Chinese consumers snap up yoga mats, video games, condoms as coronavirus keeps them at home

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As the coronavirus epidemic keeps hundreds of millions of Chinese stuck at home, they're shopping online to stave off boredom with games for ...

BEIJING/SEOUL: As the coronavirus epidemic keeps hundreds of millions of Chinese stuck at home, they're shopping online to stave off boredom with games for Nintendo's Switch console, yoga mats, books and condoms all showing big jumps in orders.

Sales of yoga mats and rowing machines have also soared, up 250per cent during a two-week period in February from a year earlier, it said, while sales of books jumped 60per cent on Alibaba's Tmall marketplace in the week beginning Feb. 10 compared with the previous week. Other Chinese e-commerce sites also had some non-traditional goods among their best-seller rankings. Pinduoduo noted that hair cutting kits and condoms were among its most ten most popular items, while JD.com said sales of baking and roasting equipment had risen 7 times.

 

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