But not with its cars and trucks. It may not be easy. A holy alliance of church and union leaders wants to quash all talk of Sunday shopping hours, however popular they may be with churchgoers and union members. We want to redefine the service culture in Germany. In this city, the traditions are not as strong as in other cities in Germany.
Berlin is a new city that has been redesigned and people are thinking in new ways.
That includes DaimlerChrysler. Daimler was the first German company to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange and adopt U.S.-style accounting. Chrysler, determined to out-think and outperform its larger U.S. competitors, led a clear trend toward building shareholder value and tying executive pay to performance. Mangold, bullish on Berlin and the changes he sees coming, appears intent to copy both Daimler-Benz and Chrysler. So far this year, Debis's revenues from financial services are 22 percent ahead of last year, and sales for its information technology group are up 40 percent.