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Online Shops in Spain

February 22, 2017

The village of Castelserás in northeastern Spain has just 830 residents -- but it also has the country’s largest number of online shops per capita.

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It all began 18 years ago, when Ricardo Lop started an online shop that sold knives and swords. Now, Lop sells his merchandise all over the world -- and he's launched a boom in online shops in his home village of Castelserás. Local residents sell everything from computer accessories to baked goods on the Net. Young people think it’s a great idea -- and many of them plan to stay in the village and work online, instead of leaving for the big city.