An eight-year-old became a lifesaver after taking part in a first aid course offered at a shopping centre by Red Cross volunteers and then minutes later putting into practice when her grandmother collapsed in an underground car park in Graz in southern Austria. Schoolgirl Tina took part in the half-hour course while her grandmother Stephanie, […]
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A supermarket chain which advertises using a slogan that urges more common sense in shopping has been selling peeled bananas on plastic trays wrapped in foil. But the stunt by the German-owned Billa supermarket chain – part of the Rewe group that has thousands of stores in 9 European countries, has caused outrage among users […]
The electronics company Media Markt wants to create a new target group out of women. In Austria the company is now testing the integration of special shopping-zones for women. Since 40 per cent of their customers are women, they want to customize the shopping experience for them as well. With theme weeks and possibilities to […]
Lugner argues Sunday shopping campaign
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Richard Lugner has revealed details about his Sunday shopping initiative. The businessman – who owns and manages Vienna’s Lugner City shopping centre – recently said he contacted Social Democratic (SPÖ) Mayor Michael Häupl to find out whether the city of Vienna might issue an extraordinary regulation enabling him to open on the seventh day of […]
The managers of some of Austria’s largest shopping centres are confident regarding this year’s Christmas shopping. Shopping City Süd (SCS) boss Anton Cech said today (Mon) he was “cautiously optimistic” considering activities in the coming weeks. The businessman told the Kurier additional free of charge bus lines between Vienna and his shopping centre were recently […]
Getting Festive in Vienna
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Countless Christmas markets may spring up in cities across Northern and Central Europe during the coming months, but it is Vienna’s Christkindlmarkt that deserves a special mention. The tradition of winter street markets in Austria dates back to the Middle Ages and markets selling festive items and seasonal food have since then become a staple […]
Lugner tops media chart
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A veteran playboy inviting international stars and starlets to the Vienna Opera Ball was mentioned more often in Austrian papers than any of the countrys politicians last week.Political magazine profil reports that Viennese businessman Richard Lugners name occurred in Austrias leading newspapers and magazines 217 times between Monday and Friday of last week. This means […]
Robbery victim collapses and dies
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An elderly Viennese man collapsed and died after he was mugged in a shop yesterday (Weds).Supermarket staff and paramedics failed to resuscitate the 63-year-old who passed out after getting worked up and panicked about his wallet being stolen by a man while he did his shopping at the store in the Alsergrund district.Reports have it […]
Beethoven shopping list to be auctioned
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A shopping list scribbled by Ludwig van Beethoven will be auctioned in Germany later this year, it has emerged.The German composer, who spent many years working and living in Austria, wrote the memo to himself in Vienna in 1817. The list features soap, a mousetrap, a knife and a metronome.Auctioneers in Cologne said today (Fri) […]
Police in Vienna are investigating after a popular city centre department store was evacuated due to a bomb warning yesterday afternoon (Weds).Around 700 shoppers and staff were asked to leave the nine-storey Steffl store after a male voice warned its managers office of a bomb in the building in a phone call around 5pm.Police, who […]