Online goes offline – the current hot topic. Verivox, the Heidelberg-based online comparison portal, is now relying on a walk-in presence and on 29 September launched its first store in Mannheim's Q6/Q7 shopping centre.

The Görtz Architecture department, headed up by Ulrich Volp, has been relying on the expertise of Rosendahl-Holtwick-based Hoffmann Ladenbau since 2006. Together they have already fitted out numerous flagship stores, exclusive store areas and retail shops throughout Germany.

After a five month-long renovation phase, the French jewellery company Van Cleef & Arpels re-opened the doors to its flagship store on London's Bond Street.

Hoffmann Ladenbau feels at home in the EU. Approximately 140 employees have been working at the company's own production facility at its Westphalian site in Rosendahl-Holtwick and creating shopfittings for well-known brands for over 30 years.

A diverse and varied profession awaits anyone who opts to train as a carpenter. Young people are introduced to all kinds of woodworking throughout the three-year long training.