SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — As pop-up stores are gaining popularity among the “Generation MZ,” a Korean term referring to millennials and Generation Z, the South Korean food industry is coming up with similar marketing strategies to target the same generation. Pop-up stores are a great choice for viral marketing, industry analysts say, allowing [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — CJ Logistics Corp., a major South Korean logistics company, said it has signed an initial agreement with Saudi Arabian firm Beez Logistics as part of its efforts to expand its business in the Middle East. With the memorandum of understanding, CJ Logistics will share its logistics experience, technology and [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Major companies in South Korea saw their total first-quarter operating income plunge almost 50 percent on-year due to sluggish chip exports, a corporate tracker said Tuesday. The combined operating income of 309 out of South Korea’s top 500 companies by sales came to 25.9 trillion won (US$19.4 billion) in [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Starbucks Coffee Korea, which experienced a slowdown in sales growth last year, is seeking new ventures to secure a fresh growth engine. The company held a board meeting in late March and revised its articles of association to include 65 additional business purposes, according to industry sources. Among the [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean steelmakers are at odds with local shipyards over the price hike of thick steel plates used for shipbuilding, industry sources said Friday. Industry leader POSCO and other steelmakers are pushing for hike prices of 6 millimeter or thicker plates, citing soaring iron ore costs and electricity rates [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Hanwha Systems Co., the defense and ICT unit of South Korea’s Hanwha Group, said Friday it has won a US$34.5 million contract to supply its combat management system (CMS) to the Philippine Navy. Hanwha’s indigenous combat system will be installed in six 2,400-ton offshore patrol vessels, in a deal [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean logistics giant CJ Logistics Corp. is making a foray into the Middle East market by establishing a distribution center in Saudi Arabia, targeting cross-border e-commerce demand. The company said Thursday it had signed an agreement with Saudi’s General Authority of Civil Aviation to establish a global distribution [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — McDonald’s Korea said Thursday its net losses widened in 2022 from a year earlier, despite strong sales. Net losses deepened to 36.3 billion won (US$27.4 million) last year from 34.9 billion won in 2021, the South Korean unit of U.S. fast food giant McDonald’s said in a regulatory filing. [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Bibigo Mandu, frozen dumpling products of CJ Cheiljedang Corp., has begun sales in Australia’s biggest supermarket chain Woolworths, the major South Korean food manufacturing company said Wednesday. Starting this month, three types of Bibigo Mandu products — vegetable version, kimchi version and prawn version — have been available at [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea held a ceremony Wednesday to christen a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunker vessel equipped with a homegrown advanced cargo system, the industry ministry said. The Blue Whale ship was constructed at the dockyard of Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. in the southern port city of Ulsan for [...]