They start on Monday, January 9th. winter saleswhich will last until the end of February. As noted Union of Consumer Workers of Greeceat runtime suggestions the original and new, reduced price of the goods must be clearly indicated at the points of sale of the offered goods.

Each price reduction notice must include the previous lowest price applied by the seller thirty days prior to the price reduction being implemented. When an item has been on the market for less than thirty days, the previous price is the lowest price in the ten day period.

They will last until the end of February – be sure to indicate the original and new price of products.

When conducting discounts, in addition to indicating the old and new reduced prices of goods and services sold at a discount, it is also allowed to indicate the percentage of the discount commercially. If a reduced price is granted on more than 60% of all items sold, the discount percentage granted must be indicated on the storefront and in any other commercial communication, and in case there are different discount percentages for each category of goods, this must be indicated by the percentage range ( “from to …%”). In any other case, it will be indicated that the discounts apply to the selected products, indicating the corresponding percentage.

Warehouses or outlets must display the removed old sale price and the new, reduced sale price on signage in such a way that the consumer understands a clear difference between the two prices. If desired, it is allowed to indicate the discount percentage inside the store and in any other commercial communication with the consumer. During sale or offer periods, these stores must display all removed intermediate prices and the new reduced sale price in bold print.

If discounts, offers or any announcement of price reductions are inaccurate or misleading with regard to the discount percentage, prices or quantity of goods offered at a discount or offer, or are associated with any form of concealment or deceit, a penalty is imposed at the expense of the merchant up to 2% of the annual turnover and in any case not less than 20,000 euros. If a merchant is repeatedly fined for the same violation within five years, the maximum amount of the fine is increased to 4% of his annual turnover.