MasterCard: 83% of Slovak internet users buy online
2011-09-21
A total of 84% of the Slovaks use the internet on a daily basis. Of those, 83% make purchases online, according to a recent study released by the credit card operator MasterCard.
Some 54% of the Slovaks who make purchases via the internet find this channel of shopping safe. Slovaks mostly buy on the internet electronics (56%), books (53%) and clothing (40%), according to MasterCard’s study, titled MasterIndex, which was carried out in 2011 in several EU countries. In Slovakia, the survey canvassed 780 respondents and took place in June 2011.
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