Almost all sectors recorded sales growth, but not all businesses benefited from the boom: "Sales growth is not equal to profit growth".
Doppler, the largest private operator of gas stations in Austria predicts a decline in the gas station network.
A RegioPlan study shows that only 30 of 70 surveyed Austrian shopping centers have increased their productivity.
The food company, owned by RLB Oberösterreich obtains an industry expert with Armin Burger.
In 2010, the Austrian retail trade rose by 4.0%. Thus, this figure represents the highest retail trade growth since the 1990s.
The Austrian bank, which is owned by the US-American investor Cerberus, is obliged to sell its non-banking subsidiaries.
Net sales for the in-house production PC stores increased by 31% to € 96.2 m. 38.3% of sales are generated online.
Only a few large projects will be tackled in 2011 by Austria's shopping center industry; renovation of existing facilities rather prevails.
The Upper Austrian commercial group increased its sales last year to € 682m. Price pressures are however immense, according to Pfeiffer.
The number of registrations of new passenger cars registered an increase in Austria of 2.9% compared with 2009, with a total of 328,563 vehicles.
Austria's small and medium enterprises are, according to the Small and Medium-Sized Business report, the main driver for innovations.
6500 MWh of electricity per year are generated by wind turbines in the Lower Austrian Haindorf. The energy produced is bought by the REWE Group.
Spending propensity shows a rising trend. Cash is still the most widely means of payment.
Despite higher taxes and lower benefits, the purchasing power of the Austrian people will grow in 2011 by an estimated 2.6%.
In the third quarter, trade and services reached a revenue growth of 7.2% over the previous quarter of this year and of 5.2% over the same quarter of the previous year.
Low incomes are taken more into account than higher salaries; the minimum wage in trade now amounts to € 1,300.
GPA: Private Employees Receive 2.2% Salary Increase.
Bigger salaries in trade, crafts and consulting: the negotiators consider this to be a "reasonable result".
Immofinanz established a new retail concept: STOP.SHOP. has grown in both importance and size in recent years. The Czech Republic and Slovakia are the most important countries.
Growth in exports was 15.3% in the first eight months of 2010, mainly to emerging markets.
The demand for temporary workers has increased strongly on the Austrian labor market strong, reaching almost the level before the economic crisis.
The concept developed by the Wirtschaftskammer and the Post is more successful than expected. In total it should come to 2,000 branches.
For the first time in the past two years the RegioData Shopping Climate Index CEE has improved considerably compared to the previous quarter.
Austrian furniture retail-sales reported a growth of just 1.6% and therefore has showed growth for the sixth consecutive time. The low rate is due to products that are actually not furniture.