[IB토마토]E-Mart, December sales increased 17.5% year-on-year… I saw Corona 19

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On the 13th, E-Mart announced that its sales in December of last year were 1.3 trillion won, an increase of 17.5% from 1.12 trillion won in the same period last year. Compared to last month, it increased by 14.8%. Total sales for December, including rental fees, amounted to 1,437.3 billion won, up 14.6% from 1.253.9 billion won in the same period last year. By division, discount stores increased by 10.3% to 1.15 trillion won, compared to 920 billion won in the previous year, and specialty stores increased by 20.2% to 117.4 billion won. Eating out became difficult due to Corona 19 stage 2.5, and it is interpreted by the influence of the increased demand for daily necessities.

The sales growth of Traders, a warehouse-type discount store, was particularly steep. Traders’ sales last month was 287.8 billion won, up 33.8% from 2157 billion won in the same period last year and 26.9% from last month. Excluding the sales of Anseong, which opened in September last year, this is a 29.1% increase over the same period last year.

E-Mart officials In a conversation with the company, he explained the reason for the increase in Traders’ sales, “I work from home a lot and my children also take online classes at home, so it seems that large-scale purchases have increased” In addition, he added, “There was also an effect of product differentiation with its own product, T Standard,” and “Sales increased for multiple reasons.”

Meanwhile, total sales from January to December of last year were 15,535.4 billion won, up 5.9% from the same period last year, and total sales of existing stores excluding new stores also increased by 3.5%.

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