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2025 summer sales begin in France: end dates and rules
Shops can sell products at a loss… but must follow certain other guidelines
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Glass bottle return scheme offering refunds launches in French supermarkets
Trial will run for 18 months in north and west France with customers seeing 10c or 20c deposit returned for bringing back empty glass items
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Has butter become a luxury in France?
Price rises set to continue as milk production falls
2017 sales dates revealed
Legal dates for twice-a-year ' soldes ' announced.
Although sales seem to have become a semi-permanent feature in shops and online stores, the ‘legal’ sales dates for next year have been set at January 11- February 21 and June 28 - August 8.
Winter sales dates are a week earlier in Lorraine and the summer sales in Alpes-Maritimes and Pyrénées-Orientales start a week later for the tourist season.
This article is by Bill Blevins of Blevins Franks financial advice group He also writes for the Sunday Times on overseas finance. He is co-author of the Blevins Franks guide to Living in France |