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The'Korea Sale Festa', the largest shopping event in Korea, started from yesterday (1st) and lasts for two weeks.

Distributors that have accumulated a lot of inventory due to Corona 19 are offering the largest discount ever, but as shoppers are crowded, attention should be paid to quarantine.



Reporter Jeong Da-eun reported.



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A department store in Seoul.



To measure body temperature, line up from the entrance, take a QR code, and step in.



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 what she usually wants...

.(Events) It seems to be big and buy 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 more than 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 is confirmed, distributors are making every effort to prevent quarantine by continuing to guide the use of masks according to the principle of distance.