According to a survey on consumer behavior during coronavirus outbreak conducted by Rakuten Insight in April 2020, around 19 percent of panic buying in Taiwan happened on e-commerce platforms, the second popular sales channel for stocking up groceries after supermarkets and hypermarkets. The same survey found that most Taiwanese consumers stocked up on dry food items, toilet paper and other hygiene paper products.
Share of respondents who stocked up on groceries during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Taiwan as of April 2020, by retail channel
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Rakuten Insight. (May 8, 2020). Share of respondents who stocked up on groceries during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Taiwan as of April 2020, by retail channel [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 10, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117915/taiwan-main-retail-channels-that-people-engaged-in-panic-buying-during-coronavirus-covid-19/
Rakuten Insight. "Share of respondents who stocked up on groceries during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Taiwan as of April 2020, by retail channel." Chart. May 8, 2020. Statista. Accessed August 10, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117915/taiwan-main-retail-channels-that-people-engaged-in-panic-buying-during-coronavirus-covid-19/
Rakuten Insight. (2020). Share of respondents who stocked up on groceries during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Taiwan as of April 2020, by retail channel. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 10, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117915/taiwan-main-retail-channels-that-people-engaged-in-panic-buying-during-coronavirus-covid-19/
Rakuten Insight. "Share of Respondents Who Stocked up on Groceries during The Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic in Taiwan as of April 2020, by Retail Channel." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 May 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117915/taiwan-main-retail-channels-that-people-engaged-in-panic-buying-during-coronavirus-covid-19/
Rakuten Insight, Share of respondents who stocked up on groceries during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Taiwan as of April 2020, by retail channel Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117915/taiwan-main-retail-channels-that-people-engaged-in-panic-buying-during-coronavirus-covid-19/ (last visited August 10, 2022)
