SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The total value of online shopping in South Korea soared nearly 25 percent in February from a year earlier, data showed Friday, as more people refrained from going outside amid the coronavirus pandemic. Total online transactions reached 11.9 trillion won (US$9.67 billion) in the month, up 24.5 percent from [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. online shopping giant eBay is looking to unload its South Korean unit. The e-commerce industry believes that there are a few large retail companies that could potentially buy eBay Korea in the South Korean market due to its large size. According to industry sources, the deal as a [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — While online shopping has become a key retail channel, there are wide variations in channel preferences by different age groups. According to a survey by South Korean retail industry analysis service WiseRetail last year on the value of payments for online services by generation, people in their 20s paid [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The e-commerce industry, which has long emphasized “fast delivery,” is now expanding its services, with competition now turning to offering “easy returns”. South Korea’s major shopping portal 11st said Monday that it has introduced a service to offset return costs caused by customers exchanging products, in which an insurance [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The most popular keywords in the South Korean online shopping market this year are “one day” and “one person.” Interpark, an online shopping site, said in a recent report that marketing kicked off in Korea’s e-commerce industry this year using so-called “one-day” promotions. One-day promotions refer to sales events [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Competition between domestic and overseas online retail companies is unfair, and industry support systems need to be overhauled to preempt the global e-commerce market, according to a recent study. According to a report commissioned by the Korea Economic Research Institute to Prof. Jung Yeon-sung of Dankook University, obstacles to the development [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The furniture industry is stepping up its online business. Through online markets, furniture manufacturers are able to introduce a variety of products without the limitations of space, and are in turn benefiting from lower operating costs. A notable change was made by Swedish furniture giant IKEA, which entered the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s retail giants are increasingly turning their eyes to the luxury segment for their e-commerce business in an apparent move to differentiate themselves from online competitors. Lotte Shopping Co., the operator of South Korea’s biggest department store and a leading discount store, opened its first online shopping mall [...]
SEJONG, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans’ direct purchases from foreign countries rose 20 percent in the first six months of 2019 from a year earlier as more consumers opted to buy quality goods at cheap prices, customs data showed Tuesday. South Korean shoppers bought a total of US$1.58 billion worth of foreign goods [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans’ complaints about cross-border transactions have skyrocketed over the past three years due to a sharp rise in overseas travel and direct purchases from foreign countries, a state-run consumer agency said Sunday. The number of complaints about direct overseas purchases and foreign travel services came to 3,933 cases [...]