As the Internet brings people closer together, millions of consumers find online across-the-border shopping becoming central to their lives. “In 2015, many consumers will be making a holiday of shopping, or at least making shopping tourism a major part of their holiday by choosing a base near key shopping areas,” says the report. For value-conscious shoppers, cross-border shopping over the Internet bypasses higher local prices. The 2014 Online Shopping Behavior Study by MasterCard showed that almost 40 percent of online shoppers in the UAE buy from foreign websites. Indicating the importance of shopping to consumers, travel website Booking.com is currently inviting users to rank destinations in terms
of shopping amenities in a “Where the world shops” feature, sharing these tips with site users in a bid to prompt bookings. More travelling consumers are buying before they even step on a plane. - See more at: http://communicateonline.me/marketing/the-top-10-global-consumer-trends-2015#sthash.K1EXc6tE.dpuf