Retailers express grievances

The retail market is particularly unhappy with the third lockdown that begins Thursday in Attica, stressing that neither the full closure of the market since November nor the partial reopening of stores afterward proved efficient against the pandemic and the recession.

Giorgos Karanikas, the president of the Hellenic Confederation of Commerce and Entrepreneurship (ESEE), spoke of a cacophony of announcements and estimates that it will have a negative impact on the market and consumers. He stresses that after the retailers' losses last Easter, during the fall sales, Black Friday and the Christmas period, they now face the loss of the rest of the winter sales, which end on the same day as the new Attica lockdown.

The loss of the sales over the last three months entailed a huge cost for retail commerce, as besides the revenue losses and fixed costs, the sector ...

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