Malls
Stadion Center
(http://www.stadioncenter.at/) is a new small mall in leopoldstadt with several lower-end clothing stores. u2 stadion
Lugner City
(http://www.lugner.at/) on the gürtel in the 15th district is a moderate sized mall housing chain stores and a cinema. u6 burggasse-stadthalle
Gasometer
(http://www.gasometer.at/) in simmering is a moderate-sized mall in former coalgas brick towers that were no longer neede after the city converted to natural gas. it is unfortuneately largely empty. it also houses a megaplex and concert venue. u3 gasometer
Columbus Center
In favoriten is small mall on kepplerplatz. kepplerplatz u1
Shopping City Süd
(http://www.scs.at/) is the biggest shopping mall in europe by number of visitors just outside of vienna, housing a very wide range of stores and brands. wlb to vösendorf-scs additional ticket needed, or ikea bus from oper
Donauzentrum
(http://www.donauzentrum.at/) is the largest mall in the east of the city, near the un. u1 kagran
Millennium City
(http://www.millennium-city.at/) is a medium-sized shopping mall near the bank of the danube in brigettenau. u6/s handelskai
Clothes and shoes
Shu!
A collection of creative but still comfortable shoes from multiple brands, primarily Italian--and for moderate prices. They also have sales outlet Shu!Depot at Westbahnstraße 4, 1070.
Museum Quarter
Has half a dozen of small designer clothes shops.
Polyklamott
Sells hand-picked second-hand clothes.
Augarten Porzellan
The finest porcelain in Europe made right in Vienna in the Augarten. You can also visit their factory at the main entry to the Augarten. Daily tours and sales at 10 AM in Leopoldstadt-U2 Taborstraße. They are currently prepairing a limited street-art themed line as an artistic project (http://augartenbrennt.at/), now that is Viennese.
Store hours are generally 8 or 9AM-6 or 7PM Monday-Friday, 9AM-6PM Saturday, Closed Sunday. There are slightly longer hours at some malls. Credit cards are normally accepted at large and at high-end stores. All chains that you can find in the malls also have stores on the city's shopping streets, which tend to be more accessible and tourist-friendly.
charity sales
Charity auctions are common in Vienna. Some stores give their proceeds to social programmes often second-hand store back-to-work programs similar to Goodwill, or other charity shops.
Dorotheum
(http://www.dorotheum.com) — the main auction site in austria. exhibits all sorts of furniture, art, jewelry, and much more. highly recommended. there are several locations throughout the city, the main one being at dorotheergasse 17 in the city center. the surrounding streets in this area offer a great many antique shops, where quality and prices tend both to be very high.
duty-free shopping
Vienna airport has a duty free shopping area with 70 shops. Plan around one hour if you're going to visit every other shop. The shopping area is just after ticket control counters, so you only need to checkin before getting to shops, not pass security check nor passport control.
outdoor markets
There are 21 markets (http://www.wien.gv.at/eng...) with stands and small characteristically Viennese hut-like shops that are open daily except Sunday. Additionally many of these have true farmers' markets, often on Saturday mornings. There is a large variety of sellers and markets, from the upscale to the dirt cheap. Each has several shops of different kinds butcher, bakery, produce, coffee, etc.. There is another handful of weekly farmers markets (http://www.tourmycountry....) around the city as well as seasonal markets like the christmas markets.