According to a survey by Rakuten Insight on panic buying after the coronavirus outbreak in April 2020, around 44 percent of South Korean respondents stated that they used online shopping platforms to buy goods in bulk. In the same survey, around 15.4 percent of South Korean respondents said they had engaged in panic buying.
Leading purchase channels to buy goods in bulk due to coronavirus (COVID-19) in South Korea in 2020
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Rakuten Insight. (May 8, 2020). Leading purchase channels to buy goods in bulk due to coronavirus (COVID-19) in South Korea in 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 14, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1120963/south-korea-purchase-channels-to-stock-up-on-items-after-coronavirus-outbreak/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Rakuten Insight. "Leading purchase channels to buy goods in bulk due to coronavirus (COVID-19) in South Korea in 2020." Chart. May 8, 2020. Statista. Accessed February 14, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1120963/south-korea-purchase-channels-to-stock-up-on-items-after-coronavirus-outbreak/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Rakuten Insight. (2020). Leading purchase channels to buy goods in bulk due to coronavirus (COVID-19) in South Korea in 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 14, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1120963/south-korea-purchase-channels-to-stock-up-on-items-after-coronavirus-outbreak/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Rakuten Insight. "Leading Purchase Channels to Buy Goods in Bulk Due to Coronavirus (Covid-19) in South Korea in 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 May 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1120963/south-korea-purchase-channels-to-stock-up-on-items-after-coronavirus-outbreak/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
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