Sales at Tianjin's 105 major retailers during the golden week of the Spring Festival hit 1.83 billion yuan, up 26.1 percent over the same period last year, the Tianjin Commercial Commission (TCC) reported.

Boosted by various promotional activities, the weeklong Spring Festival holiday, which started Feb 13, is China’s closest equivalent to the Christmas shopping season in Western countries.

Home appliances, digital products, health care products and flowers were in great demand. Home appliance giant Gome doubled its sales in Tianjin during the holiday, and its major rival Suning reported a 30 percent increase.

The municipality's 25 newly renovated shopping streets became hot choices. More than one million people visited seven streets monitored by TCC per day, according to its report.

By Guo Changdong