“I also suffered from luxury goods accidents at the department store” Card payment’surge’ for retaliation consumption (total)

Offline consumption surges as they go outdoors in spring weather
Spread of expensive consumption such as department stores and automobiles
To the base effect of vaccination

[아시아경제 기하영 기자]Soo-hwa, a 32-year-old office worker, plans to visit The Hyundai Seoul, which opened in Yeouido this weekend. The weather is clear and it’s emerging as a must-have shopping course for social network services (SNS) these days, so I’m thinking of buying a spring suit and looking around. Jung said, “I have been shopping online only at home because of Corona 19, but since it was released, I often go to department stores and visit luxury stores since last month.”

Signs showing that consumption sentiment suppressed by Corona 19 is reviving were also confirmed in card payments. In particular, it was found that the consumption of department stores and high-cost consumption such as automobile purchases increased significantly. It is interpreted that the consumption desire suppressed by Corona 19 is appearing as’retaliation consumption’.

According to the card industry on the 12th, the amount of approval for the use of automobile cards by A Card last month increased by 48.5% compared to the same period of the previous year. During the same period, the amount used in department stores also jumped 43.2%. It was tentatively calculated that personal credit sales increased by 7.6%, with discount stores such as hypermarkets also increased by 14.1%.

B Card company also saw high consumption. In this card company, the amount of card use in department stores increased by 44.0% from the same period last year, and automobiles also showed an increase of 39.5%. Personal credit sales were found to have increased by 9.1%. C Card also estimates that the credit card approval amount last month jumped about 10% from the same period last year.

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The card industry has refrained from going out due to Corona 19 and saw that card consumption, which was concentrated on online consumption, is remarkably expanding to offline. An industry insider said, “Amid the online business that replaced offline consumption since Corona 19, while maintaining a growth rate of close to 20%, the performance of the offline business such as department stores and discount stores has also increased.” “The desire for consumption that has been suppressed for a year is erupting,” he diagnosed.

The consumer sentiment index (CCSI) is also on the rise. According to the Bank of Korea, the consumer sentiment index from 91.2 in December last year reached 95.4 in January and rose to 97.4 in February.

However, some analyzes say that it is difficult to say that the signs of consumption recovery have returned to consumption before Corona 19. Another industry official said, “In the first week of March, personal credit sales are also increasing by more than 10%, continuing the consumption recovery.” .

Reporter Ki Ha-young [email protected]

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Syringes, vials, and test tubes that were used in a pay-as-you-go bag in an apartment in Busan spilled out. Photo = KBS news capture

[아시아경제 김초영 기자] A bloody syringe, vial, and test tube were found every week in a garbage dump in an apartment in Busan, and the police initiated an investigation.

According to the KBS report, a pile of syringes, medicine bottles, and test tubes with signs of use in an apartment trash in Busan came out. The medical waste was full enough to fill more than half of a 20-liter pay-as-you-go bag.

Some syringes and test tubes also contained a red liquid, presumed to be blood. Workers at the garbage collection company also complained of anxiety, saying, “I am so sorry to think that I was stabbed by someone else’s blood-stained needle at a time when I need to be careful even if it is not corona 19.

Residents of apartments are particularly concerned that children will touch the garbage as the garbage dump is adjacent to the playground.

Although such garbage has been discharged repeatedly for several months, the police are having difficulty in identifying the perpetrators because there are no closed circuit (CC) TVs installed near the garbage site. The case seemed to be resolved when a courier sticker with the address of the apartment was found in the garbage dumped together in the bag, but the case went back to the origin, stating that the landlord did not throw it away.

Medical waste has the risk of being corrupted or infected, so it must be disposed of in a container specializing in medical waste according to the Waste Management Act. It is illegal to dispose of medical waste in a regular pay-as-you-go bag. However, there are often cases of being caught while discharging them in a general pay-as-you-go bag saying that it is expensive.

Haeundae-gu Office has tried to understand the situation after a complaint from the collection company was received, but it was unable to find any unauthorized speculators, so it requested the police for an investigation. The police initiated an investigation, including examining the medical waste stored by the company.

Intern reporter Choyoung Kim [email protected]