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In a move that has captivated the retail landscape, Lotte Group, a titan in South Korea’s retail industry, is making waves with its latest investment in the e-commerce sector. This ambitious strategy could well reshape the dynamics of online shopping in Asia.…
South Korean retail behemoth Lotte Shopping is poised to expand its footprint in Vietnam, planning to open two to three new large-scale shopping malls in key cities by 2030. This initiative emphasizes Vietnam’s burgeoning significance within Lotte’s global…
Korean conglomerate Lotte is launching its fast-food chain Lotteria in Mongolia. The brand’s restaurant franchise unit, Lotte GRS, will open its first location in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar and increase outlets to 10 over the next four years. The move…
With the fervor of the holiday shopping season fast approaching, retailers across Asia are gearing up for a bustling fourth quarter. Among them, Lotte Shopping, South Korea’s retail giant, is strategizing ways to capture consumer attention and boost sales. In…
South Korea’s fifth largest conglomerate Lotte Group is picking up the pace of expansion in Vietnam’s retail and F&B industries as it pulls out of China. Its chairman, Shin Dong-bin, recently released from jail, is set to visit Vietnam for his first overseas…
Lotte, Korea’s largest retailer, has decided to pull out of China altogether, due to the country’s continued retaliation against Korean firms after Seoul’s decision to station a U.S. anti-missile battery in 2016, as well as sluggish private consumption amid…
South Korea’s top two retailers — Shinsegae Group and Lotte Group — are going beyond retail to jump into the whisky and wine markets, which have been seeing rapid growth since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Lotte Chilsung Beverage Co. announced in a…
South Korean retailers Lotte Shopping and Shinsegae Group entered separate binding bids for eBay’s South Korean business, the retailers’ spokesmen said on Monday. eBay Korea – South Korea’s third-largest e-commerce firm with a 12.8% market share in 2020,…
Lotteria Vietnam has said that it will continue its business expansion in Vietnam amid Korean media reports of its closedown over a net loss of nearly US$9 million. The company, which is operated by Lotte GRS under South Korea’s Lotte Group, dismissed a media…
Lotte is moving to divest its TGI Friday’s restaurant chain rights in South Korea as it restructures its business portfolio. Lotte will split the business and sell off shares to new investors, having already spun off the chain’s assets and debts. The group…
Lotte Confectionery Co, a unit of South Korean conglomerate Lotte Group, will launch a snack subscription service dubbed “Monthly Snack,” the first of its kind in South Korea. The new service is based on the concept of the subscription economy, which refers…
South Korean duty-free retailer Lotte has formally taken over the liquor and tobacco concessions at Singapore’s Changi Airport from DFS Group. Construction of the new stores are likely to begin once the island’s current “circuit-breaker” restrictions are…
South Korean retail conglomerate Lotte is expanding its e-commerce offering with one-hour delivery grocery services, as part of a plan to double online sales by 2023. The rush grocery delivery service is paired with upgrades to the firm’s product…
Italian luxury fashion brand Versace opened a store on e-commerce site Lotte Premium Mall in South Korea on Monday. Lotte Department Store says the store is a collaboration with the official importer Versace Korea and the online mall. Forty lines of Versace…
Lotte Duty-Free is to open a flagship store in Sydney’s CBD early next year, planning to tap into the 4 million visitors to the city each year. The three-level 3000sqm store will be built by Mirvac on a prime site at the corner of Pitt and Market Streets. It…
South Korean retail conglomerate Lotte is bringing London mobile shopping tech startup Rezolve into its market. The Korean firm will incorporate the startup’s IT product, which allows customers to take advantage of deals in print by scanning them with their…
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