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How COVID-19 Affects Consumer Behavior of the Greek People?
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COVID19 and its impact make huge influence on global economy.
There is a world lock down affect the production and consumption of
every economy. The consumption pattern of individual changed with
respect to the unavailability of goods and services. In Greek
economy, there is a planning cycle made to formulate among
consumer’s retailers, wholesalers etc. There is a wide development
in the field of e-commerce. Both producers and consumers become
uncertain about the future conditions and development. Most of the
Greek consumers tried to save the available resources in economy to
maintain their consumption in future. Every customer was conscious
about their expenditure and income. The demand for grocery shops
increased in Greek with respect to lone period of lockdown. So some
efficient companies make partnership with these shops and make the
delivering smoothly. Most of the online shopping companies
flourished in Greek economy due to the lockdown.
Most of the people mainly depend on the online shopping platforms
for their basic needs. Thus new modes of delivering were introduced
in the economy. There is a digital transformation of consumption
emerged in the market. The fall in the demand for travel and
tourism retards the job opportunities and this affect the income
development among the workers. In Greece the domestic consumption
raised. The super markets in Greece show a plunged growth in the
field of demand for olive oils. There is a disruption in the import
facilities. There is a huge challenge faced in the export sector.
On the other hand, most of the hording products for exporting used
by the domestic people it. The marginal propensity of consumption
reduced due to this pandemic. In unorganised sector there is higher
rate of unemployment emerged. The digital consumption makes impact
only in the high income group people. So this affect the
consumption and expenditure of the low income group people.