Secondhand market on rise in Greece in wake of multiple crises

STORY: Secondhand market on rise in Greece in wake of multiple crises DATELINE: Sept. 14, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:04 LOCATION: Athens CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: various of the marketSOUNDBITE 1 (English): KIMON TOUSMANOF, Head of Marketing at Vendora.grvarious of the surveySOUNDBITE 2 (Greek): TATYANA TODOROVA, Owner of a secondhand vintage storeSOUNDBITE 3 (Greek): ELENI GERONTAKI, Customer of the secondhand vintage store STORYLINE: Buying and selling secondhand has been taboo in Greece for a long time. However, the market is on the rise in recent years amid a series of crises. Experts and retailers have told Xinhua that thrift stores started springing up in the wake of the financial crisis (2008-2018) that shrank the average disposable income of Greeks by 25 percent. Many say that the new energy crisis and inflationary pressure, combined with growing concern about the climate crisis, strengthened a shift in the behavior of Greek consumers. According to a latest survey of Vendora.gr, a classifieds platfor