The festive traffic in the market peaks 24 hours before Christmas.

Today Tuesday Christmas Evethe commercial stores will remain open from 9:00 to 18:00whereas from 8:00 to 21:00 will be open supermarket. Until the 18:00 will be open Varvakeios Agora.

Consumer preferences for gifts remain firmly the same, with clothing and footwear at the top, followed by gifts, toys and cosmetics, while retailers expect turnover to surpass last year’s levels and move above 4 billion euro.

It is recalled that the holiday opening hours of commercial stores are in effect, with what has been announced by the Commercial Association of Athensfor the remaining days, to be structured as follows:

Tuesday (Christmas Eve) 12/24/24: 09:00-18:00
Wednesday (Christmas) 25/12/24: Closed stores
Thursday 26/12/24: Holiday, closed shops
Friday 12/27/24: 09:00-21:00
Saturday 28/12/24: 09:00-18:00
Sunday 29/12/24: 11:00-18:00
Monday 12/30/24: 09:00-21:00
Tuesday 12/31/24: 09:00-18:00
Wednesday (New Year’s Day) 1/1/25: Closed
Thursday 2/1/25: Closed

Controls are continuous throughout the market, for unfair profiteering, misleading discounts, etc. while the Ministry of Development, in addition to strengthening the action of the control mechanisms, suggests to the consumers themselves to do a good market research and to make use of the digital price observatory e-Consumer.

For their part, consumer organizations also suggest that good market research be done before making a choice and that, in terms of online shopping, buyers should be very careful in communicating their personal data.