>>anders+Lb
Existing businesses could still exist, but Germans are often too risk-averse to adapt to new reality. I have read about a large bakery which closed because of relatively small increase in operational costs: it didn’t make sense to me as he did not try to change anything to save the business, but the owner was too pissed with good old times being gone forever. In countries like Russia he would be laughed at.
The good thing is that those leavers create opportunities for others, because Germany is still a rich country with a lot of consumer demand,