Retailers cash in on Christmas shopping amid pandemic
From Christmas cakes, tech gadgets to health supplements, businesses rush to seize on year-end gift season |
Shoppers enjoy free gift-wrapping services at Shinsegae Department Store on Tuesday. (Yonhap)
Retailers are in a final push for last-minute Christmas shopping in a year marred by the coronavirus pandemic.
As the country grapples with a third wave of virus outbreaks, gatherings of five or more people are banned until early January in Seoul and surrounding areas. Despite the dampened mood, retail companies are trying to make the most of the situation, encouraging gift-giving as a way to celebrate the season safe from the virus.