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More Chinese choose online shopping during festival
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-01-21 10:37
As China's traditional Spring Festival is approaching, more Chinese are doing
their Spring Festival shopping online, especially for imported goods, the
Beijing Morning Post reported.
Business transacted on eBay, a famous website, almost doubled compared with
the same period last year, the paper said.
"Traditional Spring Festival shopping mainly focuses on food, but most online
consumers prefer luxury goods or imported ones like furs, jewelry and
cosmetics," the paper said.
Online shopping is especially popular with white-collar workers aged between
30 to 44 since they are busy and have more purchasing power, the paper said.
"Online buying is convenient and more discounts are available,"said Zhang
Zheng, a foreign-owned insurance company accountant, adding "during holidays
shopping centers are always crowded."
Zhang went online to buy cosmetics from Hong Kong and fashionable clothes
from the Republic of Korea as new year gifts for his
wife.
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