Austria

Spar Austria Posts Record Sales, Earnings In Full-Year 2019

Austrian retailer Spar Holding AG has posted a 4.9% increase in consolidated net sales for full-year 2019, to €11.15 billion. The group, which oper...

Spar Austria Announces New CEO, Executive Board Changes

Spar Austria has announced that two of the most longstanding members of its executive board, chairman Dr. Gerhard Drexel and Rudolf Staudinger are to retir...

SPAR Austria Partners With Service Station Operator AP-Trading

SPAR Austria has announced plans to strengthen its SPAR Express banner by partnering with service station operator AP-Trading, The first SPAR Express st...

COVID-19 Drives Austrian Retailers To Strengthen Online Presence, Study Finds

One in three or 33% of Austrian retailers started or strengthened their online presence amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study has revealed. Conducted...

Spar Hits Record Market Share In Austria, Outperforms Retail Sector

Retailer Spar hit a market share of 35.6% in Austria in April, outperforming the rest of the Austrian retail sector in the period by a ratio of nearly two...

Spar Austria Rolls Out Beverages In Eco-Friendly Glass Packaging

Spar Austria has introduced five of its best selling own-brand beverage SKUs in environmentally friendly packaging. The company has replaced the packagi...

Coronavirus – Retail & FMCG Updates From Austria

As part of our efforts to keep you, the ESM reader, notified on the latest coronavirus-related developments in the retail and consumer goods sect...

'Light At The End Of The Tunnel' For Austrian Retailers, Says WKO

The Austrian Chamber of Commerce (WKÖ) has said that there is now a 'light at the end of the tunnel' for businesses that were shut down due to the cor...