SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of cosmetics grew at the slowest pace in eight years in 2019 amid a litany of unfavorable external factors, industry data showed Thursday. Overseas shipments of cosmetics stood at US$6.49 billion last year, up 3.6 percent from a year earlier, according to the data from the [...]
SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band BTS is revitalizing South Korean retail industry that has been suffering from a precipitous drop in demand prompted by the coronavirus outbreak after clothing, massage chairs, and other products touted by the boy band have seen a major sales boost. BTS’s worldwide popularity, in particular, is [...]
SEOUL, April 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Although the domestic fashion market has been hit hard by the novel coronavirus outbreak expensive brands are doing well. Despite the overall slump in consumption, industry analysts say that the pent-up desire for consumption is leading to an increase in purchases of luxury goods to display wealth. At the [...]
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of beauty products to Russia jumped nearly ninefold in 2019 from five years earlier on the back of the growing popularity of Korean pop culture, data showed Wednesday. South Korea’s exports of beauty products to Russia reached US$137.3 million in 2019, up from $15.5 million posted [...]
SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The outbreak of the novel coronavirus is changing the landscape of vanity tables across South Korea. While demand for makeup products generally increases during this time of the year, many so-called “trouble care” cosmetics are being sold this year as wearing a mask has become routine with the COVID-19 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – In the wake of the spread of the novel coronavirus outbreak, a growing number of people are buying clothes online. On the other hand, the cosmetics industry, which has suspended face-to-face services such as makeup demonstrations, is suffering from a sharp drop in sales. An online mall Handsome.com run [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — British luxury brand Burberry has cancelled its invitations of South Korean celebrities and branch workers to its show at London Fashion Week due to coronavirus concerns, the company said Tuesday. Actor Yoo Ah-in and actress Gong Hyo-jin, as well as employees of Burberry Korea, were scheduled to attend the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of beauty products to Japan advanced nearly 30 percent in the first 11 months of last year, data showed Sunday, despite the ongoing bilateral trade row stemming from their shared history. Asia’s No. 4 economy shipped US$370 million worth of beauty products to Japan in the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Instead of following the uniform trend and falling into a groove, 2020 will be the year of consumers choosing their preferred brands based on the beliefs and values they seek. The Samsung Fashion Institute said Monday that consumers’ needs will be increasingly fragmented next year and brands are also [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — China was the biggest buyer of South Korean beauty products last year, accounting for more than 60 percent, a report showed Tuesday. The report compiled by the Korea International Trade Association (KITA) showed that 65.6 percent of outbound shipments of locally made cosmetics products headed to China, Hong Kong [...]