Since the outbreak of the new coronary pneumonia (CCP virus), disinfectant handrub has become one of the essential products for epidemic prevention, but with the improvement of the epidemic in the United States, once in short supply of disinfectant handrub is now lacking in demand, more than sold to split the price to sell.
The media reported that the disinfectant handrub contains sterilizing alcohol ingredients, the preservation period is usually about two years. U.S. retailers are looking for the product to expire before digesting inventory and free up store shelves and warehouse space to put more hot-selling other goods.
The report said the head of Piggly Wiggly, a grocery chain in Alabama and Georgia, is offering a “buy one, get three free” special on disinfectant handrubs, which almost sold out earlier in the year. In Rhode Island, the U.S. discount store Ocean State Job Lot is offering a $10 gift card to customers who buy $10 of hand sanitizer, and the hand sanitizer is already 50 percent off.
Other retailers are turning to online auction sites to sell to absorb excess inventory. Target, Staples and other independents are using its Liquidation online sales platform to sell hand sanitizer by the case and shelf, according to the director of Liquidity Services, a wholesale product auction platform.
The director said that the price of $1 worth of hand sanitizer has now dropped to 2 to 3 cents, with resale prices plummeting 90 percent in more than six months.
In fact, before the American people in the epidemic when the rise of a mad rush of disinfectant hand lotion, resulting in stores across the United States a big shortage of goods. In order to catch up with the demand, major supermarkets buy stock from foreign companies and even seek assistance from breweries and other industry players to produce hand sanitizer for the first time by diverting other production lines.
Now, as more Americans get vaccinated and new confirmed cases fall, health officials have said in recent months that the new coronavirus is airborne, so disinfectants are less protective than masks and social distance measures, hitting hand sanitizer sales hard.
According to NielsenIQ, sales of hand sanitizer plunged 80 percent to $9.2 million for the week ended May 8 compared with the same period last year.
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