SEOUL, Dec.8 (Korea Bizwire) – Black Friday is still not over for those who made direct overseas purchases, as many have still not received the products they purchased from overseas online shopping malls. As deliveries have been delayed due to the flood of orders, it is taking longer than usual for Korean consumers get their [...]
SEOUL, Nov.30 (Korea Bizwire) – Americans were not the only shoppers to embrace Black Friday sales, as Koreans flocked to online stores to take advantage of huge discounts. According to Mall Tail, the largest domestic overseas online shopping agent, the number of consumers who visited their site doubled on November 28 (which was November 27 [...]
SEOUL, Nov.19 (Korea Bizwire) – The ‘original’ Black Friday is just 10 days away, drawing the attention of Korean ‘direct overseas shoppers’ as well as local consumers. After Black Friday, which falls on November 27, and Cyber Monday on November 30, huge sales will continue until the end of the year. During this period, consumers [...]
SEOUL, Nov.9 (Korea Bizwire) – With the American ‘Black Friday’ shopping frenzy only three weeks away, the credit card industry has ramped up marketing efforts, targeting those who make direct overseas purchases. As the number of people who make overseas purchases is increasing rapidly, credit card companies have started their promotions earlier than in previous [...]
SEJONG, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The first Korean ‘Black Friday’ shopping event, which was initiated by the government and promoted across the country over the past two weeks, ended on October 14. The event was a desperate attempt by the government to boost consumption, with domestic demand frozen and exports low. The promotion benchmarked [...]
SEJONG, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will host its own Black Friday super sales festival in early October to stimulate domestic spending critical for generating economic growth, the government said Tuesday. Asia’s fourth-largest economy has been hit hard by sagging exports and still weak consumer spending. Outbound shipments fell 14.9 percent on-year in [...]
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SEOUL, Korea, Dec 12 (Korea Bizwire) – At the end of the last month arrived Black Friday, the biggest shopping season of the year in the United States. Black Friday, the time when the shoppers can enjoy tremendous benefits, even had an impact on the Korean retail industry. During the Black Friday shopping season this year Korean [...]