SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc., a major home appliance maker in South Korea, on Thursday said it has named Formula One star Lewis Hamilton as a brand ambassador for its luxury line of premium products. LG said Hamilton will promote the LG Signature brand, which the company uses for its high-end [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Thursday that more content on the Korean Wave of popular culture can be watched on its smart TVs via its streaming service as the company tries to attract more consumers in major markets amid the pandemic-driven stay-at-home trend. LG Channels will now have more content [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc., a major South Korean home appliance maker, said Wednesday it will expand its washer-dryer combo lineup with large capacity products to better meet consumer demand. LG WashTower is a washer-dryer combo that combines a front-loading washing machine and a dryer into a single laundry appliance. The [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc., a major home appliance maker in South Korea, is expected to release the industry’s first rollable TV next month, sources here said Tuesday, as the company tries to expand its presence in the high-end TV market. LG recently opened a website dedicated to the Signature OLED [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The global TV market is expected to expand in the third quarter of the year due to pent-up demand amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, a report said Tuesday, boding well for South Korean electronics firms. Global TV shipments in the July-September period were estimated to reach 56.88 million units, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s major home appliance makers are going head-to-head in the kimchi refrigerator market after they released new models with improved designs and advanced food preservation technologies. Kimchi, a traditional Korean side dish normally made of fermented cabbage, salt and hot peppers, is eaten with almost all meals for [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Wednesday that sales of its new homebrewing machine have been brisk in South Korea since its launch in July, apparently taking a boost from the pandemic-driven stay-at-home trend. The tech firm said LG HomeBrew sales between July and August jumped 50 percent compared to a [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday launched new small-size laundry appliances with upgraded artificial intelligence (AI) features to target single-person households and small families. Samsung added a 10-kilogram front-load washer and a 9-kg dryer to its Grande AI laundry lineup in the South Korean market. This is the first time [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Sunday signed a partnership agreement with South Korea’s leading furniture maker Hanssem Co. to expand business opportunities amid the pandemic-driven stay-at-home trend. Under the deal, Samsung will cooperate with Hanssem in the home interior remodeling business. The tech giant will provide its latest home appliances [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. became the top player in the global TV and video streaming device market in the first quarter of the year, a report showed Thursday, as more people use internet video streaming services at home amid the pandemic. Samsung accounted for 14 percent of devices in use [...]