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After Thanksgiving ended, a Christmas shopping season began in the United States. The shopping season is typically from Black Friday, the fourth Friday of the week, through Cyber Monday, the following Monday, and the Christmas holidays in December. This is reporter Kim Jeong-hoe. A Christmas tree keeps empty department stores lonely. Even when the door to the store is open, the citizens wear masks and enter one after another without crowding. Discount signs posted everywhere. However, a leisurely shopping scene is developing like a weekday. Sorting of products to be shipped across the country is in full swing. Products that have been packed are moved to a location and waiting for a delivery vehicle. Televisions, kitchen utensils, and game consoles are especially popular online. It is an analysis that this is because time at home has increased due to Corona 19. The American Retailers Association predicts that out-of-store sales, including online purchases, will increase 20 to 30 percent from November to December this year. There are also predictions that it will be the largest in history, and this is due to the impact of Corona 19, which continues to increase rapidly in the United States. Since last week, the health authorities and local governments of the United States have strongly recommended that they refrain from moving around Thanksgiving, holidays and shopping, limiting the activities of citizens. However, large stores that are unable to close their doors due to the long-awaited event are struggling to welcome customers with quarantine regulations such as limiting the number of visitors, wearing masks and disinfecting at any time. Shoppers who rushed to buy at the same time the store opened, and the scenes that were quickly found with each shelf are nowhere to be found. Amid the many changes brought about by Corona 19, the landscape of traditional consumption is also changing. This is YTN Kim Jeong-hoe.
