The number of POS operations in the Kingdom during the period from March 19-25, 146,312,000 operations, with a value of 11,040,364,000 riyals, compared to 11,999,164,000 riyals for the same previous period.
According to the Central Bank of Saudi Arabia’s weekly point-of-sale bulletin, the number of operations in clothing and shoes reached 5,068,000, at a value of 790,704,000 riyals, and the number of operations in construction and building materials reached 1,328,000, at a value of 336,386,000 riyals. The number of operations in education reached 120,000, at a value of 144,557,000 riyals. With a value of 253,754,000 riyals, and the number of operations at gas stations reached 11,677,000, with a value of 632,683,000 riyals.
The number of operations in health reached 6,619,000 at a value of 644,610,000 riyals, the number of operations in the furniture reached 1,209,000 at a value of 340,780,000 riyals, the number of operations in hotels reached 449,000 at a value of 265,474,000 riyals, and the number of operations in public benefits reached 1,460,000 at a value riyals, and the number of transactions in various goods and services amounted to 15,013,000, with a value of 1,067,072,000 riyals.
The number of operations in entertainment and culture reached 2,213,000 at a value of 243,327,000 riyals, and in restaurants and cafes 37,015,000 at a value of 1,238,943,000 riyals, and in foods and drinks 38,350,000 at a value of 2,198,152,000 riyals, and the number of operations in communications reached 441,000 at a value The number of other transactions amounted to 22,273,000, with a value of 1,900,174,000 riyals.
At the level of the cities of the Kingdom, the number of weekly POS operations in Riyadh reached 44,295,000, with a value of 3,659,508,000 riyals, and the number of POS operations in Makkah Al-Mukarramah reached 6,443,000, with a value of 529,904,000 riyals, while the number of POS operations in Medina reached 6,063,000, with a value of 419,387,000 riyals. Selling in Tabuk 3,001,000 at a value of 181,566,000 riyals, the number of points of sale in Hail was 2,502,000 at a value of 166,145,000 riyals, the number of points of sale in Abha 2,154,000 at a value Dammam 6,447,000 with a value of 585,014,000 riyals, and in Jeddah 18,047,000 with a value of 1,615,346,000 riyals, and the number of POS operations in other cities reached 50,353,000 with a value of 3,158,646,000 riyals.
Okaz (Riyadh)
