Shopping

Police have announced a tightening of security around the country during the upcoming holiday season.

Among the measures announced were increased patrols at bus, train, tram and metro stations, in shopping areas and malls and outdoor markets.

Train stations, in particular, have been the target of anti-establishment groups in recent months.

Shoppers crowd outside a central department store in the northern port city of Thessaloniki hoping to bag a bargain on the occasion of so-called Black Friday. The event, a day of discounts at stores which started in the United States for the day after Thanksgiving, lures consumers with generous discounts that can reach up to 80 percent.

With Black Friday less than 24 hours away, many major retailers are offering shoppers great post-Thanksgiving deals of up to 80% off their regular prices. Some of the big names participating in this year’s shopping frenzy are Public, River West, Media Markt, Factory Outlet, Gap, Οysho, Germanos and Plaisio.

A retailer has vowed to follow up on measures taken by a mall after a woman lodged a legal complaint after encountering a bat while trying on a pair of pants at a luxurious shopping mall in Istanbul.

The Municipality of Glyfada’s ‘Red Night’ shopping was supposed to be a festive Christmas event with shops open until midnight. Crowds gathered to welcome the event, but there were reactions by protestors opposed to extended shopping times. They clashed with shoppers who tried to enter stores.

Black Friday is traditionally the day following Thanksgiving Day in the United States (the fourth Thursday of November).

Istanbul and Antalya have featured in a list of the world?s top shopping destinations for Muslim tourists in a report which provides detailed insights into their spending behavior while travelling. 

The MasterCard-CrescentRating Muslim Shopping Travel Index 2015 (MTSI 2015) has revealed Muslim travelers spent a total of $62 billion globally in shopping and dining. 

Turkey?s online retail market is expected to double to 14 billion Turkish Liras ($5.2 billion) by 2020 from 7 billion liras ($2.6 billion) in 2015, according to a report from the Boston Consulting Group and Boomerang Commerce titled ?Multichannel Pricing Strategy.?
 

Confederation of Turkish Tradesmen and Craftsmen (TESK) President Bendevi Palandöken has said consumer spending for this year?s Father?s Day on June 21 is expected to be more than 1.5 billion Turkish Liras and that this amount will accelerate the Turkish economy.

One of Croatia's biggest companies, Agrokor, a specialist in food production and sales, is launching a regional online shopping network towards the end of 2015 or at beginning of 2016.

Functioning along the lines of the well-known Chinese sales online platform Alibaba, A007 will start first in Croatia and then spread to the rest of the region.