Winter tourism brings bright spot for sports shops in the Rhine Valley!

Winter tourism brings bright spot for sports shops in the Rhine Valley!

Rheintal, Österreich - In Vorarlberg, local retail is influenced by different trends. Loud, vorarlberg.orf.at have experienced sports shops in the urban metropolitan areas in the Rhine Valley, while the winter sports shops benefit from a booming winter tourism. Michael Tagwerker, Managing Director of Handel division in the Vorarlberg Chamber of Commerce, explains that the good results in tourist regions are particularly gratifying. A trend that cannot be overlooked is the increasing relevance of online sales in sports retailers, which now makes up 15 to 20 percent of sales.

economic structures in comparison

At the same time, an interactive map of the Statistical Office of the Bund and the countries, , a comprehensive overview of the economic structure in Germany. In 2023, over 36 million employees worked in almost 3.8 million branches. It is particularly striking that more than a third of these branches are concentrated in the six largest compression rooms, such as Rhein-Ruhr and Munich.

The cards represent the economic structure in detail by reproducing both the number of branches and the number of social security and marginal persons at the district level. This information illustrates the regional inequalities and strengths within the German economy. The analysis shows that a large majority of jobs and companies can be found in urban metropolitan areas, while rural areas often master structural challenges.