Winter gross sales start in Rome and Milan on 5 January.
Italy’s post-Christmas gross sales season begins in Rome and most areas on 5 January 2024, with winter gross sales beginning in Valle d’Aosta two days earlier.
Italian shopper watchdog Codacons reminds buyers that in gross sales shopkeepers are obliged to show clearly the costs on objects on the market, with the unique price ticket alongside the brand new discounted worth.
Codacons says that buyers ought to pay attention to the rules concerning gross sales and will test whether or not costs have really been lowered.
Reductions are solely allowed on inventory already within the store earlier than the gross sales, not on objects purchased in at a reduction.
Customers ought to be cautious of reductions of greater than 50 per cent. Codacons says that solely the highest-end outlets may afford to supply such a reduction, and that if customers suspect a rip-off that they need to contact Codacons or the police.
Shopkeepers are additionally obliged to simply accept the bank cards displayed on their home windows as cost throughout gross sales.
Until the merchandise is broken shopkeepers do not need to simply accept returns on sale objects, nor are they obliged to permit clients to strive on objects.
Gross sales final for round six weeks, longer in just a few areas. Listed below are the dates of Italy’s winter 2024 gross sales area by area:
- Abruzzo: 5 January (for 60 days)
- Basilicata: 5 January – 2 March
- Bolzano: 5 January – 18 February
- Calabria: 5 January – 28 February
- Campania: 5 January – 2 April
- Emilia Romagna: 5 January – 5 March
- Friuli Venezia Giulia: 5 January – 31 March
- Lazio: 5 January – 15 February
- Liguria: 5 January – 18 February
- Lombardia: 5 January – 5 March
- Marche: 5 January – 1 March
- Molise: 5 January – 5 March
- Piemonte: 5 January – 28 February
- Puglia: 5 January – 28 February
- Sardinia: 5 January – 5 March
- Sicily: 5 January – 15 March
- Tuscany: 5 January – 5 March
- Trento: 5 January – 5 March
- Umbria: 5 January – 5 March
- Valle d’Aosta: 3 January – 31 March
- Veneto: 5 January – 28 February
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