E-commerce booming in Türkiye despite economic woes

STORY: E-commerce booming in Türkiye despite economic woes DATELINE: March 31, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:52 LOCATION: ANKARA CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people on the streets and at shopping in Türkiye 2. various of websites about e-commerce in Türkiye 3. SOUNDBITE (Turkish): DOGUKAN YAVUZ, E-commerce expert STORYLINE: Offering good deals to cash-strapped Turkish consumers in search of better value, online shopping is growing in Türkiye amid the cost of living squeeze. According to an annual report revealed by IdeaSoft, Türkiye's largest supplier of e-commerce infrastructure for small, medium, and large-sized companies, online commerce has grown by 74 percent in 2022. The e-commerce sales in Türkiye soared 69 percent in 2021 from the previous year, according to official data. Experts said that the reason behind this e-commerce boom is that consumers' tendency is to buy cheap stuff online as they lost considerable purchasing power in the past couple of years due to soaring inflation. The sectors

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(230329) -- ANTALYA (TÜRKIYE), March 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A woman shops online in Antalya, Türkiye, on March 29, 2023. Offering good deals to cash-strapped Turkish consumers in search of better value, online shopping is growing in Türkiye amid the cost of living squeeze. According to an annual report revealed by IdeaSoft, Türkiye's largest supplier of e-commerce infrastructure for small, medium, and large-sized companies, online commerce has grown by 74 percent in 2022. (Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: E-commerce booming in Türkiye despite economic woes

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(230329) -- ANTALYA (TÜRKIYE), March 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A woman shops online in Antalya, Türkiye, on March 29, 2023. Offering good deals to cash-strapped Turkish consumers in search of better value, online shopping is growing in Türkiye amid the cost of living squeeze. According to an annual report revealed by IdeaSoft, Türkiye's largest supplier of e-commerce infrastructure for small, medium, and large-sized companies, online commerce has grown by 74 percent in 2022. (Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: E-commerce booming in Türkiye despite economic woes