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A spätkauf in Berlin. Spätverkauf, Spätkauf or "Späti" (German pronunciation:) is a type of convenience shop found generally in East German cities, such as Berlin, Dresden or Leipzig, which is known to operate late at night past the usual shopping hours, [1] often 24 hours per day.
Shop Apotheke was founded in 2001 as the online store of a bricks-and-mortar pharmacy in Cologne. When mail-order sales of non-prescription medicines (OTC) were permitted by law in 2004, shop-apotheke.com was one of the first online retailers in Germany to sell OTC products and offer pharmaceutical advice. [2]
Until very recently, shopping hours remained very restrictive. In 2008 Austria modified its 2003 Öffnungszeitengesetz ("opening times law"). The new regulations allow stores to open from 6:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. on weekdays, and on Saturday until 6:00 p.m. but they are restricted to a total of 72 open hours per week.
In 2012, Zur Rose acquired Europe's largest online pharmacy DocMorris and in 2019 with medpex, the third-largest online pharmacy of Germany. [10] Further acquisitions in pharma logistics and online commerce were Ogera AG (2001), Helvepharm AG (2006), DocMorris (2012), Eurapon Pharmahandel GmbH (2017), Promofarma (2018) and apo-rot (2018). [ 11 ]
The states have each adopted individual regulations concerning opening hours on Sundays and public holidays. Some continue to observe the existing Federal rules, while others have liberalized them somewhat, although the general Federal ban concerning opening on Sundays and holidays remains in effect, owing to a provision in the German constitution recognizing Sunday as a day of rest and a ...
An online pharmacy, internet pharmacy, or mail-order pharmacy is a pharmacy that operates over the Internet and sends orders to customers through mail, ...
Several large retailers challenged the legal ruling in force, with some opening on Sundays from Christmas 1991 onwards [52] [53] This led to the Sunday Trading Act 1994 permitted "large shops" – those with a "relevant floor area" in excess of 280 m 2 (3,000 sq ft) [54] – to open for up to six hours on Sunday between the hours of 10 am and 6 ...
The headquarters of dm since 2019. dm-drogerie markt (usually abbreviated as dm) is a chain of retail stores headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany, offering cosmetics, healthcare items, household products and health food and drinks.