Uniqlo, a leading Japanese clothing retailer, has recently launched its most expansive store yet in South Korea. The new flagship location, situated in the Myeongdong shopping district in Seoul, marks the brand’s renewed commitment to experiential retail and…
Hit by the absence of Chinese tourists over South Korea’s deployment of a politically charged THAAD missile defense system, the future of Seoul’s largest shopping district Myeongdong is shrouded in uncertainty. Reports of the economic damage caused by the…
E-Mart opened its booth flagship store in Shinhan Financial Center building in Myeongdong on July 28. Boots is the UK’s no.1 drugstore brand, with more than 13,300 stores in 11 countries around the world. The booth store is the largest of domestic H & B…
Korean department stores have become the new battleground for Korean restaurant chains. Restaurants have long been a lucrative business for department store operators – accommodating hundreds of weary shoppers every day, they have sometimes been referred to…
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