A Grand Feast with 70m Garaetteok Cutting and More, Culminated by Golden Customer Card Prize Draw
[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] The 'Customer Member Appreciation Festival' at Keundonghae Market in Pohang City, Gyeongbuk, the nation's first traditional market with a customer membership system, will continue with the event 'Receipt for Onnuri!' from the 6th to the 10th, where customers can submit receipts based on their purchase amounts to receive Onnuri gift certificates.
The '2nd Pohang Keundonghae Market Customer Member Festival,' which began on June 22, was held as a grand celebration on the last day, the 4th, with about 3,100 members gathered, Pohang City reported.
On that day, events such as a local arm wrestling competition and a longest garaetteok cutting performance invited for customer members were held, drawing great enthusiasm. In particular, the longest garaetteok cutting performance, stretching over 70 meters, saw about 100 customer members participate together, creating a spectacular scene of cutting garaetteok.
The grand prize event that concluded the festival awarded generous prizes such as a 65-inch UHD TV and air purifiers to customers. Especially, the lucky first prize winner could not hide their joy upon receiving the 'Golden Customer Card' made of 3 don of pure gold.
Kim Byung-seok, the head of the Pohang Keundonghae Market Merchants Association, said, "As the nation's first traditional market with a customer membership system entering its second year, we strived to make this a time to give back to our market family, the customer members, through differentiated planning and preparation." He added, "We will continue to do our best to become a membership market that sets a milestone for traditional markets by dedicating even more sincerity in the future."
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