No Room for Discounters in the Austrian Electronic Retail Sector
The MediaMarkt/Saturn group has a dominant position in the Austrian electronic retail market. With the bankruptcy of Cosmos this dominance has become even more visible.
Whilst Rewe has the largest sales area in the counties Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland, the rest of Austria is dominated by Spar. In Upper Austria Spar is no. 1 in all disctricts.
70% of the Austrian Municipalities Have a Food Retail Chain
About 70% of all Austrian municipalities have at least one food retail chain store. Organised chained retailers are those who have more than 5 outlets and a supraregional relevance in Austria.
If you are an international retailer who looks for the best locations between the Atlantic and the Black Sea, you should keep one thing in mind: the rental level in New York is about 10 times...
Best increase of productivity in the drugstore and perfumery sector
Strong increases and decreases – the development of productivity in the Austrian retail sector (turnover per sqm) varies strongly from branch to branch.
Despite consumption decrease or stagnation: good retail concepts are always in demand, the expansion of the big players in the CEE and SEE region goes on.
In 2009 each Austrian citizen has approx. 1,71sqm of retail sales area at his or her disposal: a shopping paradise as large as 2 soccer fields or lake Mondsee.
