Nordic Countries Face Record High Electricity Prices Due to Extreme Cold – Impacts of International Cables and Changing Subsidy Programs

Nordic Countries Face Record High Electricity Prices Due to Extreme Cold – Impacts of International Cables and Changing Subsidy Programs

(Nettavisen): In the first week of the year, extreme cold has been forecast in large parts of the country. Temperatures are forecast to drop as low as minus 22 degrees in Eastern Norway on Thursday and Friday, and as low as minus 35 degrees in parts of Finnmark. Then electricity consumption skyrockets, and this pushes … Read more

Comparison of Grocery Store Prices in 2023: Rema 1000 Comes Out Cheapest in Nettavisen Study

Comparison of Grocery Store Prices in 2023: Rema 1000 Comes Out Cheapest in Nettavisen Study

In 2023 checked The online newspaper prices at the discount chains Kiwi, Extra and Rema 1000 six times: In January, April, June, July, September and November. A total of 361 prices were checked at each of them. In total, there were goods for over NOK 14,000. And overall, it is the Rema 1000 that comes … Read more

Consumer Advice Centers Urge Electricity and Gas Customers to Consider Changing Providers for 2024 Cost Increases

Consumer Advice Centers Urge Electricity and Gas Customers to Consider Changing Providers for 2024 Cost Increases

Düsseldorf (dpa) – The consumer advice centers advise electricity and gas customers to consider changing providers because of the additional costs announced for 2024. “Consumers should definitely check a tariff portal to see how much savings they could save,” said energy expert at the North Rhine-Westphalia Consumer Center, Christina Wallraf, to the German Press Agency. … Read more

U.S. Stocks Hit New Highs, Consumer Confidence Surges – Latest News

U.S. Stocks Hit New Highs, Consumer Confidence Surges – Latest News

U.S. stocks hit new highs, the biggest rise in two and a half years (REUTERS/Reuters) U.S. stocks and the U.S. economy feel good. Download Yahoo Finance APP U.S. stocks and foreign currencies real-time quotes and news from many countries can be viewed at any time Data from The Conference Board shows consumers are more optimistic … Read more

Christmas Price War in Norwegian Grocery Stores – Blogger Criticizes Lackluster Offers Compared to Denmark

Christmas Price War in Norwegian Grocery Stores – Blogger Criticizes Lackluster Offers Compared to Denmark

(The online newspaper): Blogger Rune “Gjerrigknarken” Nikolaisen follows the prices in the grocery stores better than most. He thinks this year’s Christmas price war has been sloppy stuff. – To be honest, there hasn’t been much to cheer about this time, says Nikolaisen. In particular, he thinks the Norwegian price war is a puzzle after … Read more

The car crisis reaches a new bottom: – Under severe pressure

The car crisis reaches a new bottom: – Under severe pressure

(The online newspaper): The car crisis reached a new low point in November. 10,348 new passenger cars were registered, which is 9,162 fewer than in November 2022. This is a decrease of 47 per cent compared to last year’s November. Not since passenger car sales were released in 1960 have so few new petrol cars … Read more

The New Empowered Patient: Impact and Future of Patient Centric Healthcare

The New Empowered Patient: Impact and Future of Patient Centric Healthcare

During this episode we talk about ‘the new, empowered patient’. Because, just like the trend towards more citizen and consumer participation, we also want to be able to ‘have our say’ in healthcare. We increasingly expect participation and involvement. This switch from patient to partner will determine the future of our healthcare. It is a … Read more

Norges Bank report: This is bad news for your salary

Norges Bank report: This is bad news for your salary

(The online newspaper) On Thursday, Norges Bank officially released its new figures from Regionalt Nettverk, which had partly been leaked in advance. They show that Norwegian companies believe that next year will be a difficult year. – The companies in Norges Bank’s regional network expect that overall activity will remain unchanged in the fourth quarter, … Read more

Price war: Popular products plummet in price

Price war: Popular products plummet in price

(The online newspaper): Christmas marzipan is among the more popular products in grocery stores at Christmas time. They have already been on sale for a while, and now the prices of the well-known marzipan pig are dropping sharply. Nettavisen has checked the price, and compared it with the previous check, which was on 10 November. … Read more

Many customers disappointed after Aldi’s failed promotional stunt with a hair styling set: “Was it deliberate or a wrong assessment?”

Many customers disappointed after Aldi’s failed promotional stunt with a hair styling set: “Was it deliberate or a wrong assessment?”

A lot of people returned home disappointed from a visit to Aldi last Saturday. They had seen a striking promotion in the advertising brochure, in a video by an influencer or in an article by Flair or Nina: a 6-in-1 hair styling set from the Ambiano brand for 49.99 euros. A stunt price, because a … Read more