Books, gifts top online sales in Arab world

Anonymous Patron writes Interesting Story on the buying habits of online shoppers in the Middle East. Supported by sales statistics of products and services sold through the vast cashU network of international retailers and online buyers, the study found that books and gifts accounted for more than 57 per cent of the total online sales last year, with 33.8 per cent of the buyers purchasing a diverse range of English and Arabic book titles. Other popular items were gift items (23%), computer software (19%), music & videos (9.3%), automobile spare parts (6.6%) and cosmetics (6.6%).”