The season seems to revolve around gifting to others, whether it is buying gifts for family and friends or anyone. The holidays are a prime time, treating yourself and loved ones to brand new chocolates, birthday cakes, retreats, and other any gifting items in Qatar.
Evolving the current trends, Middle east region, especially the Qatar market is growing four times quicker than retail as a whole, the market targets half of all retail growth before the FIFA world cup starts in Qatar.
“Not surprise, MENA market is worth around QAR 30 billion, with enough more space to grow more. “Considering the ecommerce industry, MENA region’s sales can be divided to different categories like electronics, grocery, fashion, beauty etc, in which electronics sector leads in the sales with Mobile Phones boosting its revenue. As we see in the process, the culture in upgrading to new phones and an abundance of wide selection in the market with attractive process help in the purchase. The change in the market continues from Cash on Delivery (COD) to online payment, the survey shows. On an average, a normal Qatar online shopper spends QAR 500.00 in one bucket of purchase in the ecommerce, which is good ratio with other major countries in the market.