Online sales of Winter Olympics souvenirs up 21 times over Lunar New Year

BEIJING : Online sales of Winter Olympics souvenirs were up 21.2 times during the Lunar New Year holiday, China's commerce ministry said on Thursday, while sales of snow sports equipment and clothing increased 62.9per cent and 61.2per cent respectively.

Some online catering platforms saw sales during the holiday increase almost a tenth from a year ago, ministry spokesman Gao Feng told a news conference.

(Reporting by Xu Jing, Stella Qiu and Ryan Woo)