July Online Shopping Sees Steepest Slowdown in History: 5.4% Growth Amid ‘TeamP Incident’ Fallout

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Online Shopping Transactions in July See ‍Lowest Growth Rate Ever

South Korea’s online ‍shopping transaction volume recorded its lowest growth ‍rate ever ‌in July, largely due to the​ delay in settlement between Timon and WeMakePrice.

According to the ‍’July 2024‍ Online Shopping Trends’ released by Statistics Korea, the ⁣online shopping transaction amount in July was 19.9626⁢ trillion won, an increase of 1.0182 trillion won, or 5.4%, compared to the same month last year.

This⁣ is the lowest growth rate since‌ January 2012, when statistics were first ‍compiled for the current product group. The decline in online ‍consumer sentiment⁤ due to the unsettled situation between Timon and WeMakePrice is believed to be a major factor contributing to this trend.

Product Group Analysis

By product group, food and beverages (+14.6%), food services (+8.9%), and daily necessities (+11.1%) led​ the increase in total transaction amount. On the other hand, the transaction⁤ amount of e-coupon service, which is an online gift certificate, decreased by 31%,⁣ and the transaction‍ amount of sports and leisure goods (-6.8%) and culture and leisure services (-0.2%) also decreased due to heat waves and heavy rain.

Mobile ​Shopping ⁣Transactions

Among online shopping transactions, mobile shopping transactions amounted to KRW 15.1173 ⁢trillion, ⁤up 6.9% (KRW ⁤971.5 billion) from​ the same month last year.‌ The proportion of ‍mobile transactions in the total⁤ transaction amount was tallied at 75.7%, an increase of 1 percentage point from July ‌last year.