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More and more retailers are increasingly employing the so-called omnichannel strategy, utilizing modern technology means such as voice orders, simulators and chatbots.

Students of a kindergarten in the southern province of Antalya have established a mini open-air market and donated the income of the sales to quake survivor students.

Established in the kindergarten's garden, the mini open-air market sold food prepared by the students' families and had stalls of vegetables and fruits collected from their parents' greenhouses and gardens.

While household consumption expenditures were affected by the increase in prices, one of the solutions that citizens resorted to was to use discount markets more, with their share in households' grocery expenditures increasing more than 3 percent in 2022, according to a survey conducted by Ipsos.

Seven out of eight Greek consumers make purchases from international online stores, with this percentage being - according to the PayPal eCommerce Index 2022 - the highest in Europe.

'Black Friday', the next retail sales, will take place on November 25 this year and will include major offers, market representatives said, who also welcomed the end of the interim sales that used to take place in the beginning of November.

The jump in inflation compared to last year has brought significant changes in the behavior of Greek consumers.

The Culture and Tourism Ministry will work on new strategies for boosting tourism in Türkiye via ad campaigns and promotional videos centered on attracting foreign shoppers to the country, says Sinan Öncel, chair of the United Brands' Association (BMD).

Visits by shoppers to outlet malls in Turkey exceeded the pre-coronavirus pandemic level, people from the industry said, noting that the retail industry is one of the main beneficiaries of the improvement in the COVID situation.

A combination of Eid al-Fitr and Mother's Day has led to an increase in retail sales, according to sector representatives.

The demand for Mother's Day shopping, to be marked on May 9, has come at a time when people already have started shopping for Eid, which will take place on May 2-4 at the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Seven out of ten Greek consumers have reduced their purchases in supermarkets by "a lot" and "enough" and eight out of ten in clothing / footwear in the first quarter of the year. This conclusion is based on research conducted by Netrino.