Kaiserslautern center shows signs of success

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Kaiserslautern center shows signs of success
By Jennifer H. Svan, Stars and Stripes
European edition,Saturday, November 28, 2009

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — Customers are flocking to the Kaiserslautern Military Community Center, pushing sales figures skyward and increasing traffic on base.

In October, the first full month the giant shopping mall, hotel and entertainment center was open, the KMCC recorded more than $12 million in sales, a 22 percent increase over October 2008 combined sales between the now-shuttered Ramstein and Vogelweh exchanges, according to figures from the Army and Air Force Exchange Service.

Compare that to Grafenwöhr, the second largest military exchange in Germany, where October sales totaled $3.79 million.

More staggering is the exchange of dough in the KMCC food court, where, in October, sales totaled close to $1.3 million, up 83 percent from October 2008 sales in the old Ramstein and Vogelweh food courts, AAFES officials said.

"It has been a success," said Army Lt. Col. Wayne Marotto, AAFES-Europe spokesman of the KMCC. "It’s generating a lot of revenue for Morale, Welfare and Recreation and the store."


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