SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Young Koreans in the “Generation MZ,” a term used in Korea to encompass millennials and Generation Z, are displaying a keen interest in designer brand bags, which have gone viral on social media platforms. According to an analysis of handbag category sales from January to May of this year [...]
BUSAN, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Busan’s Haeundae District received a design award in Hong Kong for an upcycling project that turns old clothes into bags. The ‘Upcycle Closet Project,’ co-hosted by the district and the Haeundae Technology Education Center, won the Social Innovation Award at the 2020 Future Tense Design Award. The award from [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — GS The Fresh, a hypermarket franchise, and 119Reo, a social startup, announced Thursday that they will hold a collaboration event to give out bags made from old firefighter uniforms. 119Reo is a social startup dedicated to recycling firefighter uniforms to produce bags, backpacks and accessories, and donate a certain [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – The Musterbag Smart Edition is a backpack that uses IoT sensors so parents can check if their children arrive safely at school, and then back home in the afternoon. The bag was first introduced in early December in a joint venture between telecommunications company SK Telecom and children’s bag [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – As most people tend to have one or two children and concentrate their resources on them, the infant clothing industry is seeing revenue growth from ancillary products like dolls, bags and toys rather than clothing. Accessories for infants are said to be effective in opening the wallets of aunts, [...]