Traditional Markets Innovate... Credit Card Acceptance Rate Exceeds 90%

Origin and Price Labeling Rates Increase by 15%p and 28%p Respectively
Sojinkong Director Conducts On-site Inspection with New Minister of SMEs on the 8th

Minister Kwon Chil-seung of the Ministry of SMEs and Startups and Cho Bong-hwan, President of the Small Enterprise and Market Service, visited Hanmin Market in Daejeon on the 8th to inspect the livelihood sites.
[Photo by Small Enterprise and Market Service]

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Junhyung] It has been revealed that traditional markets have repeatedly conducted campaigns, resulting in increased rates of price and origin labeling, as well as a credit card acceptance rate exceeding 90%.

The Small Enterprise and Market Service (SEMAS) announced on the 9th that it has inspected the three major service improvements of traditional markets and launched a campaign to promote the use of traditional markets in celebration of the Lunar New Year holiday. The three major services are ▲payment convenience ▲price and origin labeling ▲hygiene and cleanliness.

Over the past year, SEMAS has promoted the 'Dadaikseon Campaign' to improve the three major services at 119 traditional markets nationwide. This campaign means accepting 'all' payment methods, displaying 'all' prices and origins, providing a pleasant shopping environment for customers to benefit ('ik'), and distributing Onnuri gift certificates in a 'good' ('seon') way.

As a result of the campaign, the origin labeling rate and price labeling rate increased by 15 percentage points and 28 percentage points, respectively. The credit card acceptance rate also exceeded 90%.

The traditional market where prices are displayed on each item
Photo by Small Enterprise and Market Service

This year, SEMAS plans to promote the 'Dadaikseon Plus' campaign, focusing on improving card payment environments, managing fire and COVID-19 safety, and matching markets with related organizations on a one-to-one basis to further enhance customer service in traditional markets.

Cho Bonghwan, Director of SEMAS, stated, "To overcome the management difficulties caused by COVID-19 and revitalize traditional markets, efforts to improve customer service must not stop." He added, "We are continuing efforts to ensure the sustainability of the campaign and to provide a safe and convenient shopping environment," and requested, "Please use traditional markets a lot during the Lunar New Year holiday."

Meanwhile, on the 8th, Director Cho visited Hanmin Market in Daejeon with Kwon Chilseung, the newly appointed Minister of SMEs and Startups, to inspect the livelihood sites such as Lunar New Year shopping. On the 5th, he also visited Jungdong Sarang Market in Gyeonggi to check payment services.

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