ʃˈɑːpɪŋ tɹɐdˈɪʃənəli fˈoʊkəst ˌɔn klˈoʊðɪŋ ænd tˈeɪlɚɹɪŋ, wˌɪtʃ spɹˈɛd fɹʌm ˌɪntɚsˈɛktɪŋ ˈeɪəlˌuː stɹˈiːt, wˌaɪl ðɪ ˈɛɹiə ɚɹˈaʊnd ænd ˈɔf klæfθmˈoʊnoʊz skwˈɛɹ wʌz ɪn ˈɜːlɪɚ dˈɛkeɪdz ðə hˈʌb ʌvðɪ ᵻlˈɛktɹɪkəl ɐplˈaɪəns mˈɑːɹkɪt.
Shopping traditionally focused on clothing and tailoring, which spread from intersecting Aiolou Street, while the area around and off Klafthmonos Square was in earlier decades the hub of the electrical appliance market.