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Grand sales festival ‘Gangwon Sales Festa’ raised KRW 1.65 bln in sales this year
Gangwon Province said on Dec 6 that they’ve raised KRW 1.65 billion in sales, selling locally grown fresh agro-livestock products during a one-month sales event, ‘Gangwon Sale Festa’, which was timed to coincide with the nation’s largest shoppers’ festival ‘2020 Korea Sales Festa’ To stop any possible COVID-19 infections caused by in-person transaction, the event, financed as much as KRW 550 million, took place online, selling out 32 lists of KRW 1.65 billion worth of product categories which include rice, chicken, kimchi and potatoes.
Thanks to great success of the event, online platforms like Gangwon Mart which hosted this year’s festival quadrupled sales year on year.
yangdoo@yna.co.kr
** This article was translated from Korean.
Date
2020.12.30
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According to Yonhap News,
Gangwon Province said on Dec 6 that they’ve raised KRW 1.65 billion in sales, selling locally grown fresh agro-livestock products during a one-month sales event, ‘Gangwon Sale Festa’, which was timed to coincide with the nation’s largest shoppers’ festival ‘2020 Korea Sales Festa’ To stop any possible COVID-19 infections caused by in-person transaction, the event, financed as much as KRW 550 million, took place online, selling out 32 lists of KRW 1.65 billion worth of product categories which include rice, chicken, kimchi and potatoes.
Thanks to great success of the event, online platforms like Gangwon Mart which hosted this year’s festival quadrupled sales year on year.
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Source: Yonhap News (Dec 6, 2020)
** This article was translated from Korean.