Sales of Safety Hammer Increased 6 Times After Heavy Rain and Beijing Sells 1225 for 3 Days

On July 21st, an extremely heavy rain in Beijing caused at least 37 people to lose their lives. It also sounded the alarm for personal self-help. Statistics show that since the 22nd, the sales volume of self-help equipment on shopping websites has skyrocketed. Safety hammers, flashlights, first-aid kits, escape ropes, etc. have all become popular products for online shopping. Sales of safety hammers have increased by nearly six times.

The Morning Post reporter learned yesterday from Taobao.com that after the heavy rain in Beijing, Taobao’s sales of safety hammers increased by 598% month-on-month, which means an increase of nearly 6 times, and the search volume increased by 1712% from the previous month. Beijing is undoubtedly the region with the highest sales of safety hammers. In total, 1,225 hammers were sold within three days. The security awareness of Shanghai netizens was also very strong. Second only to Beijing, Shanghai netizens bought a total of 749 safety hammers in 3 days.

At the same time, netizens have also increased their attention to many survival supplies. According to the statistics of China's largest shopping search website, in the last 3 days, the search volume for many survival supplies has increased by more than 10 times or even more than 20 times.

Among them, the flashlight is the most sought-after flashlight. Search volume is more than 26 times. The safety hammer is closely followed by a 17-fold increase in search volume. In addition, searches for equipment such as first aid kits, protective masks, and escape ropes have also multiplied.