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Austria

Capital: Vienna | Area: 83.900 km² |
Population (2024): 8.159 mio | GDP (2024): € 481.35 bn

On 3 October near Vienna

Das Futterhaus Austria opens its 50th location

The Austrian branch of the German specialist retail chain Das Futterhaus continues to expand. The opening of the 50th store in Austria has now been announced for 3 October.The new store near Vienna is a completely new …

Distribution17. September 2024

Innovative recycling partnership

Coveris and Interzero join forces

The packaging company Coveris has announced a strategic partnership with Interzero, a service provider in the field of circular solutions and …

Suppliers18. June 2024

Generation change and growth plans

Lagerhaus Wechselgau presents results for 2023

At the most recent general meeting of Austrian specialist retailer Lagerhaus Wechselgau, managing director Hermann Klapf and chairman…

Distribution25. April 2024

Successful pet fair

Over 14 000 visitors in Vienna

The organiser of the Vienna Pet Fair (Haustiermesse Wien) is reflecting on a successful show last weekend (2-3 March). According to EXOTICA …

Events7. March 2024

Two show halls

Haustiermesse Wien on 2 and 3 March

The organiser of the Haustiermesse Wien (Vienna Pet Fair) is expecting over 200 exhibitors at the Marx Halle on 2 and 3 March. The show, which …

Events27. February 2024

Charting a successful course

Das Futterhaus Austria is 15 years old

Das Futterhaus Austria will celebrate 15 years in business in 2024. The retailer’s success story began back in 1987 with the opening of its …

Distribution18. January 2024

Austria

Lagerhaus opens a new warehouse

Das Lagerhaus Wiener Becken has built a new warehouse at Kottingbrunn. On a site covering 1 080 m2 in the marquee warehouse and 340 m2 under …

Distribution19. December 2023

Financial year 2022

Record sales at Lagerhaus

The Lagerhaus sales division of the Austrian cooperative Raiffeisen Ware Austria (RWA) generated record sales of 373 million euros in the 2022 financial …

Distribution16. November 2023

Lead role in sustainability

Coveris appoints a group sustainability director

Coveris has appointed Dr Martin Berlekamp as its new group sustainability director. The European packaging company has committed to…

Suppliers7. September 2023

Paper Barrier Seal

Coveris recognised in Fair Inno Pack competition

The Coveris Group, which specialises in flexible packaging produced from plastic and paper, has received an award for its …

Suppliers20. July 2023

Austrian pet sector

Retailers under the spotlight

Austria is another country in which the coronavirus pandemic was responsible for growing pet populations and higher sales. A snapshot of the overall …

Distribution3/2023

Change at the top in Austria

Norbert Steinwidder leaves Das Futterhaus

Long-standing managing director Norbert Steinwidder is leaving Das Futterhaus Austria at the end of the year after 15 years with the …

Distribution15. June 2023

Petco

Loyalty to the region

In Dog’s Love, Petco offers a dog food in which all the ingredients are wholly of food grade. It is manufactured in Austria, an aspect which brings a host of …

Suppliers2/2023

Tractive

Keeping pets in sight

The Austrian company Tractive is considered an international market leader in GPS trackers for dogs and cats. It expects to pass the million-customer barrier …

Suppliers2/2023

Headquarters in Salzburg

Fressnapf Austria moves into new premises

Fressnapf Austria has moved into a new and modern headquarters on almost 1 000 m² in Salzburg. "With the new headquarters, we are meeting …

Distribution4. April 2023

Strong growth in 2022

Fressnapf Austria grows by 11 per cent

With overall sales of 262.33 million euros, Fressnapf Austria achieved growth of 11 per cent and 25 million euros last year as compared with …

Distribution14. February 2023

Flexible packaging business unit

Igor Arbanas moves to Coveris

Igor Arbanas has taken over as head of the flexible packaging business unit at packaging manufacturer Coveris in Vienna. He succeeds Christian Kolarik…

Suppliers24. January 2023

Christian Kolarik

Coveris appoints a new CEO

Packaging manufacturer Coveris has appointed Christian Kolarik as its new CEO. His predecessor, Jakob A. Mosser, will assume the role of executive …

Suppliers19. January 2023

Applications open until the end of January

Purina organises a major start-up event in the pet sector

Unleashed, the start-up accelerator launched by Nestlé Purina in 2019, has supported 18 start-ups from the pet supplies s…

Suppliers5. January 2023

Hunt is on for innovators of the year

Two pet companies in the final

It was clearly demonstrated at the International Pet Conference just how innovative the start-up scene in the Austrian pet sector is. At the sector …

Suppliers22. December 2022

Austrian Retail Innovation Awards

Award for Fressnapf Austria

Retail companies based in Austria recently received recognition with the Austrian Retail Innovation Awards 2022. The awards were presented by the …

Distribution29. November 2022

New study published in Austria

Number of households with pets increases

Nearly every other household in Austria now has at least one pet, usually a cat, according to the latest survey by the Austrian Pet Food …

Distribution4. October 2022

Appointments

Jörg Schuschnig is new finance director at Coveris

The packaging company Coveris, which is based in Vienna (Austria), has appointed Jörg Schuschnig as its chief financial officer …

Suppliers22. September 2022

Packaging solutions for pet food

Mondi expands its capacity

Mondi, the packaging and paper company, is investing nearly 65 mio euros in three consumer flexibles plants in Europe to meet growing customer demand f…

Suppliers26. July 2022

Fressnapf Austria

New pilot store in Klagenfurt

Fressnapf Austria has opened its first XXL store in Klagenfurt by converting the former Fressnapf branch there to the new format.

Distribution3/2022

For the love of dogs

A love of dogs was responsible for the creation of the Miklauz family and their business. Their company Petco sells premium pet food produced in Austria.

Suppliers2/2022

Austria

New stores for the Lagerhaus retail chain

Lagerhaus, the Austrian retailer, continues to increase its number of stores as well as enlarging and modernising existing locations. The …

News6. January 2022

Fressnapf Austria

Premiere in shopping mall

On 18 November, Fressnapf Austria opened its first City-concept branch in the Riverside shopping mall in Vienna's 23rd district. The new store covers 238 …

News25. November 2021

Lockdown in Austria

Pet stores and groomers to remain open

Yesterday (22 November), the entire retail sector apart from suppliers of essential items was closed in Austria. The ruling also applies to …

News23. November 2021

Alpine Region partner alliance

Fressnapf merges country subsidiaries

Fressnapf intends to merge its country subsidiaries in Austria and Switzerland into an Alpine Region partner alliance with a joint management …

News6. July 2021

Charting a successful path

Das Futterhaus opens its 400th store

On 2 June, Das Futterhaus opens its 400th store in Ybbs an der Donau (Austria), bringing the number of stores in Austria to 45. The new store, …

News1. June 2021

Customer experience report

Fressnapf Austria comes up trumps

The mission of KPMG's Customer Experience Excellence Center is to make the customer experience available to companies in the form of figures. The …

News30. March 2021

Pet food

Austria Pet Food expands into the USA

Austrian pet food manufacturer Austria Pet Food is now opening up the American market. The first container shipment of tinned dog and cat food…

News16. February 2021

Austria

Cats & Pets pet store chain bankrupt

The pet store chain Cats & Pets in Austria operated five stores in Vienna (2), Wiener Neustadt, St. Pölten and Vösendorf. On 19 March, …

News24. March 2020

Austria/Hungary

Coveris acquires Plasztik-Tranzit

Packaging company Coveris has announced the acquisition of Plasztik-Tranzit, a specialist in high-quality flexible packaging solutions for the …

News5. March 2020

Shopping centre opening

Dehner announces its next store opening in Austria

Dehner continues to expand in Austria. It has announced the planned opening of a new branch in the Vienna area in spring 2021. …

News19. November 2019

Verified animal welfare

Austria backs pet owning and animal welfare

A special unit established by the Austrian government with responsibility for species-appropriate pet owning and animal welfare is …

News18. June 2019

Austria

Lagerhaus stores grow by 0.5 per cent

The Lagerhaus stores in Austria recorded only modest growth last year, with sales increasing by 0.5 per cent to 645 mio euros in 2018. The …

News28. May 2019

Expansion to Austria

Kölle Zoo acquires five Megazoo outlets

The German pet supplies chain Kölle Zoo is expanding. It has announced that it will acquire the five Austrian Megazoo stores in Vienna, …

News12. March 2019

Appointments

New sales director at Fressnapf Austria

Thomas Kerschbaumer is assuming immediate responsibility for sales at Fressnapf Austria, Megazoo and Fellini. All Fressnapf distribution …

News4. April 2018

Vienna

Pop-up store opens in Megazoo

The Megazoo in Vienna Stadlau now offers a shop-in-shop concept. A Sheba and Cesar pop-up store has just opened under the motto "Coming home"…

News26. February 2018

Tierkönig

New player in Austria

The pet product retailer Tierkönig opened its first store in Vienna in June, followed by two more in July, also in the Austrian capital. Company founders …

Distribution5/2017

Pet market in Austria

A mixed bag in the mountains

As far as the pet sector is concerned, Austria is a land of contrasts. On the one hand, few other countries boast so many stores belonging to German …

Distribution3/2014