RUSSIAN SPENDING IN PRAGUE
February 1st, 2011
BY MARTINA MARECKOVA
*Last year, the total volume of tax free shopping in Prague by Russians increased by 22% year-on-year.
*However their average spending dropped from Czech Crowns CZK6,951 (US dollars USD400) in 2009 to CZK6,581 (USD378) last year.
*Prague luxury clothing retailers says a couple from former Soviet Union may often spend CZK300,000 (USD17,267) each on a mink fur coat.
*Russians spend typically CZK25,000-30,000 (USD1,438-1,726) per single tax-free shopping in Dior while at Gucci it is CZK18,000 (USD1,035).
*In the luxury chain Prospekta Moda, ...
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