<Anchor>

Friendly economy, Kwon Ae-ri reporter. Kwon, it's already late December and I haven't seen this in Seoul yet. It is said that it will be a warm winter, but it will affect consumer life a lot?

<Reporter>

Yes. It is relatively warm and dry winter. The average temperature in December this month is the highest in December of the last 11 years.

And not much snow. Many people haven't seen snowflakes in the winter yet.

In this situation, so-called seasonal products, products that are prepared for the winter season, are rather wilted, and the product group that would have to be folded in winter is unexpectedly gaining reflex benefits.

A large domestic shopping portal has compiled sales trends of outdoor sporting goods in recent months. Then, compared to the same period last year, items such as folding bikes and bicycle clothes sold almost twice as much.
Sales of bicycle accessories, especially nighttime parts, have increased by up to six times. In-line skates and kickboards also increased more than last year.

There are some things I bought in advance to ride in the spring, but when it's cold, I don't know how to go. And I'm looking for sports accessories, especially when I'm going to use them right away.

It seems that there are still some people who continue urban sports in the middle of winter. So who's crying? Ski and board equipment sales fell by 7% and 11%, respectively.

There are quite a few places where the ski resorts of Gangwon-do haven't opened all the slopes. The sport that should be good at winter season is not getting the atmosphere.

<Anchor>

There are some famous local festivals like ski resorts, ice-breaking stuff, and we've reported some time ago that they are putting off schedules or changing events.

<Reporter>

Yes. In particular, the Pyeongchang Trout Festival, a famous ice fishing festival, is delayed once and is open on Saturday (the 28th).

It is not too late to open, but as you can see, ice fishing and tent fishing, which are the core of the festival, cannot be started.

It is this winter, so long-padding, which saved the apparel industry that suffered from long-term sluggishness when the winter of winter was very cold, can't be used these days.

Many people haven't taken out long padding this year. Last year, even during the normal winter, sales declined a lot. This year, however, some of them have not sold any more than last year and have already begun discounting new long-padding products.

On the other hand, the most popular winter clothing this year is the so-called 'fog' fleece, a winter garment made of artificial fleece. The friendly economy was introduced earlier this month.

The main factors of interest are the injuries of artificial materials that don't use real fur and leather, and the injuries of retro, but the fact that this product is still popular in winter is that winter is not so cold.

If it's too cold, it's more warm padding. For the same reason, there are not a lot of hit products this winter.

<Anchor>

On the other hand, what are the other unexpected items that benefit from the reflex benefits you mentioned?

<Reporter>

Yes. Have you ever heard of 'die'? It is one of the buzzwords that divide teenagers in their 20s and older ages. It is short for 'Icy Americano'.
I am so sturdy that I use a lot of fun when I just drink cold drinks in the middle of winter.

Nowadays, even though it is not strong, there are many people who make ice coffee as they drink until autumn, and the sales of ice products and cold drinks from coffee shops and beverage brands continue to be strong.

Paradoxically, this winter's statistics are not yet available, but last summer wasn't so hot, so ice cream and iced coffee didn't have enough of the summer specialty, and sales were lower than last summer.

Cold drinks and ice products did not laugh in the summer, but the winter has continued. I can say this.