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Retail Asia14/03/2024
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Coupang customers in South Korea can now directly purchase products from Japan, thanks to the e-commerce platform’s expansion of its overseas direct purchase service. With Japanese products now available through the Rocket Jikgu direct purchase service, customers can now purchase food from brands such as Nissin, Meiji, LeTao, and AGF, and beauty items from brands […]

Retail Asia29/11/2023
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South Korea’s retail sales increased 6.4 per cent year-on-year in October amid higher demand for food items and daily necessities. The combined sales of 25 major offline and online merchants grew to 15.3 trillion won (US$11.87 billion) during the month from last year’s 14.4 trillion won, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) data showed. […]

Retail Asia28/09/2023
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South Korea’s retail sales grew 3.3 percent year over year in August on the back of higher sales in convenience stores super super market (SSM) operators, and online cosmetics and food retailers. The Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy (MOTIE) surveyed 13 brick-and-mortar retailers and 12 online retailers and saw a 7.6 percent increase in […]

Retail Asia19/09/2023
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McDonald’s Korea has introduced voice-guided self-service kiosks at some of its Seoul locations, making it the first fast-food chain in South Korea to do so. They did this to make it easier for visually impaired customers to order. These special kiosks, equipped with voice guidance software and touch pads, were first installed at 15 McDonald’s […]

Retail Asia12/07/2023
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CHARLES & KEITH’s inaugural duplex flagship store in South Korea, situated in the vibrant shopping district of Gangnam, Seoul, is now open. Spanning an expansive area of over 330 sqm, the two-storey flagship store stands as the largest CHARLES & KEITH boutique in South Korea. Staying true to the brand’s signature minimalist aesthetic, the brand-new flagship store […]

Retail Asia21/03/2023
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After a years-long wait, Apple Pay today launched in South Korea, allowing those living in the country to use Apple’s payment system to make contactless payments using the iPhone or Apple Watch. Apple has been working to bring ‌Apple Pay‌ to South Korea since 2017, but Apple was unable to be registered as an electronic financial business operator because regulators […]

Retail Asia14/03/2023
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Coupang has decided to withdraw its e-commerce business from Japan, 21 months after it began offering its online delivery service there, a company official said Sunday. “After testing our service as a pilot version, we have decided to withdraw our business from Japan,” a Coupang Japan official said. The Japanese daily, Nikkei, reported Saturday that […]

Retail Asia01/02/2023
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UK activewear label JD Sports is set to withdraw from South Korea after five years of operation, according to Edaily. The retailer was reported to have experienced a deepening deficit since the Covid-19 pandemic, which led to the decision. The source said JD Sports Korea had notified all employees of the exit plan. JD Sports […]


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