Ivan Savvidis move in e-commerce

By George Lampiris

The Dimera group of interests of the businessman Ivan Savvidis entered the stage of e-commerce. The name of the website for the electronic sale of goods is open-market.gr and belongs to Dimera Group MEPE, which is based on Mikras Asias Street, where the Toumba stadium in Thessaloniki is located. The aforementioned company is led by the two close associates of the businessman, Maria Goncharova and Artur Davidian.

With service from the logistics system of Public

The online store of the Dimera group has technology products and household items. As for the terms of purchases and services it provides to the consumer public, it enables the payment of orders in up to 12 interest-free installments with free shipping. The open-market states that the delivery time for Athens and Thessaloniki is two days, for the rest of Greece it is four days and the delivery time for the inaccessible areas of the country is six days. In fact, the distribution of orders is served through the logistics system of Retail World SA. company that manages the network of Public stores.

This is the return address of Open TV

It should be noted that the name of the online store recommended by the group of Ivan Savvidis, is identical with the well-known channel of Paiania, Open, also of interest to the businessman. In fact, the headquarters for the return of orders refers to the headquarters of the Open channel, ie the 2nd kilometer of Markopoulos – Paiania Avenue, where Dimera Publishing SA is based.

The case of Ivan Savvidis is not the only case of a businessman investing with a simultaneous presence in the media and in sports – football, with an investment in the field of e-commerce. The Marinaki group, for its part, has established the company Wellcomm, which, headed by the former CEO of Public, Christos Kalogerakis, has created the e-shopping platform Shopflix.gr. In addition, the Marinaki group has made another move regarding its entry into the catering sector with the establishment of the company, Foodflix Catering Services and the headquarters at which the Karaiskakis Stadium is located.

Electronic sales of 2021 at 14 billion euros

The above moves come given the ever-increasing trend of e-commerce in Greece, whose total sales value – including products and services – amounted to 14 billion euros in 2021, based on recent data from the Laboratory of E-Commerce and Electronic Business (ELUNR). ) of the Athens University of Economics and Business in collaboration with the Hellenic Business and Retail Association (SELPE). The same data show that to date, more than 15,000 companies in Greece have an organized digital sales channel. The largest percentages of electronic sales are distributed in the categories of tickets-hotels with 45% and electrical-electronic items with 34%. Next are clothing products with 20%, toys-gifts-jewelry with 17%, personal care items with 13%, furniture with 13%.

Source: Capital

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