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today (1st), the Korea Sale Festa, the largest shopping event in Korea, began.
This year, companies have announced that they will offer more discounts than before to make up for that they could not do business properly because of the corona.
However, because more people are crowded, you should prepare more thoroughly.
This is reporter Jeong Da-eun.
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A department store in Seoul.
To measure body temperature, line up from the entrance, take a QR code, and enter one after the other.
With the huge discount, shoppers have opened their wallets after a long time.
[Kim Eun-bi/Namyangju, Gyeonggi: Today's mother's birthday, so her shoes or something she usually wants...
.
It seems like you're doing big (events) and buying cheaply.
It's been a while since it's been a while, so it feels good.]
Inside the discount venue, shoppers are crowded.
This year's Korea Sale Festa will be held on the largest scale ever with 1,600 companies participating.
Companies that had sluggish sales this year in the aftermath of the coronavirus said they would drop inventory by taking advantage of the shrinking consumer sentiment, saying'the largest ever' in volume and discount range.
[Kim Sohee/Yangcheon-gu, Seoul: I came out to buy meat because Korean beef said 50% off.
I've been at home for a long time because of the corona, but there are more people than I expected.] As
non-face-to-face consumption became popular, discounts on online shopping channels increased compared to last year.
In department stores and marts, the use of masks has generally been well observed, but as many shoppers are concentrated in one space, concerns are raised that quarantine will become loose.
As offline discount events may be suspended if a coronavirus occurs, retailers are making every effort to prevent quarantine by continuing to guide the use of masks according to the principle of distance.
(Video coverage: Nam Nam Kim, video editing: Jong Tae Kim)