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S.Korea’s convenience stores sell bottled water without plastic labels
Aug 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Brokerages cut E-Mart’s share price target after disappointing Q2
South Korea’s largest hypermarket chain E-Mart Inc., a unit of domestic retail giant Shinsegae Group, on Wednesday posted disappointing second-...
Aug 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
SK Telecom's T deal sees 81.5% transaction amount increase in H1
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. announced on Monday that the transaction volume of its artificial intelligence (AI)-curated text commerce T deal in the ...
Aug 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
NewJeans selected as models for Hyundai Dept. Store Duty Free
South Korea's Hyundai Department Store Duty Free announced on Monday that it has newly appointed the five-member K-pop girl group NewJeans as models....
Aug 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Korea’s tourism industry pins high hopes on return of Chinese big spenders
BEIJING – China’s official announcement to lift its ban on group tourists’ travel to South Korea will likely be a boon for the trav...
Aug 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Coupang’s Q2 profit soars to a record, driven by e-commerce
Coupang Inc., South Korea’s leading delivery service provider, on Wednesday posted an all-time high quarterly profit and revenue, driven by its...
Aug 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
S.Korea's Lotte Department Store launches 'K-Beauty' tour service
South Korea's Lotte Department Store on Monday announced the launch of a "K-Beauty tour" service for foreign tourists.The company will first give fre...
Aug 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
GS25 cuts prices amid controversy over World Scout Jamboree branch
South Korea's convenience store chain GS25, which has a makeshift branch for the 25th World Scout Jamboree in Saemangeum, an estuarine tidal flat in ...
Aug 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Costco Korea under heavy scrutiny over cart pusher’s death
Costco has come under heavy scrutiny after a 29-year-old cart pusher at one of its outlets near Seoul died after working in scorching heat in June, f...
Aug 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Korea’s duty-free sales skid despite China border reopening
South Korea’s duty-free shops suffered a sharp decline in sales in June, when the number of Chinese visitors jumped more than three times that ...
Aug 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Goyard bags high on SE Asians’ shopping list in S.Korea
Goyard outlets in Seoul bustled with shoppers on Friday, especially from Southeast Asia, looking for the French luxury brand’s popular bags: Go...
Jul 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Emart partners with KOTRA to help S.Korean SMEs export
South Korea’s largest hypermarket chain Emart Inc. is partnering with Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) to expand its overseas fr...
Jul 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Lotte to open Vietnam's largest shopping mall in Hanoi
Lotte Shopping Co., the retail arm of South Korea's fifth-largest conglomerate Lotte Group, announced plans on Thursday to inaugurate its extensive c...
Jul 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Korean convenience stores threaten Japanese rivals’ empire
South Korea’s convenience store chains aim to seize the throne from Japanese rivals in Asia by utilizing K-pop and food as they look for new gr...
Jul 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Alibaba launches express ships to S.Korea as orders surge
Alibaba.com, China’s largest online marketplace, launched an express cargo ship service between South Korea and China this week to meet a surge...
Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Lotte Duty Free opens store at Australia's Melbourne Airport
South Korea's Lotte Duty Free announced on Thursday that it is opening a new store at Melbourne Airport in Australia and entering full-scale operati...
Jul 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
S.Korea's E-mart24 opens 3rd branch in Singapore
South Korea’s convenience store chain E-mart24 has opened its third store in Singapore featuring the city-state's hawker culture, aiming for lo...
Jul 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
KGC unifies BI of red ginseng brand as JUNG KWAN JANG
Korea Ginseng Corp. (KGC), wholly owned by South Korean tobacco giant KT&G Corp., will unify its red ginseng brand identity (BI) as JUNG KWAN JAN...
Jul 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Convenience store giant BGF Retail signs IPR deal with YG Plus
South Korea's BGF Retail, which runs the leading domestic convenience store chain CU, on Monday said it will sign a deal with YG Plus, which speciali...
Jul 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
S.Korea’s mattress maker Zinus launches premium product line
South Korean furniture and mattress maker Zinus Inc., an affiliate of Hyundai Department Store Group, has started a premium mattress line.The company...
Jun 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
7-Eleven’s operator Korea Seven hit by rating cut
The credit rating of Korea Seven Co., which runs the South Korean operations of the convenience store chain 7-Eleven, was downgraded to its lowest le...
Jun 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Heyday over for Amorepacific, LG Household in China’s beauty market
Amorepacific Corp. and LG Household & Health Care Ltd., basking in the global K-beauty boom, reaped handsome profits in China, the world’s ...
Jun 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
GS Retail sells unmanned serving robots in convenience stores
The artificial intelligence (AI) serving robot has been introduced to convenience stores for sale. The number of stores where the robot is being sold...
Jun 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Lotte considering opening In-N-Out Burger stores in S.Korea
One of US' leading burger brands, In-N-Out, is considering entering the South Korean market. After recently opening a pop-up store in Seoul, the burg...
Jun 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
CU marks first entry of S.Korean convenience store into Kazakhstan
South Korean convenience store heavyweight, CU, has announced its first foray into Central Asia, beginning with Kazakhstan. The retailer's goal is to...
Jun 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Shopping without passport at S.Korea’s Lotte Duty Free
With a smartphone, you can now shop at duty-free shops in Seoul without a passport.Lotte Duty Free announced on Tuesday that it has introduced the in...
Jun 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Korean golf club, apparel markets face decline in post-pandemic era
South Korea’s golf equipment and apparel markets enjoyed a boom during COVID-19. But they are facing a downturn this year amid the growing popu...
Jun 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Breitling launches 2nd Korea limited edition watch in 2023
Breitling, a luxury Swiss watchmaker, has launched a limited edition of one of its flagship models, the Chronomat B01 24, in South Korea, marking the...
Jun 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
S.Korean convenience store chain CU releases Snoop Dogg sparkling wine
South Korean convenience store chain CU announced on Monday that it exclusively released “Snoop Dogg Cali Gold sparkling wine”, which is ...
May 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Starbuck’s seasonal giveaways still popular in S.Korea
Starbucks Korea announced on Sunday that the amount of application access increased by 50% on average compared to the previous day on last Thursday, ...
May 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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