A view of the deserted enterance of the "Kaufland" shopping centre in Zagreb, on January 31, 2025. Fed up with paying ever increasing prices at grocery stores and shopping outlets, Croatians have begun channeling their anger into a nascent boycott movement targeting retailers that shows signs of spreading across the Balkans. What began with a call online by consumer advocacy groups to spurn stores for a single day resulted in a more than 50 percent plunge in sales across Croatia last January 24, 2025.,Image: 959145310, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no

PODGORICA, MONTENEGRO - JANUARY 31: A view of an empty shopping mall as people in the Balkan countries of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia and North Macedonia launch one-day boycott in response to the recent increase in food prices in Podgorica, Montenegro on January 31, 2025. Rusmin Radic / Anadolu/ABACAPRESS.COM,Image: 959181613, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no

SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA – JANUARY 31: A nearly empty market is seen in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, as food stalls remain open despite a one-day boycott organized in response to rising food prices in the Balkans on January 31, 2025. Citizens in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Croatia, and North Macedonia launched the protest, refusing to purchase food products for a day to express their dissatisfaction with the increasing cost of living. Denis Zuberi / Anadolu/ABACAPRESS.COM,Image: 959181595, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no

Croatia, Pula, 240125. Citizens today are boycotting shopping in retail chains due to frequent price increases. In the photo: an empty parking lot in front of Lidl. Photo: / CROPIX Copyright: xxGoranxSebelicx pula_bojkot12-240125,Image: 957278738, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: imago is entitled to issue a simple usage license at the time of provision. Personality and trademark rights as well as copyright laws regarding art-works shown must be observed. Commercial use at your own risk., Model Release: no