Shinsegae Inc
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Business & Politics
Trump Jr. to visit Seoul next week to meet Korean business leaders
Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of the US President Donald Trump, is set to visit Seoul next week and meet with Korean business leaders grappling w...
Apr 23, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
K-beauty shake-up: APR, Shinsegae rise as Aekyung declines
South Korea’s beauty industry is undergoing a major reshuffle, with new players rising to prominence while established giants face growing com...
Mar 12, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Shinsegae to double down on hypermarkets as Homeplus falters
Shinsegae Group Chairman Chung Yong-jin has unveiled aggressive growth plans that include opening more E-Mart Inc. hypermarket outlets, defying the ...
Mar 06, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Korea’s Shinsegae, China’s Alibaba to set up e-commerce joint venture
South Korea’s retail conglomerate Shinsegae Group has joined forces with Chinese online shopping giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. to better co...
Dec 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Korea Inc. to face refunding risks with record corporate bond maturities
South Korean companies are expected to face refunding risks thanks to record corporate bond maturities in the first half of 2025, as fundraising con...
Dec 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Korea’s Shinsegae chairman dines with Trump at Mar-a-Lago
Chung Yong-jin, the chairman of South Korea’s retail giant Shinsegae Group, held talks with US President-elect Donald Trump, becoming Korea's ...
Dec 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Korea Inc. rushes to booming local corporate bond market
South Korean companies are rushing to raise money in the local corporate bond market, which is unusually buoyant at year's end amid expectations of ...
Nov 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Shinsegae affiliate SSG.COM secures Olympus as new financial investor
Korean retail giant Shinsegae Group’s online shopping mall operator SSG.COM has secured Olympus, a special purpose company created by Korean b...
Nov 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Executive reshuffles
Shinsegae Group splits E-Mart, department store with executive reshuffles
South Korea’s retail giant Shinsegae Group on Wednesday carried out one of its most drastic executive reshuffles, officially splitting the gro...
Oct 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK’s Korea Zinc takeover attempt to spur search for white knights
North Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners Ltd.’s attempt to take control of Korea Zinc Inc. and the country’s plan to require ...
Oct 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Culture & Trends
Seoul to light up Myeong-dong with LEDs like Times Square
Seoul will light up Myeong-dong, a bustling area with office workers and shoppers in the heart of the city, with 16 large outdoor digital billboards...
Oct 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Shinsegae, Paramount to build $3.39 billion theme park complex in S.Korea
South Korea’s retail giant Shinsegae Group said on Thursday it has partnered with US media group Paramount Global on a 4.57 trillion won ($3.3...
Oct 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Korea’s E-Mart to delist troubled building unit for restructuring
South Korea’s largest supermarket chain E-Mart Inc. said on Monday it is set to delist its troubled construction subsidiary from the main loca...
Sep 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Loss-making Gmarket joins Shinsegae’s job cut spree
Gmarket Inc. will cut jobs for the first time since it was acquired by South Korea’s retail giant Shinsegae Group in 2021, joining the group&r...
Sep 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fashion
Shinsegae International launches Harley-Davidson Collections
South Korea's Shinsegae International Co. launched a brand called Harley-Davidson Collections on Friday, blending Harley-Davidson’s motorcycle...
Sep 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Shinsegae Department Store expands its diamond business
South Korea's Shinsegae Department Store is expanding its diamond business.Shinsegae announced on Thursday that it has entered into a strategic part...
Sep 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
AB InBev's Oriental Brewery buys Jeju Soju from Shinsegae
Oriental Brewery Co. (OB), a unit of the world’s largest beer company AB InBev, agreed on Wednesday to purchase Jeju Soju from Shinsegae L&...
Sep 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Shinsegae Duty Free opens premium store at Incheon Airport
South Korea's Shinsegae Duty Free launched a premium store at Incheon International Airport, aiming to counter the decline in downtown duty-free sal...
Sep 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
E-Mart, CJ CheilJedang to beef up strategic partnership
CJ CheilJedang Corp., South Korea’s largest food company, said on Wednesday it will increase the number of food products exclusively launched ...
Sep 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Shinsegae Int'l opens Swiss Perfection pop-up in Tokyo
Shinsegae International, the cosmetics and fashion division of South Korea's Shinsegae Group, entered Japan's ultra-luxury beauty market by promot...
Sep 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Shinsegae buys low-cost cosmetics brand Amuse from Naver Snow
South Korea's Shinsegae International Inc. announced on Friday that it will acquire 100% of Amuse Corp., a cosmetics brand, for 71.3 billion won ($5...
Aug 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Shinsegae Factory Store to enter Laos in 2025
South Korea's Shinsegae Department Store announced on Wednesday that its off-price retail chain, Shinsegae Factory Store, will expand its global foo...
Jul 31, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
SK Innovation to be Asia’s top energy company through merger
SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s largest energy company, is set to become the industry leader in Asia through a merger with an affiliate while...
Jul 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
SK Inc. in talks to sell Pharmteco’s US CDMO plant to Novo Nordisk
SK Inc., the holding and investment company of SK Group, South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate, is negotiating to sell a major asset of it...
Jun 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
SK Ecoplant seeks to absorb SK Materials' industrial gas units
SK Ecoplant Co., a South Korean construction engineering and waste management company, is seeking to absorb the profit-making subsidiaries of SK Mat...
Jun 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Executive reshuffles
Shinsegae hires Alibaba Korea head to lead online mall Gmarket
Shinsegae Group, South Korea’s retail giant, on Wednesday launched sweeping top-level management overhauls for Gmarket Inc. and SSG.COM. to ti...
Jun 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Southeast Asia, Korea Inc’s new IT outsourcing powerhouse
PHNOM PENH – South Korean technology companies grappling with prolonged software developer shortages are actively broadening their search for ...
Jun 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Foreign VIP customers boost Korean department stores' sales
Wei Liu, a 41-year-old Taiwanese businessman, snapped up 300 million won ($220,000) worth of luxury brand products at Hyundai Department Store&rsquo...
Jun 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Shinsegae Dept. Store to sell luxury wines in Gangnam
South Korean retail giant Shinsegae Group is set to sell luxury wines with price tags up to tens of thousands of dollars in Seoul, as demand for pre...
Jun 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Shinsegae, CJ to tie up for product delivery, food launch
Retail-focused Shinsegae Group is set to outsource delivery services and logistics management for its e-commerce platforms such as SSG.COM and Gmark...
Jun 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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