Merchandising
Christmas goods stores to open daily from 7 a.m. to 8.30 p.m.
Seasonal retail stores trading exclusively in Christmas trees and decorations will open on December 7 and will operate until January 8, said Secretary General for Trade and Consumer Protection Panagiotis Stampoulidis at Friday's live coronavirus briefing.
Greeks prepped for second wave
Greek consumers chose in September to purchase cars to avoid using public transport and computers to be equipped for teleworking and online classes, in a behavior pattern showing that they probably anticipated the second wave of the pandemic this fall.
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Retail sales volume shrinks 0.8% in June
Turkey's retail sales volume with constant prices fell 0.8% year-on-year in June, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) announced on Aug. 14.
"In the same month food, drinks and tobacco sales increased by 3.0%," TÜİK said.
Excluding automotive fuel, non-food sales dropped 2.8%, while automotive fuel sales slipped 0.9% over the same period.
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E-commerce boosts turnover
Digitally upgrading an enterprise can fetch up to 20% more sales compared to its rivals that have not created an online store or made other such moves toward an electronic transformation, according to a report by the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV).
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Virus measures announced for several industries
The Health Ministry has announced a series of measures to be taken in 11 sectors in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus as Turkey has already rolled out its normalization plan.
The new measures are mostly directed at retail stores, such as white goods shops, supermarkets, gas stations, and real estate agencies.
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Most Greeks to turn backs on restaurants
As the food service sector reopened for business this week following over two months with its shutters down, a consumer survey found that two-thirds of consumers do not intend to visit any restaurants this year, while almost a third of Greeks will not be going on holiday this year.
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Stores saw big turnover fall last week
One in four stores in Athens recorded a decline in turnover of more than 50% in the first week after the lockdown compared to the same week last year, while a total of 82.8% of stores reported worse turnover compared to a year earlier, according to a survey of 204 stores by the Athens Traders Association, most of which are in the center of Athens.
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Supermarkets' changing roles
In the 10 weeks up to May 3 - i.e. from the time the first coronavirus cases were announced in Greece up to just before the end of the lockdown - turnover at supermarkets in Greece reached a remarkable 1.5 billion euros.
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Electronic commerce skyrockets in April
Online commerce recorded an even higher growth rate in April than in March, as consumers continued to shop from e-stores - and not just for food and pharmaceuticals - as almost all conventional retail stores were shuttered by government order.
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Non-food retailers in commercial centers threaten a boycott on opening stores
The companies in non-food retail request that the owners of commercial centers agree to new deals by which there would be zero rent during the coronavirus pandemic, threatening that, if otherwise, they will boycott the reopening of stores. "It's a desperate plea, because we are in a desperate situation.