Little Buyers: Eidi Fuels Rush of Gift and Toy Sales
Lahore, Pakistan – Sales have soared at gift shops and toy stores as markets in some parts of the city sprang back to life after the Eid holidays with an influx of shoppers flush with Eidi.
Khalil Ahmad, the cashier at Toyland in the H Block market in Defence Housing Authority, said the shop had re-opened after two Eid holidays and had since been selling hundreds of toys every day. He said sales were much higher than before and during Ramazan.
He said that sales usually rose after Eid each year. The most popular items this time round were cars amongst boys and dolls and their accessories amongst girls, he said.
Laeeq, 10, said he spent his Eidi on a blue toy piano. “I had wanted to buy one for a long time,” he said, clutching the toy gleefully in his hand.
