MARKETS: Little to show for Kalvarijai renovations

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MARKETS: Little to show for Kalvarijai renovations

Aug 13, 2008
By Egle Strockyte

FIGHT BACK: Kalvarijai is struggling to win back customers from supermarkets.

VILNIUS - Despite Kalvarijai Market’s massive renovation, sales are slipping and vendors say it still cannot compete with Lithuanian supermarkets for a multitude of reasons. During May and June Kalvarijai Market underwent extensive reconstruction that provided it with 120 shelters for vendors’ stalls and a renovated fish-market pavilion. The object was to provide better working conditions for the vendors, but it’s done little to improve competitiveness with wholesale traders. Marija, a pensi ...

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