BEIJING: With Chinese consumers hit by quarantine and travel restrictions as well as just wary about venturing out to the shops due to the coronavirus epidemic, companies in the world's most populous nation are experimenting with new tricks to make sales.
Oil giant Sinopec – keen to get customers back in their cars and help farmers unable to deliver produce due to roadblocks – launched a new scheme last month called "zero-touch" vegetable sales at its 6,000 gas stations in 147 Chinese cities.
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