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30% of Korean Students Consider Plastic Surgeries to Get Jobs

30% of Korean Students Consider Plastic Surgeries to Get Jobs

SEOUL, Korea, April 18, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Among ten university students, as many as three are considering plastic surgeries to land jobs, especially on their eyes and teeth.  According to a survey conducted by Career, a job portal, on their concern on “plastic surgery for jobs” asking 505 university students, 30.5 percent said that [...]

Middle-aged Men Spend More on Making Themselves Look Better

Middle-aged Men Spend More on Making Themselves Look Better

Seoul, Korea, April 14, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Middle-aged men are leading the fashion market, buying up high-priced cosmetic items, wristwatches, casual wear, and fashion accessories for themselves. For example, the sales of business suits are in decline while those for casual wear are rising fast. At Lotte Department Store, the share of formal suits [...]

[Kobiz Infographics] How to Care for Your Elbows and Heels

[Kobiz Infographics] How to Care for Your Elbows and Heels

SEOUL, Korea, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) – When it comes to skin care, your elbows and heels are the bodily parts where most people would not take care of in timely manner. If you have dry skin, though, you’re likely to suffer from skin problems for those “hidden” parts of your bodies, especially during the [...]

Sunglasses Sales Rise in Fear of the Fine Dust

Sunglasses Sales Rise in Fear of the Fine Dust

SEOUL, Korea, Mar 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The sales of sunglasses have soared unseasonably “thanks to” the fine dust originating from China. According to Shinsegae Department Store, the sales of sunglasses in January and February this year have increased 29.1 percent over the same period in the previous year, which is a record high. When [...]

Domestic Furniture Makers Brace for Big Battle against IKEA

Domestic Furniture Makers Brace for Big Battle against IKEA

SEOUL, Korea, Feb 25 (Korea Bizwire) – As the world’s largest furniture maker IKEA is launching its first store in Korea this year, local furniture makers are busy preparing a battle against the “furniture dinosaur.” IKEA is working diligently to open the largest furniture store in Korea at Gwangmyeong, southwest of Seoul, and prepared for [...]

Styletag, the Inspiring Mobile Fashion App, Rules the Streets of New York Fashion Week

Styletag, the Inspiring Mobile Fashion App, Rules the Streets of New York Fashion Week

NEW YORK, Feb. 14, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – For Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, Styletag – the new mobile app for iOS and Android that curates crowd-sourced fashion content from around the globe – hit the streets to capture and showcase the most exciting new trends coming down the real runway: the sidewalks of New York City. While [...]

“Attack of SPAs” to Intensify This Year

“Attack of SPAs” to Intensify This Year

SEOUL, Korea, Feb 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The three foreign fashion brands, including Uniqlo, Zara, and H&M, which account for more than 50 percent of the domestic budget-price apparel market, are moving aggressively this year to expand in Korea. According to fashion industry sources on February 4, Japan’s Uniqlo, Zara of Spain, and Swedish clothier Hennes [...]

New Fashion Accessories for UGG and UGG-Inspired Boots Lets Fashion Minded Create Own Style

New Fashion Accessories for UGG and UGG-Inspired Boots Lets Fashion Minded Create Own Style

LOS ANGELES, Jan 30, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Mirabella,  a new Los Angeles-based company, recently launched its new product line  of fashionable accessories for UGG® and other shearling boots. This  revolutionary, original product takes the power of fashion design and  puts it in the hands of women and girls across the country, allowing  them to create [...]