Greece
Economy
Greek Consumers Significantly Increase Use of E-commerce, Survey Shows
Greek consumers have significantly increased their use of e-commerce due to the coronavirus pandemic, an online survey conducted by the Research Institute of Retail Consumer Goods and ELTRUN, the e-commerce laboratory of the Athens University of Economics and Business,...
Economy
Cash Transactions Falling While Greeks Use Credit Cards Causing Retail Food Prices to Rise
For decades now it is an undisputed fact that in Greece, cash is king.
People have been using cash across the country to cut better deals at markets as well as your average clothing store and even buying food in cash...
Greece
Has Crisis Changed Greek Consumer Habits?
The annual survey of the Research Institute of Retail Consumer Goods (IELKA), taking a sample of 2,000 consumers throughout Greece, showed that the economic recession has changed the consumer habits of the Greek people. The Greek consumer is now...
Environment
Greeks Turn Their Backs on Plastic Shopping Bags
The use of light plastic bags plunged an amazing 98.6 percent in Greek supermarkets in 2019 compared with 2017, the Research Institute of Retail Consumer Goods (IELKA) said in a report released on Wednesday.
According to the report, Greek households...
Environment
Use of Plastic Bags in Greek Supermarkets Down 80%
The use of plastic bags in supermarkets in Greece dropped 80 percent in 2018 since stores no longer give them away for free, according to a recent survey by the the Research Institute of Retail Consumer Goods (IELKA).
The environmental...
Environment
Greeks Shun Plastic Bags in Record Numbers
The use of plastic bags in Greece has dropped sharply following the introduction of a so-called eco-tax of €0.4 ($0.47) for every bag, introduced in the beginning of 2018.
According to data collated by the Research Institute of Retail Consumer...
Environment
Greek Shoppers Responding to Plastic Bag Tax
New laws obliging Greek retailers to charge for plastic carrier bags have caused a sharp decline in their use at supermarkets during the first month of the law's implementation, the Research Institute of Retail Consumer Goods (IELKA) reported on...
Economy
Super Market Food Sales in Greece Drop 1.9%
Super market food sales in Greece will drop by 1.9 percent in 2015, an analysis by the Research Institute of Retail Consumer Goods (IELKA) shows.
Despite the fact that in the first six months of 2015, there was a 1.25...
Economy
Greece: Prices Lower, but Households Still Struggling
The prices of basic commodities may be lower than in other European Union countries, but the cost of living in Greece remains higher.
That was the conclusion of the National Confederation of Hellenic Commerce (Esee) after studying the findings of...
Economy
How The Financial Crisis Changed The Eating Habits of The Greeks
According to a survey conducted by Greece’s IELKA institute of research, during the last 8 years due greatly to the financial crisis that hit the country, Greeks have shifted significantly from what they used to eat a decade ago.
As...
Environment
Greenpeace: Mediterranean in Grave Danger From Plastic Pollution
More than 1,455 tonnes of plastic are currently believed to be floating on the Mediterranean Sea, while 94% of plastic waste is currently coating the seabed, based on the latest estimates. According to the head of Greenpeace's campaign for...