shopping sales trip !!

[dave thefish]

hello all.does europe have the same post christmas sales as we do in the uk?? we are looking to go to nice in january for a couple of days for shopping trip.thanks

[fredpuli47]

France has sale periods only twice a year, in Winter and in Summer, and the dates are fixed by law. For 2008 the minister of finance has " recommended" that the local Prefets set the start on or soon after Wednesday the 9th of January.The Prefet for the region that includes Nice has set the date and time as that day, the 9th, starting at 8am. The sales finish on the 19th February but, as here in Britain, the true bargains are on only early in that period!