Market research

Supermarkets report 6.9% rise in January turnover

Supermarket turnover rose in January, boosted by higher inflation, while consumers cut back the volume of purchases, IRI said in a report on Tuesday.

Turnover grew by 6.9% compared with January last year, reflecting price increases of up to 10%.

Sales totaled 652 million euros from €610 million in January 2022. Sales volume fell by 2.5% in January.

More households could easily make ends meet in 2020, statistics show

Ljubljana – The share of Slovenian households having no problems making ends meet rose from 18% in 2019 to 21% in 2020. The share of those having a hard time living through the month on their wages remained unchanged at 20%, whereas 31% of the households had “minor problems”, Statistics Office (SURS) data show.

More consumers are buying Greek

Economic patriotism, a phenomenon which grew rapidly during the crisis years, remains strong in Greece. In fact it is not restricted to purchase intentions, as data show Greek suppliers of nutritional products and generally basic supermarket commodities claiming a high market share.

Supermarket offers and ads war rages over Marinopoulos clients

Greece's large and medium-sized supermarket chains have entered a special offers war in a bid to secure the biggest possible market share of a pie that keeps shrinking.

According to a survey by IRI, the competition is so intense that their spending on advertising is greater than that of car dealerships in Greece or the even banking sector, which until recently were dominant.

Pages