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[Feature] Outdoor Market Grows Fast Thanks to Rising Awareness on Exercise

[Feature] Outdoor Market Grows Fast Thanks to Rising Awareness on Exercise

SEOUL, Korea, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Lately competition among the outdoor brands has become more intense ahead of the summer vacation season. While The North Face keeps the leading position for 11 consecutive years with over 700 billion won sales revenue last year, big-four homegrown brands are at loggerheads over the No. 2 spot.  Kolon Sports [...]

Seoul City’s Hybrid Car Registration Rises 20% in 2013

Seoul City’s Hybrid Car Registration Rises 20% in 2013

SEOUL, Korea, April 21, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Any Seoul resident can get sizable tax cuts upon the purchase of an environment-friendly hybrid car. The tax benefits are offered until the end of this year. Thanks to the incentives, as well as to the heightened awareness on the environment, the number of hybrid vehicles registered [...]

[Kobiz Stats] Have you ever worried about a possible privacy leakage through SNS?

[Kobiz Stats] Have you ever worried about a possible privacy leakage through SNS?

[Related Article]  Many Koreans Feel “SNS Infringes on Privacy” (Korea Bizwire, April 17) As personal information leakage takes place frequent recently, seven out of ten Koreans have expressed their concerns over privacy infringement from social network services such as Facebook and Twitter. According to Alba Heaven, Korea’s online part-time job portal, which conducted a survey [...]

[Kobiz Stats] Copyright Infringement by Year

[Kobiz Stats] Copyright Infringement by Year

[Related Article]  Culture Ministry Holds “Good Copyright” Campaign (Korea Bizwire, April 17) The Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism have collaborated with the Korea Copyright Commission and 12 other organizations to launch “Good Copyright” campaign. The campaign begins in earnest with a proclamation ceremony at KT Olleh Square in downtown Seoul on April 17. The [...]

19 Degrees Celsius: Threshold Temperature for Convenience Store Success

19 Degrees Celsius: Threshold Temperature for Convenience Store Success

SEOUL, Korea, April 17, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – A corporate study said the threshold temperature that determines the “good times” for convenience stores is 19 degrees Celsius. According to convenience store chain operator 7Eleven on April 16, its sales index begins to rise 100 from the time when the three-day average daily-high temperature surpasses 19 [...]

“One-person Families to Change Consumption Pattern”…LG Economic Research Inst.

“One-person Families to Change Consumption Pattern”…LG Economic Research Inst.

SEOUL, Korea, April 17, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – A study said the rise in the number of one-person households has contributed to increasing the overall consumption. According to a report “Single Households Change the Landscape of Consumption” published by LG Economic Research Institute on April 7, by the year 2020 the consumption increase attributed to [...]