SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A foreign children fashion brand is gaining attention after releasing a series of new clothes with large inscriptions of Korean letters. Mini Rodini, a Swedish fashion brand for children popular in South Korea for its unique, colorful patterns, recently released a series of new clothes for spring and summer, [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Expensive luxury brands are racking up strong sales despite the coronavirus outbreak. Consumers, denied oversea travel, have resorted to spending on luxury goods instead, gaining popularity among the MZ Generation (millennials and Generation Z) in particular. The Financial Supervisory Service reported that Christian Dior Couture Korea Co., the South [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean cosmetics giant AmorePacific Corp. said Wednesday that it would launch a Base Picker service to provide customized foundation and cushion products to personal customers. Customers will be able to purchase customized foundation or cushion products after opting for a glow or semi-matte finish and selecting from 100 [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Cosmetics brand “road shops” – street-level retail shops with storefronts – have shut down in considerable numbers as the coronavirus continues to take a toll on the cosmetics industry. The Korea Fair Trade Commission reported that Missha, a South Korean budget cosmetic brand, shut down 164 road shops last [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of cosmetics shot up 16 percent in 2020 from a year earlier, data showed Sunday, on the back of the growing demand from the United States and Asian countries. Outbound shipments of cosmetics reached US$7.57 billion last year, according to the data compiled by the Korea [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — With the wedding aisle adorned with a load of white and pink flowers and fancy dining tables decorated for the occasion, 38-year-old Choi Yu-mi’s wedding looked like a typically lavish Korean marriage ceremony, except that the wedding hall held only dozens of guests, not hundreds. Tables laden with flower [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study revealed that South Koreans prefer a woman with an oval face, wide forehead and small lips. The female face shape preferred by South Koreans turned out to be different from the one preferred by Paraguayans. A joint research team from the Catholic University of Korea Seoul [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The Samsung Fashion Institute said Thursday it had selected ‘R.E.S.C.U.E.’ as next year’s fashion market keyword. ‘R.E.S.C.U.E,’ a combination of six phrases, refers to the urgent rescue that the fashion market is in need of. ‘R’ refers to ‘restoration first,’ meaning that the priority of the fashion market is [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean cosmetics and desserts continue to be popular among Japanese women despite cold Korea-Japan relations. Shibuya 109, a popular Japanese fashion mall, conducted a survey of 600 female customers between the ages of 15 and 24, showing that many of them prefer Korean products, the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite the prolonged economic recession resulting from the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, sales of luxury items have marked a sharp increase. According to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, sales of luxury items at the nation’s major department stores were up 9.2 percent year on year in [...]