Tourists splashed out 250mn in Austrian shops in 2010

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Foreign tourists spent almost 30 per cent more in shops in Austria last year than they did in 2009, according to an international travel and shopping service platform.Global Blue Austria announced today (Weds) that holidaymakers from abroad spent approximately 250 million Euros in stores across the country in 2010. The platform stressed this was a […]

Claro succeeds in Iran

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Leading household detergents producer Claro’s business activities in Iran are prospering, it has been revealed.Firm chairman and owner Josef Dygruber said today (Thurs) Claro managed to achieve an annual turnover from operations in the Western Asian country of 650,000 Euros in 2010 after having started doing business there only in the previous year.Dygruber, who stressed […]

Doppelmayr snatches Sochi cable car order

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A leading Austrian transportation systems producer will build the world’s longest cable car at a Russian holiday hotspot.Doppelmayr Holding AG (Doppelmayr) said today (Weds) it was contracted to set up a 5.4-kilometre connection between the Laura ski resort and Krasnaya Poljana near Sochi where the 2014 Winter Olympics will take place.The Wolfurt-based company, which is […]

EVN earnings climb as equity ratio drops

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Energy provider EVN AG managed to increase its earnings in the past business year.The Lower Austrian company said today (Thurs) that its earnings before interest and taxes (Ebit) jumped by 6.9 per cent year on year to 187.3 million Euros in the 2009/2010 business year which ended on 30 September.The firm’s turnover edged up by […]

Bene lowers losses as turnover slumps

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Office furniture specialist Bene AG has managed to reduce its losses.The company, which is based in the Lower Austrian town of Waidhofen an der Ybbs, said today (Weds) it suffered losses of 8.7 million Euros in the third quarter of the 2010/2011 business year, down by 100,000 Euros year on year.Bene’s turnover declined from 135 […]

Doppelmayr satisfied despite less turnover

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Michael Doppelmayr, head of transportation systems producer Doppelmayr Holding AG (Doppelmayr), has said he is “very satisfied” with the past business year.The internationally operating firm, which is based in the Vorarlberg town of Wolfurt, suffered a slight decline in turnover in the 2009/2010 business year from 615.7 to 603.2 million EurosThe company boss pointed out […]

Rosenbauer targets €600mn turnover

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Fire truck and fire-fighting equipment maker Rosenbauer International AG has said it expected to achieve a turnover higher than 600 million Euros this year.The Leonding-based company, which serves customers across the globe, announced today (Fri) its turnover increased by 12.5 per cent year on year to 421 million Euros in the first nine months of […]

Penny products range rises

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Discount supermarkt Penny has added 100 new products to its range.The no frills supermarket chain said today (Weds) around 1,500 different items were now on sale at its nearly 300 stores across Austria including branded articles like Wieselburger beer and Meinl coffee.Penny, previously named Penny Markt, is part of German Rewe Group’s Austrian subsidiary Rewe […]

Vienna retail trade hopes for €350mn Xmas turnover

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Businesses in Vienna expect significantly more than 300 million Euros of turnover this Christmas, according to research.Brigitte Jank, head of the Viennese Economy Chamber (WKW), said today (Thurs): “We are convinced to do well this Christmas.”Jank explained the city’s economy expected to make a turnover of 350 million Euros selling gifts ahead the upcoming festive […]

Pankl turnover edges down

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Engine producer Pankl Racing Systems AG has announced a slight drop in turnover.The company, which is based in the Styrian town of Bruck an der Mur, said today (Thurs) its turnover shrank by 1.35 million Euros year on year to 87.55 million Euros in the 2009/2010 business year which ended in September.The firm’s earnings before […]