Maximum prices for water sold at select retail points and new product codes for items on the e-kalathi app were covered by the new government decrees, issued by Commerce Minister ...
The finance ministry has urged consumers to make full use of the e-kalathi price comparison platform when buying food for the Christmas festive season.
In a statement, the consumer protection ...
The Cyprus Consumers Association, as a matter of policy, is never satisfied. It always operates with the assumption that retailers have one objective – to deceive consumers into paying a higher ...
The e-kalathi online tool, launched in June, has largely failed to achieve its goals, the Cyprus consumers association said on Tuesday.
The tool was introduced to help consumers compare prices ...
The continuous reduction of the number of items included on e-kalathi digital platform, informing buyers of prices and availability of basic products, is a cause for concern, the consumers’ association ...
Sklavenitis had the cheapest shopping basket at €930.60 for 234 products, according to e-kalathi, while on the other end of the scale AlphaMega came in at €1,017.05, a whole €86 more expensive, for the ...
Consumers pay up to €100 more for the same products depending on the supermarket they shop from, the Cyprus Consumers Association said on Tuesday.
“There is strong evidence that supermarkets monitor ...
The government’s ‘e-Kalathi’ application falls “well below consumers’ expectations”, the consumers’ association said on Monday.
“Unfortunately, the promises made to us were flatly not kept and consumers were left ...
The newly launched e-Kalathi application, designed to help consumers compare prices on basic goods, has received mixed reviews from both consumer advocates and supermarket representatives. While its potential is acknowledged, ...
Energy, Commerce and Industry Minister George Papanastasiou on Wednesday announced the official launch of the e-Kalathi electronic platform. The application is set to be accessible to the public by the ...
Minister of Energy, Commerce and Industry, George Papanastasiou is expected to announce the official launch of the e-Kalathi electronic platform on Wednesday.
But it won’t be online for the ...
The government’s ‘e-Kalathi’ application is “fully ready”, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Monday.
“The application is full ready, as the consumer protection service, which is the competent agency ...
The e-kalathi mobile app will be go live for the public within the week, the consumer protection service announced on Wednesday.
Approval for Apple devices using the iOS system which ...
The government is awaiting Apple’s approval for the inclusion of its ‘e-Kalathi’ platform’s app on the company’s iOS operating system, the consumer protection service’s competition branch ...
The launch of the digital ‘e-Kalathi’ platform, which was designed to inform consumers about the prices of essential goods and allow them to compare the prices thereof, has been delayed ...
Supermarkets across the island are wrapping up their participation in a test run of the e-kalathi application, whose goal is to benefit shoppers by increasing competitiveness and transparency.
The app’...
The digital platform e-kalathi (e-basket) will operate on Monday for a 10-day pilot phase with real prices for 478 essential products to begin with, the energy ministry said on Sunday.
In ...
The consumer protection service is working full throttle on making e-kalathi available before the Christmas holidays voluntarily on a pilot basis, with the application expected to be fully operational in ...
Key stakeholders will meet early on Friday to discuss their concerns regarding the upcoming launch of the e-kalathi platform an initiative aimed at enhancing market transparency.
Following a meeting held ...
Supermarkets large and small are scrambling to send information to the commerce ministry in time for a pilot e-kalathi application to go into operation before Christmas, it emerged on Friday.
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The digital ‘e-Kalathi’ platform, which was designed to inform consumers about the prices of essential goods and allow them to compare the prices thereof, will be put into operation on ...
The digital platform e-kalathi (e-basket), designed to inform consumers about the prices of essential goods and allow them to compare prices on a daily basis, is expected to be operational ...
The cabinet approved the proposal for the creation of a digital platform, known as the e-kalathi (e-basket), that would list prices of 300 consumer goods in different supermarkets in April. The ...
The commerce ministry on Wednesday defended its e-kalathi proposal, which has faced criticism, saying that it is one of the many measures it has taken to tackle the impact of ...