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Lotte Home Shopping, Thai TACC in Bellygom character licensing deal
Lotte Home Shopping Inc. has signed a character licensing agreement with Thailand’s TAC Consumer Public Co. (TACC), a lifestyle product and bev...
Oct 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-food, beauty franchise stores set for Laos foray
Laos’ largest private company Kolao Group has attracted about a dozen South Korean franchise operators to join its aggressive push into the Sou...
Oct 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
HDC IPark Mall opens S.Korea's first Nintendo pop-up store
South Korea’s HDC IPark Mall has opened Japanese game giant Nintendo’s first official pop-up store at the Yongsan location in Seoul from...
Oct 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Lotte Duty Free focuses energy on stores in Seoul
South Korea’s Lotte Duty Free, which removed its stores from Incheon International Airport in late June, is channeling its energy toward boosti...
Oct 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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MZers fuel Disney Store's boom in S.Korea's offline market
The Disney Store has become one of the hottest spots within Hyundai Department Store branches since the department store operator has opened three of...
Oct 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Lululemon opens logistics center in S.Korea
Global sports brand Lululemon Athletica Inc. opened its first logistics center in South Korea. It's located in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province. This marks ...
Oct 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fake Rolexes most common counterfeit watches smuggled into S.Korea
After the COVID-19 crisis, it has been revealed that counterfeit goods smuggling is on the rise once again. According to data submitted by the Korea ...
Oct 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Over 12,000 S.Korean SMEs enter Taiwan through Coupang
South Korea's e-commerce leader Coupang Inc. announced on Wednesday that more than 12,000 small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have entered Tai...
Oct 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shilla Duty Free ready to boost sales at Changi Airport
HDC Shilla Duty Free Ltd., the operator of The Shilla Duty Free Shop, said on Tuesday it has extended the contract to run cosmetics and perfume store...
Oct 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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S.Korea’s petrochemical, steel firms open online shopping malls
South Korea’s petrochemical and steel companies, which mainly engage in business-to-business transactions, are opening or running a string of ...
Oct 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Naver's Kream integrates with Japan's Soda
Naver Corp.'s subsidiary Kream, the South Korean limited-edition goods trading platform has decided to merge its operations with Japan's Soda Inc., t...
Oct 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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NHN Commerce to collaborate with China's Shanhai Digital
NHN Commerce, South Korea's major online company NHN Corp.'s online shopping platform, announced its strategic business agreement with ShanHai Digita...
Sep 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Lotte Mall West Lake Hanoi: Litte Korea transplanted in Vietnam
HANOI – On a late summer day in Vo Chi Cong, Tay Ho district, a colossal commercial complex was packed with people wanting to savor all things ...
Sep 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Executive reshuffles
Shinsegae axes E-Mart, department store CEOs amid weak sales
South Korea’s retail giant Shinsegae Inc. on Wednesday carried out one of its most drastic executive reshuffles, replacing chief executives of ...
Sep 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea’s Lotte Shopping aims to double profit, seek new biz
Lotte Shopping Co., South Korea’s retail giant, aims to double its profit in three years by expanding its Southeast Asian operations and cement...
Sep 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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NHN Commerce to expand into Chinese market with Xinxuan
NHN Commerce, South Korea's major online company NHN Corp.'s online shopping platform, announced its strategic business agreement with China's leadin...
Sep 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Lotte Mart at Seoul Station redesigned to lure foreign shoppers
South Korea’s Lotte Mart reopened its hypermarket at Seoul train station on Thursday following a four-month renovation to attract more foreign ...
Sep 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean retailers boost Mongolia presence with new stores, products
South Korean retail giants are advancing into Mongolia where Korean food and daily necessities are gaining in popularity among local consumers. Big-b...
Sep 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Synthetic diamonds with ESG value lure Korean shoppers
Lab-grown diamonds, cultured in laboratories wth advanced technologies, are garnering attention from South Korean consumers as they are produced more...
Sep 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Homeplus enters Mongolian market with PB products
South Korean big-box retailer Homeplus has entered the Mongolian market for the first time, signing a strategic partnership with the country's retai...
Sep 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
E-Mart opens 4th Korean hypermarket in Ulaanbaatar
South Korea’s top supermarket chain E-Mart Inc. launched its fourth hypermarket in Ulaanbaatar on Thursday with a stronger push for Korean bran...
Sep 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Home & Shopping, Teleken signs business agreement
South Korea's TV and online shopping operator Home & Shopping Co. announced on Friday that it has signed a business agreement with the Japanese c...
Sep 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Japan's fever for Korean homegrown brands on the rise
Shimamura Co., Japan’s second-largest apparel company that runs around 2,200 stores nationwide, has dispatched a team of four buyers to Seoul e...
Aug 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hyundai Home Shopping launches live broadcast using AI tech
South Korea's Hyundai Home Shopping Network Corp. on Tuesday said it will release the new concept show based on artificial intelligence (AI) "Seo Ah-...
Aug 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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S.Korea's duty-free sector expects boom from Chinese tourists' return
South Korea's duty-free stores are over the moon thanks to the resumption of Chinese group tours after a hiatus of six years and five months, with ma...
Aug 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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The Hyundai Seoul attracts 100 mn visitors in 30 months
The Hyundai Seoul, the largest shopping mall in the South Korean capital, has attracted over 100 million visitors since its opening to emerge as a ho...
Aug 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cuckoo Electronics' duty-free sales in July surge by 592%
South Korea's Cuckoo Electronics Co. announced on Friday that its duty-free sales in July increased by 592.6% compared to the same period last year, ...
Aug 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-Mart to open 1st S.Korean convenience store in Cambodia
E-Mart Inc. is set to launch the first South Korean convenience store in Cambodia as the struggling hypermarket giant aims to seek growth opportuniti...
Aug 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Lotte’s intra-group merger, business integration fare well
Lotte Mart and Lotte Super are leading Lotte Group’s efforts to streamline the overlapping businesses of its units. Their second-quarter result...
Aug 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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