Ahmedabad tops list as top buyer of imported lingerie on eBay

Ahmedabad tops list as top buyer of imported lingerie on eBayGlobal online giant, eBay has said that the western city of Ahmedabad has topped the list of Indian cities as the leading imported of lingerie through the site.

The latest edition of the company's annual eBay Census Guide, which was released on Wednesday, showed that Ahmedabad was the leading importer of foreign lingerie in 2012. It also said that the city emerged as the seventh largest centre of electronic trade in the country. The report also showed that electronic products topped the list of products that were purchased on the site from the city and lifestyle products were the leading products sold from the city on the site.

Shivani Suri Dhanda, head, Brand & Acquisition Marketing, eBay India said that the lifestyle items accounted for 48 per cent of all domestic purchases for products purchased on the site and accounted for 44 per cent of the imports through the site. She said that Ahmedabad sold most cotton fabric through eBay in the country and was also the top exported of beaded metallic bracelets at one point of time.

"Strangely, femme fatales of Ahmedabad are picky about their chemises for they imported the most lingerie. And Indian men owe their addictive aura to Ahmedabad as the city sold most men's perfumes," Dhanda said.