‘Emotional’ XXXLutz ready to open more shops in Sweden

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Furniture megastore chain XXXLutz bosses have described the firm’s upcoming expansion to Sweden as an “emotional highlight”.The Wels-based company will open its first shop in the homeland of global market leader Ikea next month. Around 300 staff will find work in the 25,000-square-metre store in the southern city of Malmo from 4 November.Thomas Saliger, the […]

Driver slams into McDonald’s playground

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A teenage driver crashed into the playground of a McDonald’s restaurant in the province of Burgenland last night (Weds/Thurs).Police in Oberwart said today the 19-year-old local crashed down a five-metre embankment after losing control of his vehicle in a roundabout.They added his car came to a standstill after colliding with the children’s slide at the […]

Five-year-old boy rescued from postal container

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A five-year-old boy has been rescued by volunteer firemen after getting trapped inside a postal container.The inquisitive Upper Austria lad had been playing with the one-cubic-metre container when he fell inside, the lid closing on top of him.His panicked mum who saw the incident quickly called the Wels firebrigade who cut him free from the […]

Peek & Cloppenburg to continue expanding in Austria

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Family-owned German clothing chain Peek & Cloppenburg (P&C) said today (Weds) it would continue expanding in Austria.The firm recently opened a 5,000 square metre store at the Tyrol shopping centre in Innsbruck and today opened a 6,700 square metre store at Shopping City Süd (SCS) in Vienna-Vösendorf. P&C is planning to open one at Vienna’s […]

Vienna flat prices up

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Prices for owner-occupied and rented flats in Vienna soared last year, according to new research.Real estate platform immobilien.net said today (Weds) prices for owner-occupied flats in the capital rose by six per cent to an average 2,446 Euros per square metre in 2009 year on year.It added rent prices after tax meanwhile increased by two […]