S. Korea’s H1 Nonstore Retail Sales Hit New High on Virus

SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s nonstore retail sales jumped more than 19 percent to a new all-time high in the first half of the year due to the coronavirus outbreak, data showed Monday. Consumer spending through online shopping and other nonstore channels swelled 19.4 percent on-year to 46.2 trillion won (US$39.1 billion) [...]