Retailers Raise Prices in Expectation of Euro

Ljubljana, 5 December - Retailers started raising prices a month before the euro changeover on 1 January 2007, the Slovenian Consumers' Association (ZPS) president Breda Kutin told the press on Tuesday. Since inflation is low, there is no real reason for these increases, she noted.

Ljubljana. Slovenian Consumers' Association (ZPS) president Breda Kutin revealing the results of the pricewatch project aimed at preventing unwarranted price hikes when the euro is adopted in Slovenia on 1 January 2007. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana.
Slovenian Consumers' Association (ZPS) president Breda Kutin revealing the results of the pricewatch project aimed at preventing unwarranted price hikes when the euro is adopted in Slovenia on 1 January 2007.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana. Slovenian Consumers' Association (ZPS) president Breda Kutin revealing the results of the pricewatch project aimed at preventing unwarranted price hikes when the euro is adopted in Slovenia on 1 January 2007. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana.
Slovenian Consumers' Association (ZPS) president Breda Kutin revealing the results of the pricewatch project aimed at preventing unwarranted price hikes when the euro is adopted in Slovenia on 1 January 2007.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana. Slovenian Consumers' Association (ZPS) president Breda Kutin revealing the results of the pricewatch project aimed at preventing unwarranted price hikes when the euro is adopted in Slovenia on 1 January 2007. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana.
Slovenian Consumers' Association (ZPS) president Breda Kutin revealing the results of the pricewatch project aimed at preventing unwarranted price hikes when the euro is adopted in Slovenia on 1 January 2007.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana. Slovenian Consumers' Association (ZPS) president Breda Kutin revealing the results of the pricewatch project aimed at preventing unwarranted price hikes when the euro is adopted in Slovenia on 1 January 2007. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana.
Slovenian Consumers' Association (ZPS) president Breda Kutin revealing the results of the pricewatch project aimed at preventing unwarranted price hikes when the euro is adopted in Slovenia on 1 January 2007.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

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