According to a survey by Rakuten Insight on panic buying after the coronavirus outbreak in April 2020, around 48 percent of South Korean respondents who had not engaged in panic buying stated that they trust there would be enough supplies in the supermarkets. In the same survey, around 15.4 percent of South Korean respondents said they had engaged in panic buying.
Leading reasons not to buy goods in bulk due to coronavirus (COVID-19) in South Korea in 2020
Characteristic
Share of respondents
I trust that there would be enough supplies in the supermarket
48.34%
I do not think it is socially responsible to hoard food and essential items during this time
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Rakuten Insight. (May 8, 2020). Leading reasons not to buy goods in bulk due to coronavirus (COVID-19) in South Korea in 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 17, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1120967/south-korea-rreasons-against-stockpiling-after-coronavirus-outbreak/
Rakuten Insight. "Leading reasons not to buy goods in bulk due to coronavirus (COVID-19) in South Korea in 2020." Chart. May 8, 2020. Statista. Accessed November 17, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1120967/south-korea-rreasons-against-stockpiling-after-coronavirus-outbreak/
Rakuten Insight. (2020). Leading reasons not to buy goods in bulk due to coronavirus (COVID-19) in South Korea in 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 17, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1120967/south-korea-rreasons-against-stockpiling-after-coronavirus-outbreak/
Rakuten Insight. "Leading Reasons Not 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/1120967/south-korea-rreasons-against-stockpiling-after-coronavirus-outbreak/
Rakuten Insight, Leading reasons not to buy goods in bulk due to coronavirus (COVID-19) in South Korea in 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1120967/south-korea-rreasons-against-stockpiling-after-coronavirus-outbreak/ (last visited November 17, 2024)
Leading reasons not to buy goods in bulk due to coronavirus (COVID-19) in South Korea in 2020 [Graph], Rakuten Insight, May 8, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1120967/south-korea-rreasons-against-stockpiling-after-coronavirus-outbreak/
