[Economy 365]

The Small Business Association and the Korea Federation of Management Associations have signed an agreement to spread the good consumer movement to alleviate the difficulties of small business owners who suffered corona19.

The good consumer movement is an attempt to purchase goods or services from small businesses that are essential for individual or corporate purposes in a pre-paid manner.

This is a method of paying in advance to a restaurant or a hairdresser's shop that you frequently visit, and businesses to promise future use in the form of business cards or coupons.

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As a result of investigating the use of 625 tar pigments for lips cosmetics distributed by the Korea Consumer Agency on the market, it was found that 615 products, which account for 98.4%, used an average of 3 tar pigments.

In particular, red 202, which is known to cause skin allergic reactions such as lipitis, was used in 407 products, which accounted for 66.2%.

Yellow No. 4 and No. 5, which were reported to cause hives, asthma, and dyspnea were also used in about half of the products.

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Naver said the group-type social networking service 'Band' has been growing rapidly in the US market since the Corona 19 crisis.

According to Naver, the average number of new groups created in the band over the two weeks since March 13, when the Corona 19 state of emergency was declared in the United States, has increased by 140% and the number of new subscribers by 81% over the previous two weeks.

With the spread of non-face-to-face, remote work and classes, the band is drawing attention as a 'remote communication' tool.