Germany is lacking a sense of community. At the same time, there is a growing expectation that companies should take responsibility for social cohesion. This is shown by a recent, representative study carried out by the REWE Group, which is being published to mark International Co-operatives Day on 4 July.

REWE and ZooRoyal are further expanding their presence in the brick-and-mortar pet retail sector and are bringing the concept to North Rhine-Westphalia for the first time. A new ZooRoyal pet shop is set to open on 16 July at 10 In den Diken, Düsseldorf. Until now, ZooRoyal had only been represented by four outlets in northern Germany.

From 1 July 2026, nahkauf will be taking the next logical step in the further development of its promotional communications: printed leaflets will be phased out. The special offers will remain and will be available digitally at all times in future. As a retail chain belonging to REWE, nahkauf forms part of the digital offering on the REWE app and at rewe.de.

REWE's concept test for local supply in rural areas continues: under the name "Paolos nahkauf Box", there is now also a so-called "walk-in store" in Hofheim-Lorsbach. The operator and namesake is the local nahkauf retailer.

No place in the world is better at shielding young people from their parents’ influence than a holiday camp. No wonder, then, that it has given rise to a whole host of myths and legends, true and fictional stories, a whole host of films – and even its own film sub-genres, ranging from the creepy to the romantic. Two decidedly original takes on the theme are hitting the big screen this summer. In the darkly colourful comedy *Sunny Dancer*, 18-year-old Ivy makes up for lost youth at a ‘chemo camp’. “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma”, featuring a star-studded cast, develops into a satirical horror film-within-a-film. And on Netflix, comedian Ricky Gervais roams through animated alleyways in six episodes as a fat tomcat with his “Alley Cats”.

The crux of film music is that, at best, you don’t even notice it. Two wonderful films showing in cinemas this July make it a central element of the plot. First, there is the romantic thriller-comedy *The Piano Tuner*, which centres on a piano concerto composed especially for the film. Then there’s Pedro Almodóvar’s regular composer, Alberto Iglesias, who weaves his harmonies around a classic by the Mexican singer Chavela, turning *A Bitter Feast* into an aural delight. Orchestrated drama also awaits viewers in the 10-part remake of the psychological thriller “Cape of Fear”, starring Amy Adams and Javier Bardem, on Apple TV.

Dreams and displaced reality - sometimes brightly coloured, sometimes eerily dark - as a connection between the Far East and France is not often found in cinema. All the more reason for viewers to take the opportunity in May to indulge in two exceptionally beautiful examples of this mixture. On the one hand, there is the French animated film "Little Amélie or the Character of Rain", which tells the story of a Belgian toddler in Japan and reflects on it at the same time. On the other hand, Chinese author and director Bi Gan offers his audience an immersive dream world with "Resurrection", which was honoured at the Cannes Film Festival. And the Franco-German broadcaster arte brings viewers back down to earth with the six-part drama series "Etty".