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The online platform “Kaufhaus Österreich” launched by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Chamber of Commerce at the end of November 2020 will be suspended in its current form.
9.25 am, February 9, 2021
The one from just over two months ago more than 620,000 euros launched digital platform “Austria department store” it should soon be history again. The report “Standard“ and “Courier“ by referring to the online portal “Der Börsianer”.
the The website must support Austrian commerce, especially in times of blackout and make visible to all distributors in the country in a centralized and digital way. However, the initiative found little enthusiasm among users and the opposition.. The critic: Many small and medium-sized businesses could not afford to have their own web store. As a result, one could not be included either. Also, the links would not work and the online inquiries would not work. The high costs of 620,000 euros also caused a lack of understanding.
Now the platform should, according to media reports in its current form before the end and in the future it will only be maintained as a directory of the company. One of the main reasons for this is that the Federal Ministry of Digitization and Business Localization depends on the Margarete Schramböck must not operate a commercial market and the Chamber of Commerce does not want to operate, writes “Der Börsianer”. There is no official confirmation of this yet.
