of the Grocery Store remember this next story for some elderly people and i think to the market is the only part of their day in which they can meet and talk to people. For flame and resident about deviltry the supermarket is the days high point for the 89 year old widow or shopping is one of the few chances he has of meeting other people loneliness is a growing problem in western society and the netherlands is no exception and new study shows that 43 percent of dutch adults are affected the elderly especially so but this supermarket is helping hold back the tide of loneliness with things like a coffee corner you dont know there should be here there are all sort of shoppers who want to take a short break have a bit of a rest most of them are elderly people but there are also other shoppers who want to have a break while shopping. And here at the coffee corner you can get in contact with each other which normally doesnt happen if you just walk in just to do your Grocery Shopping but. If you do the world. Slowing the pace is the core concept of this Supermarket Branch the staff are out to reduce the stresses associated with Grocery Shopping. What is in this the best possible this is what we see here is the chatter check out its our new initiative its connected to the coffee corner this is actually the opposite of self checkouts which are designed to process Grocery Sales quickly here it takes a bit longer to process your payment and people appreciate it and see it as a bit of an additional service. The concept has been so successful that the Supermarket Chain plans to introduce it in 60 more outlets they hope that will get the loneliness epidemic under control one shopper at a time. Thats it from me on the Business Team here in berlin for more you can check out our website that e. W. Dot com slash business you can also find us on social media for only if the buy and take care. Of africa. 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