Saudi consumers spent up to SR10,120,926,000 during the week of July 16-22 through 159,618,000 POS transactions, recording an increase compared to SR10,919,162,000 the week before.
According to the Saudi Central Bank’s weekly bulletin for points of sale, the number of transactions in clothing and footwear amounted to 4,310,000 with a value of SR561,133,000, while the number of transactions in electronic and electric devices reached 940,000 with a value of SR208,532,000.
On the other hand, the number of transactions in furniture amounted to 900,000, with a value of SR243,361,000.
In the jewellery sector, the transaction number touched 190,000 with a value of SR176,609,000, and the number of transactions in miscellaneous goods and services reached 17,584,000, with a value of SR1,121,659,000.
Among the cities of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh came with the highest number of weekly POS transactions at 46,618,000 with a value of SR3,237,785,000, while Abha recorded the lowest number with 3,633,000 transactions standing at SR206,745,000.
The number of POS transactions in Makkah reached 6,384,000 with a value of SR382,247,000, while the number of POS transactions in Madinah reached 6,586,000 with a value of SR383,270,000.
The number of POS transactions in Tabuk reached 3,159,000 with a value of SR167,772,000, and in Hail, it was 2,891,000 transactions with a value of SR163,745,000.
The number of POS transactions in Buraidah amounted to 3,699,000 with a value of SR241,241,000, and in Al Khobar to 3,356,00, with a value of SR278,716,000.
POS transactions in Dammam during the period reached 6,169,000 with a value of SR481,104,000, and in Jeddah, it hit 19,001,000 with a value of SR1,477,016,000.
The number of POS transactions in other cities was 58,124,000 with a value of SR3,101,285,000, the report indicated.
