Monday, April 09, 2007

Shanghai leads in online consumer trading

Shanghai is leading the country in online sales with 2.37 billion Reminbi (US$ 306 million) in the first quarter of 2007, the Shanghai Youth Daily reports based on figures from the Shanghai Statistical Bureau. The number two, Beijing, sold one billion Renminbi (US$ 129 million) less than Shanghai.
Interesting is that Shanghainese internet users also buy different products online than elsewhere in the country. Cellphones, computers, phone cards and other IT-related products dominate there, but Shanghainese purchases top in cosmetics, perfume and body care products.
There are no statistics on the gender of the buyers, but the figures suggests that also Shanghaise men buy for women.

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