51% Czechs made a distance purchase in the last 12 months
2010-07-27
The Czech Republic appears to be among the EU countries with the largest share of consumers who made at least one distance purchase during the last 12 months, with 51% in 2009, according to the Eurobarometer
survey. Forty percent of them made a distance purchase on the internet, while 22% used the post (catalogues, mail order, etc.) and 10% made a distance purchase by telephone.
However, only 7% of Czechs made cross-border distant purchases, i.e. in the EU country other than the Czech Republic.
The EU average for distant purchases was 52%, which represented no change since 2008. There were large variations between countries on this point, with the level of distance shopping ranging from only 17% in Bulgaria to 77% in Germany.
Distance shopping in the past 12 months in selected CEE countries by means of shopping (% of respondents), 2010
| |
Internet |
Catalogues/mail order |
Telephone |
| Czech Republic |
40% |
22% |
10% |
| Romania |
12% |
13% |
10% |
| Poland |
42% |
18% |
11% |
| Hungary |
23% |
19% |
8% |
| Slovakia |
30% |
34% |
8% |
Source: Eurobarometer, 2010
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