Duty-free shops in Jeju welcome return of Chinese cruise tourism

Duty-free shops in Jeju welcome return of Chinese cruise tourism

For the first time since Beijing lifted restrictions on group tourism to South Korea, Chinese cruise tourists have flocked to Jeju Island's duty-fre...

Hyundai Home Shopping launches live broadcast using AI tech

Hyundai Home Shopping launches live broadcast using AI tech

South Korea's Hyundai Home Shopping Network Corp. on Tuesday said it will release the new concept show based on artificial intelligence (AI) "Seo Ah...

CJ's Bibigo launches new global campaign

CJ's Bibigo launches new global campaign

South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp.'s flagship brand Bibigo is engaging with consumers worldwide through a new campaign. The company announ...

Lululemon taps into Korea’s live commerce market

Lululemon taps into Korea’s live commerce market

Lululemon Athletica Inc., dubbed the Chanel of yoga wear, is tapping into South Korea’s live commerce market, a move that industry watchers sa...

LG Electronics to unveil European modular home model at IFA

LG Electronics to unveil European modular home model at IFA

LG Electronics Inc. on Thursday said it will unveil next month the residential living solution LG Smart Cottage at Europe’s largest home appli...

Paradise City, Ctrip to jointly launch S.Korean travel packages

Paradise City, Ctrip to jointly launch S.Korean travel packages

Paradise City, an integrated resort in Incheon, announced on Monday that it has partnered with China's largest online travel agency Ctrip to introdu...

S.Korea's LG Uplus branches to offer travel services

S.Korea's LG Uplus branches to offer travel services

South Korea's telecom service provider LG Uplus Corp. will start offering travel services at its offline branches. The company on Wednesday said it ...

Global fashion brands block Koreans' access to US websites

Global fashion brands block Koreans' access to US websites

Some global fashion brands such as Ralph Lauren Corp. and Tommy Hilfiger have blocked South Koreans’ access to their US websites to support bu...

Virtual human Lucy to sell Galaxy Z in live commerce

Virtual human Lucy to sell Galaxy Z  in live commerce

Lotte Home Shopping's virtual human Lucy expands her activities by selling The Galaxy Z Flip 5 and "Z Fold 5" on live commerce, following her attend...

LG Uplus to equip Toyota Highlander’s infotainment platform

LG Uplus to equip Toyota Highlander’s infotainment platform

South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. announced on Friday its strategy to outfit Toyota's Highlander, a seven-seater SUV, with Toyota Connect, powered by t...

Shinsegae Live Shopping launches first travel product to India in four years

Shinsegae Live Shopping launches first travel product to India in four years

South Korea’s Shinsegae Live Shopping announced on Thursday that it has partnered with Mode Tour to sell travel products to India for the firs...

Korea’s duty-free sales skid despite China border reopening

Korea’s duty-free sales skid despite China border reopening

South Korea’s duty-free shops suffered a sharp decline in sales in June, when the number of Chinese visitors jumped more than three times that...

S.Korea’s overseas online shopping surpasses $1.3 bn in Q2 2023

S.Korea’s overseas online shopping surpasses $1.3 bn in Q2 2023

South Korea's overseas online shopping through Chinese malls in the second quarter of this year has more than doubled compared to a year ago. Accor...

NewJeans’ Spotify streaming total exceeds 2 billion

NewJeans’ Spotify streaming total exceeds 2 billion

K-pop girl group NewJeans has surpassed 2 billion cumulative streams of their songs on Spotify, the world's largest music streaming platform, their ...

Samsung TV Plus to feature free FIFA+ channel content

Samsung TV Plus to feature free FIFA+ channel content

Samsung Electronics Co. said on Monday that it will offer the FIFA+  channel's content for free on Samsung TV Plus, expanding the sports offeri...

Goyard bags high on SE Asians’ shopping list in S.Korea

Goyard bags high on SE Asians’ shopping list in S.Korea

Goyard outlets in Seoul bustled with shoppers on Friday, especially from Southeast Asia, looking for the French luxury brand’s popular bags: G...

Lotte to open Vietnam's largest shopping mall in Hanoi

Lotte to open Vietnam's largest shopping mall in Hanoi

Lotte Shopping Co., the retail arm of South Korea's fifth-largest conglomerate Lotte Group, announced plans on Thursday to inaugurate its extensive ...

S.Korea’s men’s fashion platform Deps launches offline store

S.Korea’s men’s fashion platform Deps launches offline store

Deps, a men’s fashion platform launched by South Korean fashion brand incubator Hago L&F, is accelerating its market offensive through the...

Lotte's virtual human Lucy to debut in Thailand

Lotte's virtual human Lucy to debut in Thailand

South Korea's Lotte Home Shopping unveiled a plan on Wednesday to introduce its virtual influencer, Lucy, to Southeast Asia's burgeoning live commer...

HD Hyundai Infracore to sell excavator on TV home shopping

HD Hyundai Infracore to sell excavator on TV home shopping

South Korea’s HD Hyundai Infracore Co. will be the nation’s first to sell an excavator, a piece of heavy equipment weighing nearly two...

NHN Commerce acquires Italian luxury brands retailer Ikonic

NHN Commerce acquires Italian luxury brands retailer Ikonic

NHN Commerce, South Korea's major online company NHN Corp.'s shopping platform, announced on Tuesday its acquisition of a 77.8% stake in Ikonic Srl,...

Samsung Electronics opens gaming-focused shopping platform

Samsung Electronics opens gaming-focused shopping platform

South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Monday that it has opened the Samsung Gaming Portal on its domestic website Samsung.com to streng...

S.Korea's beauty platform Hwahae opens flagship store on TikTok

S.Korea's beauty platform Hwahae opens flagship store on TikTok

South Korea's mobile beauty platform Hwahae has opened a flagship store on TikTok (Chinese name Douyin). Hwahae's operator Birdview announced t...

Nike to open its 3rd Jordan World of Flight store in Seoul

Nike to open its 3rd Jordan World of Flight store in Seoul

Nike Inc. is set to open its Jordan World of Flight in Seoul, a store dedicated to Jordan brand streetwear and sports shoes, on Wednesday. It will b...

Private real estate debt shines on banks' financing gaps: Savills

Private real estate debt shines on banks' financing gaps: Savills

More global investors are turning to the private debt market as bank loans are getting tougher under stricter lending regulations. Among a range of ...

Shopping without passport at S.Korea’s Lotte Duty Free

Shopping without passport at S.Korea’s Lotte Duty Free

With a smartphone, you can now shop at duty-free shops in Seoul without a passport.Lotte Duty Free announced on Tuesday that it has introduced the i...

Hyundai Motor's Genesis delivers Korean luxury to Europe

Hyundai Motor's Genesis delivers Korean luxury to Europe

MUNICH – It is always challenging to bring a lesser-known car marque to Europe, home to well-established, globally known brands such as Merced...

Lotte Shopping to raise $785 mn from Korean banks for ESG push

Lotte Shopping to raise $785 mn from Korean banks for ESG push

Lotte Shopping Co., the retail arm of South Korea's fifth-largest conglomerate Lotte Group, will tap 1 trillion won ($784.4 million) from two of the...

CJ ENM’s OTT platform TVing: White elephant or new cash cow?

CJ ENM’s OTT platform TVing: White elephant or new cash cow?

CJ ENM Co. is the undisputed No. 1 movie producer and distributor in South Korea, having sponsored numerous awards-wining films such as “Paras...

Virtual human YT debuts as SSG.COM’s shopping host

Virtual human YT debuts as SSG.COM’s shopping host

SSG.COM, the e-commerce brand of South Korean retail giant Shinsegae Inc., announced on Tuesday that virtual human YT has been named the official sh...

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