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Mulberry has set its sights firmly on Seoul and South Korea. After Tommy Hilfiger’s show in Shanghai, it is now the turn of the British luxury leather goods label to tread the catwalks in Asia. For four days, Mulberry will be staging a series of events in the…
Stylist Seo Young-hee has designed a special edition trunk for Louis Vuitton, influenced by Korea’s traditional marriage culture. Seo, who worked as a stylist for Vogue Korea before switching to work as an artistic director of fashion on a project basis, is…
South Korean fashion retailing group Samsung C&T has announced plans to sell Brooks Running products under exclusive contract. The Seattle-based sports apparel label occupies a large share of the American running gear market and is one of the top three…
Hyundai Motor is still working hard to woo Indian consumers as the world’s second-most populous country emerges as one of the fastest growing markets in the global auto industry. Hyundai Motor Vice Chairman Chung Eui-sun made a speech at the first Move Global…
South Korean retail conglomerate Shinsegae has launched a lifestyle editorial shop for men. The “Show&Tell” store opened in two Shinsegae locations; one at the Starfield luxury shopping complex in Hanam, and the other as an outlet in Yeoju city. Described as…
U.S. food delivery app Uber Eats said Wednesday that it has signed a partnership with Korean food service company CJ Foodville in the latest move to boost its presence in the country’s growing food delivery market. Uber Eats said major CJ Foodville brands,…
LG Electronics said Friday it will continue to invest more in Austrian automotive lighting system firm ZKW Group, which was purchased by the South Korean company earlier this year. In April, LG Electronics bought a 70 percent stake in ZKW, with the holding…
Kumho Asiana Group announced a personnel shift on Friday, with Han Chang-soo, head of Asiana IDT, an information and communication technology unit of the airliner group, being appointed as the new president of Asiana Airlines. Park Se-chang, a…
Purchases made using the internet and mobile devices in Korea reached an all-time high in July, government data showed Wednesday, demonstrating the popularity of smartphones, fast delivery and convenient payment options offered to local shoppers. The total…
Swedish fashion label H&M is launching an outlet at the Homeplus Bucheon hypermarket in South Korea. The brand’s 29th Korean store, located to the West of Seoul, will open on September 20 and is its first hypermarket venture in the territory. The company’s…
Korean clothing brands Anais and Greygrei are set to enter the Chinese market under Korean young-casual clothing firm Maison de Anais. The label, which successfully launched in northern Europe earlier this year, will target the late 20’s to late 30’s…
Korea exported more than $50 billion of goods in August despite fears of a global trade war, but experts continue to worry about the overreliance on a handful of popular products. According to data from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy released over…
The 2018 IFA, the biggest trade show in Europe for electronic appliances, kicked off Friday with a lot of buzz about connected homes, artificial intelligence (AI) and televisions with extraordinary resolution. IFA is a “place for many different industries –…
Some users of Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy S7 smartphones are claiming their phones are suffering from boot loop – the phone continues to turn itself on and off – and other malfunctions after a recent upgrade to the operating system, according to industry…
IKEA Korea will open an online mall, on September 1, in line with its Swedish headquarters’ efforts to increase its online sales worldwide, the global home furnishing company‘s local subsidiary said. “We will officially launch our e-commerce channel September…
On the 31st floor of Lotte World Tower in Jamsil, southern Seoul, a polar bear-shaped robot is reading customers’ palms instead of their credit cards to take their payments. The robot can also answer simple questions and make different 3D faces, depending on…
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