Reporting and analysis on retail, e-commerce, and consumer trends in Korea, updated continuously by our newsroom.
The South Korean airline and flag carrier company Korean Air is ready to fly to Lombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, in July and Aug 2017. “The Korean Air will open a charter flight for seven times,” Lombok International Airports General Manager I…
Convenience-store giant 7-Eleven is opening a store that allows customers to pay simply with a wave of their hand. The store is located in the world’s fifth largest building, Lotte World Tower in Seoul, Korea. It features a biometric verification system that…
Hotel Shilla will spend 186.5 billion won (US$166.74 million) for its duty-free store that is scheduled to open at Hong Kong International Airport in December. With the opening of the store, Hotel Shilla will have a presence in Asia’s three largest airports…
The first official shop of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games will open in the South Korean capital this week, selling licensed merchandise associated with the international sporting event, local organizers said Thursday. The PyeongChang Organizing Committee…
Teams from the GMR Hyderabad Airports Limited, which operates the airport and HMACPL haveworked with the farmer community at Vizianagaram facility for developing a pack-house, creating markets, commissioning this project with requisite approvals from…
Online shopping malls are fast losing customer traffic, industry data showed , compounding their massive business losses last year. According to the data, the number of unique visitors to the six top online shopping sites totaled 84.86 million last month.…
South Koreans drank a total of 377 cups of coffee per person on average last year, mirroring brisk growth of the sprawling market fueled by a flurry of various franchises, a government report showed. The average coffee consumption, based on South Koreans aged…
Lotte Liquor will launch its second beer brand Fitz Super Clear on June 1, the company said. Fitz Super Clear is a lager containing a relatively low 4.5 percent alcohol content. The company said Fitz is designed to serve as a light but refreshing alcoholic…
Despite concerns of economic retaliation from China, sales at duty-free stores in April rose slightly over last year. Korea Customs Service said revenue at local stores reached 1 trillion won ($8.9 billion) last month, a 0.3 percent increase year-on-year.…
Korea has become Asia’s largest importer of Mercedes-Benz and BMW vehicles this year, as the two German carmakers sold more vehicles in Korea than Japan for the first time ever. Chinese motorists buy more Mercedes-Benz and BMW vehicles than Koreans do. But…
E-Mart said on March 19 that the Korean first store of Drugstore Boots opened in Starfield, Hanam. It was only 10 months since the signing of a partnership agreement between E-Mart and the Wall Green Boots Alliance (WBA) in July last year. The Boots store is…
It is noticeable that online fashion shopping brands perform well in Japan, after China. Global women’s brand “Stylenanda” opened its first flagship store in Harajuku in the center of Japanese fashion. In the early morning of the opening day, a long line of…
Samsung Electronics and three other units of the tech giant in Vietnam target combined sales of $60 billion this year. South Korean conglomerate Samsung expects that its strong smartphone business will boost sales in Vietnam by 33 percent this year. Four…
The fast fashion brand of the fashion division of Samsung C & T has been on the brink of exceeding 40, the number of stores in Korea. The firm geared up to catch up ZARA, the third-largest fash fashion brand in Korea. The number of domestic stores in 8…
Some 15 years ago, Malaysians were introduced to a Korean drama series that quickly became a global sensation. This iconic series opened the doors of K-drama to the world, and Malaysia is no stranger to it! Our love for all things Korean – food, fashion,…
Etude House opened its flagship store in Myungdong on May 10. The flagship store was designed as part of a customer-focused campaign that embodied the brand’s slogan “Life is sweet”, which means positive energy and value in their twenties. A three stories…
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