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discover. the a. documentary to. lead. it's enough wonderful time of the 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 at one department store. on the show the full i stopped at boeing c.e.o. . charge have a track record of crisis management. this is business africa. tis the season to be jolly have least for the 2000000000 people around the world

getting ready to celebrate christmas it's one of the most important events in the christian calendar and the highlights of the retail season but not everyone gets to relax from but mean all the way to here in berlin countless people work behind the scenes to ensure the rest of us get to enjoy some festive cheer. wrapping presents 3 shifts a day that's all these employees do here at a department store in central berlin and the closer christmas looms the more frenetic the price. c.d.'s films and there's a classic gets people buying a last minute rush we're 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 the christmas shopping bottom line continues to trend upwards people enjoy giving give the mood is good conditions

generally a good with the economy and employment consumers have more money in their pockets and that's of course reflected in barring behavior and. the mood is especially buoyant in online retail. yeah that's why tolls and more yet 2019 was another boom year we handled a total of around $3600000000.00 possibles and that's $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 isn't 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 it's not here they just can't cope with the volume of what's a few script of there's no system sometimes it's 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 you've waited at home and they say they couldn't reach you it's an outrage that the road to christmas can be rocky and everyone

would like to find solutions to this chaos so how to get so many possibles to their recipients their good decision is a hero different possibilities autonomous driving might be a solution but also underground traffic networks or drones in more remote areas and seems there's 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. there is climate recently there is demand for books about climate i think that's cool but also conscious cooking and sustainability and how to sky it seems like the checkout counter is groaning under the weight of gift wrapped tomes exhorting more moderate consumption. a day after the departure of boeing boston is null and buried attention is turning to his successor david callahan he faces the uphill battle of

restoring the aviation giants tarnished reputation cologne is known as a crisis manager having helped caterpillar and general electric overcome struggles in the past. out with the old. and in with the new this is david calhoun the man replacing boeing's recently ousted c.e.o. dennis mullen burge. the news is a major topic at u.s. airports the reaction to c.e.o. of boeing stepping down it's been a long time coming boeing has had some problems some months you know got to be ultimately responsible for what's going on with boeing and there's much to take responsibility for at boeing 2 fatal crashes of its 737 max aircraft killed 346 people the 1st in indonesia in october 28th and the 2nd in ethiopia last march that has left the company mired in a crisis its biggest selling model has been taken off the market the 737 max

remains grounded while boeing deals with a raft of investigations and potentially damaging lawsuits from victims' families and customers and the ripple effects extended to suppliers last week when boeing announced the suspension of the 737 max production and that's why form a seal mill in berg's leadership was questioned i think boeing has been repeatedly overly optimistic and maybe not for thinking about some of the severe challenges with the 737 max and abortionists rationally trying to be. there's an element of. nondisclosure that's all kind of according to him unfortunately but things won't be easy for its new c.e.o. as well boeing is still in for a bumpy ride next year. now earlier we spoke to alison stewart alan from international marketing partners we often hear whether boeing misread its relationship with american aviation regulations. well i think that's one part of it

i mean there's a bigger issue going on here which is about the culture but wing clearly the whistleblowers that wrote memos and tried to escalate their concerns about the 737 max the chain of command were suppressed they weren't listened to so i think you know mr calhoun has a lot on his plate the question of the challenge is going to be what does he prioritize is it the f.a.a. relationship is it changing the culture at this enterprise and clearly we know from the u.s. business culture in that the emphasis of solemn speed and getting to market quickly and therefore one of the things that has close them dearly is taking that approach literally to the extreme and getting the 737 to market quickly without necessarily educating the pilots and

a lot of other people that have concerns about the aircraft so they're much more fundamental mix fixes i think that calhoun will need to consider rather than only the f.a.a. relationship. earlier this year for its a nice day would be ending production of the iconic beetle originally conceived in nazi germany the mob later became associated with hippie culture and was popularized in a number of disney films while it may no longer be rolling off the assembly line it's days are far from over on the streets of the ethiopian capital addis ababa beatlemania continues. beetles are buzzing all over the capital and it's about some of them are 5 decades old twice the age of their proud owners. i know. most of the time so i can beetles are driven by older people. when they're

customized and pins like this are a fashion statement for young people so young. bob's i know what. page $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. college to so many is another big fan of the v.w. beetle he's also got a professional stake many cars have passed through his body shop which is famous all over the country college 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 these oldies. snobbishness i'm not even a blessing to most. a lot of young people like it this way when it's pimped as on the but i'm so known these cars since my childhood. i know what they need.

paperwork could be big tires that could be discerned system a somewhat of a male so i spent all of it on my customers come by if they're interested because i get one of these beetles are adored and well taken care of they're called objects that the car successor is no longer being built only adds value at least that's what these fans in our. next time you find yourself annoyed while standing in the checkout line at the grocery store remember this next story for some elderly people and i was saying to the market is the only part of their day in which they can meet and talk to people. for flamen resident about deviltry the supermarket is the day's high point for the 89 year old widow 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 dodge 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 know. well 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 doesn't 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 it's our new initiative it's connected to

the coffee corner this is actually the opposite of self check outs 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. there with a christmas cheer for a strike rate in france aging industrial action against pension reform and trade unions handed over a check 425-0000 euros to finance the strike the donation. it was handed over at the headquarters of french public transport company our a t p but there was less seasonal joy for intensifies of people hoping to spend christmas with their families as the crippling transport strikes enters their 20th day protest against pension reform have led to thousands of trains being cancelled

or delayed. german luxury carmaker b.m.w. has confirmed it's being investigated by u.s. authorities the probe was 1st reported by the wall street journal it will focus on allegations that the company has been engaged in a practice known as sales punching it involves dealers falsely registering cars sold b.m.w. says it will cooperate with the investigation. about full from me on the business team here in berlin and you can get more on our web site up v.w. dot com slash business you can also find us on facebook on twitter from me if i take.

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