SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Airbnb Inc. launched a campaign on Monday to call for a revision to the law to allow South Koreans to share their homes with domestic travelers in the country’s major cities, it said. Under South Korea’s Tourism Promotion Act, residents in urban areas, excluding rural communities defined by law, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — With the market for e-commerce continuing to grow rapidly, delivery services offered by online shopping platforms are also evolving quickly. Delivery, the last step of the e-commerce experience, has come to greatly affect customer satisfaction levels, which is why many online platforms are adopting the promise of same-day delivery. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — CJ Logistics Corp., a major South Korean logistics firm, said Monday it will build a new distribution center and hire thousands more couriers in Thailand in the next two years to become the No. 1 player in the Southeast Asian country’s parcel service sector. The company began its parcel [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — With an increasing number of South Korean women opting to work instead of staying at home, and as simple eating habits grow in popularity, e-commerce websites offering side dishes are making great strides. Last year, the market for online sales of side dishes surpassed 100 billion won, and with [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., South Korea’s leading wireless and fixed-line services provider, said Monday its mobile shopping service using augmented reality (AR) technology placed first among dozens of global innovative services rated by a market consulting firm. The company’s AR Market, which allows users to look at AR videos of products [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Thanks to the newly imposed government edict limiting official working hours to 52 per week, an increasing number of men were found to be shopping online for household goods after spending more time at home in the evening after returning from work. According to the popular e-commerce website Auction, [...]
SEJONG, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Purchases made using the Internet and mobile devices in South Korea reached an all-time high in July, government data showed Wednesday, demonstrating the popularity of smartphones, fast delivery and convenient payment options offered to local shoppers. The total value of transactions made with computers, smartphones and tablets reached a [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean retailers are increasingly joining hands with Chinese mobile payment platforms to attract more Chinese visitors as they strive to recover from the fallout from a diplomatic row between Seoul and Beijing, industry sources said Thursday. Shinsegae DF Inc. said it has adopted UnionPay’s QR code payment system [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The popular e-commerce company Coupang announced yesterday that it was initiating “Coupang Flex,” which will provide new jobs for those looking to perform deliveries for the company. “Coupang Flex” will allow applicants to freely select work dates that fit their personal schedule. Coupang explained this would enable applicants like [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — With the recent series of fires in BMW vehicles and Korean-made cars, car safety items are selling better than ever. Ticket Monster, a leading e-commerce website, said revenue derived from sales of car fire extinguishers during a period of two weeks between August 1 to 14 grew by 3,246 [...]