Spätkauf

The Spätverkauf was established in the German Democratic Republic in the second half of the 20th century for workers coming home from late night shifts.Staatliche Zentralverwaltung für Statistik: Statistisches Jahrbuch der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik. Staatsverlag der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik. 1960, S. 566. They were usually shops of the state-owned retail chains Handelsorganisation and Konsum. While regular shops would close at 6 p.m., Spätkaufs would be open until 7 p.m. or 8 p.m., shops in big cities could sometimes have longer opening hours. Depending on local circumstances they would either close at 18.30h or open earlier than regular shops as a Frühverkauf ("early sale").[http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~ram/pub/pub_jf47ht81Ht/oeffnungszeiten-berlin Bis 24 Uhr.] Bei: userpage.fu-berlin.de The word "Spätkauf" had been used in West Berlin as of the 1980s. After the Fall of the Berlin Wall, the shortened term "Späti" was adopted for other stores extending regular business hours.{{citation|surname1=Susan Arndt|title=Berlin Mainzer Strasse: Wohnen ist wichtiger als das Gesetz|publisher=BasisDruck|at=pp. 47 f.|isbn=978-3-86163-020-3|date=1992|language=German|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3FCTAAAAIAAJ&q=sp%C3%A4tkauf|access-date=2021-01-13

}} Now, the term Späti has also come to use in some Southern German cities like Stuttgart or Munich.{{cite web|title=Spätis und Kioske in München: Standorte für Experten|periodical=Sueddeutsche.de|publisher=|url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/kiosk-kultur-in-muenchen-gibt-es-keine-spaetis-nicht-ganz-1.4108113|url-status=|format=|access-date=2021-01-12|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=Elisa Britzelmeier|date=2018-09-05|language=de|pages=|quote=}}{{cite web|title=Nachtverkauf in S-Mitte: Stuttgarts Späti bleibt vorerst Ausnahme|periodical=STN.de (Stuttgarter Nachrichten)|publisher=|url=https://www.stuttgarter-nachrichten.de/inhalt.nachtverkauf-in-s-mitte-stuttgarts-spaeti-bleibt-vorerst-ausnahme.16dc3a50-ddb4-416c-80b9-641433a3f755.html|url-status=|access-date=2021-01-12|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=Cedric Rehman|date=2019-04-05|language=de|pages=|quote=}}

In 1995 the "antipreneurial" one-man artist group {{ill|Stiletto (artist)|fr|lt=Stiletto Studio,s}}"Stiletto, who describes himself as an ‘antipreneurship expert’ and the ‘head of one-man artist group Stiletto Studio,s’, started Design Vertreib (Vertreib is a made-up term, deliberately misspelling Vertrieb (distribution), in order to take on the meaning of Vertreibung (expulsion – as in ... from a consumer's paradise) as a deconstructive means of processive disturbation. Also Vertreib is the second half of the German word Zeitvertreib (pastime, diversion). It also recurs to one of Duchamp's explanations of Readymades as pastimes attempting the disposal of art.) in the 1990s as an undertaking for ‘Beleuchtungskörperbau’. Building upon the Readymade principle of his 1980s design-critical artworks, he follows a modular construction principle, relying almost entirely on pre-existing standard industrial components, that he describes as ‘liberated from design’." (in: Vitra Design Museum: Atlas of Furniture Design, Weil am Rhein, Germany, 2019, on CONSUMER'S REST Lounge Chair by Stiletto (Stiletto Studio,s), page 726) presented LESS function IS MORE fun as a post-neoist special waste sale of interpassive design-defunctstENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE on neoist interpassivity and Florian Cramer's relationship to neoism in a book review of Florian Cramer's book publication "Anti-Media." http://idioideo.pleintekst.nl/Book2013Anti-Media.html in a so-called Spätverkauf installation by Laura Kikauka, located at a glass pavilion next to the Volksbühne Berlin, which she claimed as one of her projects of Maximalism.Danielle de Picciotto: [http://www.kaput-mag.com/stories_en/laura-kikauka_rediscovering-the-art-of-slowing-down/ Laura Kikauka: "Rediscovering the art of slowing down"], Kaput – Magagazin für Insolvenz & Pop, 6 February 2018{{ill|Kurt Leiner|de|lt=QRT}}:Handelskunst mit Angebots-Sondermüll (special waste offer), announcement and short review of the sales exhibition LESS function IS MORE fun as part of the Spätverkauf project by the artist group Funny Farm (Laura Kikauka and Gordon Monahan) at the Kiosk of the Volksbühne Berlin. (in (030) Magazin, No. 25/1995, [030] Media Verlag, Berlin, December 1995)

Contrary to the usual practice of Spätkaufs, only flowers, print media, baked goods and dairy products may be sold on Sundays between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m., according to Berlin's Ladenschlussgessetz ('shop closing law'). Tourist offers and beverages may only be offered between 1 and 8 p.m. on Sundays. The sale of alcohol is not allowed on Sundays.[http://www.prenzlauerberg-nachrichten.de/alltag/_/sonntagsruhe-auch-fur-spatis-17695.html Auch Spätis sollen am siebten Tag ruhen.] In: Prenzlauer Berg Nachrichten.

In March 2012, a Prenzlauer Berg resident reported 48 stores that violated the shop closing law to the Berlin Ordnungsamt ('Office of Public Order'). This led to several Spätkaufs being fined between €150 and €2500. One in particular, "Kollwitz 66", later drew attention with a counter-campaign by displaying the name and phone number of the person reporting the violations at the shop and also publishing it on Facebook.[http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/privatfehde-in-prenzlauer-berg-streit-um-spaetkauf-oeffnungszeiten/6323266.html Streit um Spätkauf-Öffnungszeiten.] In: Der Tagesspiegel.

In a radio interview, Berlin City Councilor Torsten Kühne stated that the Ordnungsamt must thoroughly investigate every violation of the shop closing law. Berlin's Ordnungsamt lacked the resources to do so, however.[http://www.prenzlauerberg-nachrichten.de/alltag/_/spatkaufs-das-ordnungsamt-nimmt-es-nicht-so-g-17706.html Das Ordnungsamt nimmt es nicht so genau.] In: Prenzlauer Berg Nachrichten.

In October 2012, the CDU in Pankow tried to introduce legislation that would have legalized Berlin's Spätkaufs. However, this failed.[https://www.welt.de/regionales/berlin/article109701399/Eine-Chance-fuer-die-Spaetis-der-Hauptstadt.html Eine Chance für die Spätis der Hauptstadt.] In: Die Welt. In June 2015, a petition with the hashtag #RettetdieSpätis ("save the Spätis") was started on the website change.org, which demanded an adjustment of the shop closing law that would have changed the legal status of Spätkaufs to something similar to gas stations and train station stores.[http://www.morgenpost.de/berlin/article142450255/Online-Petition-will-die-Berliner-Spaetis-retten.html Online-Petition will die Berliner Spätis retten ] In: Berliner Morgenpost Due to violations of the Sunday sales ban, fines of €35,000 have been imposed on Spätkauf operators in the district of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg in 2015, and fines of €70,000 in the district of Neukölln. Bündnis 90/Die Grünen demanded an exemption for Spätkaufs for a number of hours on Sundays, but this was not supported by the governing parties SPD and CDU. Martin Delius, a Pirate Party member, proposed to convert Spätkaufs into charging stations for pedelecs, which would have given them the same legal status as gas stations.{{cite web|title=Ladenöffnungsgesetz in Berlin Grüne: Spätis sollen sonntags öffnen dürfen|periodical=Der Tagesspiegel|publisher=|url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/ladenoeffnungsgesetz-in-berlin-gruene-spaetis-sollen-sonntags-oeffnen-duerfen/13065420.html|url-status=|access-date=2016-03-08|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=Sabine Beikler|date=2016-03-07|language=|pages=|quote=}}

In 2016, a Spätkauf located in the district of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf was banned from opening on Sundays by the responsible district office under the threat of a €1,500 fine. After the owner sued before the Administrative Court of Berlin, the court ruled in May 2019 that Berlin's Spätkaufs must remain closed on Sundays as a matter of principle. In the reasoning, it is said that Spätis mainly offer products of everyday demand and are aimed at the unspecific supply of the close surrounding area. Thus, the shops did not fall under a corresponding exemption in the Berlin Ladenöffnungsgesetz ('shop opening law') for tourist stores.[https://www.berlin.de/gerichte/verwaltungsgericht/presse/pressemitteilungen/2019/pressemitteilung.825515.php „Spätis“ müssen sonntags grundsätzlich geschlossen bleiben (Nr. 21/2019)], Urteil der 4. Kammer des VG Berlin vom 22. Mai 2019 (VG 4 K 357.18)

While some places don't have small shops with long business hours, they exist with different names especially in the Ruhr area, the Rhineland, Hanover and Hamburg. They are called "Trinkhalle" (literally translates to 'drinking hall'), "Kiosk" and "Büdchen" (literally translates to 'small stall'). Initially, it was popular for shops to have windows where customers ordered from outside, but now they are usually small bodega-style shops. Additional to selling goods, they provide a space for social interaction and local party culture. Cologne alone has about 1000 "Büdchen". These establishments are part of the town culture, research objects, destinations of city tours and motives for calendar pictures.{{cite web|title=Kiosk, Trinkhalle, Späti, Büdchen|periodical=|publisher=Universität zu Köln|url=http://portal.uni-koeln.de/universitaet/aktuell/koelner-universitaetsmagazin/unimag-einzelansicht/kiosk-trinkhalle-spaeti-buedchen|url-status=|format=|access-date=2020-03-29|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=2017-05-18|language=de|pages=|quote=}} Since 2016 the "Düsseldorfer Büdchentag" celebrates the local Kiosk culture in the Renish city of Düsseldorf with a special day in the summer. This Büdchentag attracts tourists and Düsseldorfer alike and has grown to become a regular and well-loved fixture in Düsseldorf.{{Cite web |last2=Lange |first=Brigitte |last=Pavetic |first2=Nicole |date=2019-08-10 |title=Büdchentag in Düsseldorf: Düsseldorf liebt seine Büdchen |url=https://rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/duesseldorf/buedchentag-2019-die-duesseldorfer-lieben-seine-buedchen_aid-44963081 |access-date=2023-02-04 |website=RP ONLINE |language=de}}

In the Czech Republic, similar shops are called "večerka" ('evening shops').{{citation|surname1=Patrick Studer, Iwar Werlen|title=Linguistic Diversity in Europe: Current Trends and Discourses|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|at=p. 325|isbn=978-3-11-027088-4|date=2012-05-29|language=German|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vcrmBQAAQBAJ&dq=vecerka+laden&pg=PA325|access-date=2021-09-13

}} In France, these kinds of shops are mostly run by Arabic vendors.[https://www.lexpress.fr/informations/l-epicier-arabe_59 L'Express] {{dead link|date=March 2023}} In Greece there are comparable shops called "Peripteros". In New York, there used to be around 1500 newsstands, which not only sold newspapers, but also drinks, sweets or tobacco products. By now, their number has fallen to about 300, most of these in Manhattan.{{cite web|title=How New Yorkers Are Fighting to Save the City's Struggling Newsstands|periodical=|publisher=|url=https://www.thrillist.com/lifestyle/new-york/how-new-yorkers-are-fighting-to-save-the-citys-struggling-newsstands|url-status=|format=|access-date=2020-03-29|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=Hannah Howard|date=2017-05-12|language=|pages=|quote=}}

In Madrid, there are shops that sell a limited range of food, snacks and toilet paper and are usually open 24 hours per day. These shops are called "chinos", because they're usually run by Asian immigrants. An examination by the Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio ("Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce") in 2007 counted 16.000 "chinos" and comparable shops in all of Spain, 26% of which were actually run by Chinese immigrants who had been in Spain for less than 10 years.{{cite news | url=https://elpais.com/diario/2006/05/14/economia/1147557602_850215.html | title=Vender a deshoras es negocio | newspaper=El País | date=13 May 2006 | last1=Sandoval | first1=Pablo Ximénez de }}

In Berlin, "Spätkauf" has a lot of English translations and pseudo-anglicisms, like "Late Night Shop", "Late Shop", "Late Buying", "Late Shopping", "Night Shop", "Nightstore" or "All in One Shop". "Spätshop" or "Internetcafé" are also used sometimes.

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• Bodega
• Convenience store
• Superette
• Grocery store

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