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          • panic buying
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          • A situation in which many people suddenly buy as much food, fuel, etc. as they can because they are worried about something bad that may happen. Cambridge Dictionary
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          • This panic buying in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus is due to the brain's survival mode overriding any rational decision making, according to human behavior expert Dr. Ali Fenwick. - Insider by
          • If other people are panic buying, the best strategy for us is to do the same because, if not, we are left with nothing. - Khmer Times by
          • The measures, which included two-item caps on certain products and allocated shopping times for the elderly, were imposed in reaction to panic buying and stockpiling, which resulted in empty shelves. - ITV News by
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          • αγορές υπό το κράτος πανικού
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          • αγορές προϊόντων που υποκινούνται από ένα αίσθημα πανικού και όχι από ορθολογικές ανάγκες Own research - by Nick Lingris
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          • Πράγματι, οι άνθρωποι άρχισαν τις «αγορές υπό το κράτος πανικού», με παράλογους τρόπους. Κατά παράξενο τρόπο, η απειλή μιας νόσου του αναπνευστικού συστήματος οδήγησε τους καταναλωτές να αγοράσουν όσο το δυνατόν περισσότερο χαρτί υγείας. - Καθημερινή by Nick Lingris
          • Η ομάδα δίνει συμβουλές για την αντιμετώπιση προβλημάτων, όπως η μειωμένη παροχή αερίου και πετρελαίου, οι ελλείψεις τροφίμων και φαρμάκων αλλά και οι αγορές υπό το κράτος πανικού – κάτι τέτοιο θα οδηγήσει στην εφαρμογή δελτίων. - businessnews.gr by Nick Lingris
          • Οι ειδικοί αποκαλούν αυτό το φαινόμενο panic buying, αγορές υποκινούμενες από πανικό, αποτέλεσμα «ενός ψυχολογικού μηχανισμού που επιστρατεύουμε για να διαχειριστούμε τον φόβο και την ανασφάλειά μας». - pronews.gr by Nick Lingris
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          • 사재기
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          • 전쟁이나 무정부 상태 등 미래를 예측할 수 없게 되는 상황이 찾아올 것이 우려되거나 실제로 일어난 경우 사람들이 말 그대로 패닉에 빠져 생필품 등의 물자를 과다 구매하는 행위, 즉 최대한의 물량을 확보하려는 시장 심리의 불안으로 인해 가격과 관계없이 발생하는 매점매석 현상을 일컫어 패닉바잉(Panic buying)이라고 한다. Goodnews 자료실 - by Jason Kang
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