Price inflation on online marketplaces during the Coronavirus pandemic in the UK 2020
Between March 16-19, 2020, when the crisis was beginning to peak in so many countries, the listed price of hand lotion products on both eBay.co.uk and Amazon.co.uk saw great spikes, as a recent study revealed. The price of Carex hand lotion (250 ml) was listed as high as 100 British pounds by sellers on eBay's UK platform. The usual price of this product was only 1 British pound.
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