SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of the members of the “MZ generation,” a Korean term referring to those aged between late 10s and 30s, buy clothes online, a survey showed Tuesday. The survey, conducted by Local pollster Open Survey, covered 2,000 men and women between the ages of 15 and 39, and [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — China’s Shanghai and Jilin Province are experiencing rapid spread of COVID-19, and local quarantine authorities have blamed imported clothes from South Korea as the source of the surge in cases. Chinese portal site Baidu’s top search keywords included ‘the possible correlation between the infections in the two regions and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The overall quality of clothes made by recycling plastic bottles is generally good and there are no safety concerns, a consumer watchdog said Wednesday. The Korea Consumer Agency tested the durability and safety of five recycled polyester garments produced by local sports brands that are now selling in the [...]
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, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid growing interest in environmental protection, eco-friendly clothes made of recyclable materials are enjoying rising popularity. E-mart Inc., South Korea’s largest hypermarket chain, announced on Wednesday that its in-house clothing brand DAIZ saw first-half sales of recycled clothes rise by 260 percent year on year. “The robust sales growth [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The “Newtro” craze for reinterpreting the retro look is leading growth in the so-called “reform” market, where people decorate or fix their own clothes or bags in their own style. In particular, this trend is spreading further as there have been frequent scenes of buying and reproducing products on [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean fashion company Handsome said Wednesday it will release the country’s first clothes designed with artificial intelligence technology. Handsome, an affiliate of Hyundai Department Store Group, said it joined forces with Designovel to create new patterns for clothes released under the SJYP brand. Designovel is a startup specializing [...]
SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Rental services, which in the past were typically limited to water purifiers or bidets in South Korea, are rapidly embracing other products. According to big data analysis firm Daumsoft, online mentions of “rental service” on blogs and Twitter more than doubled over the past three years from 75,300 in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean fabric manufacturer has launched a clinical trial of its heat-generating clothes to help diabetic patients keep their blood sugar levels under control, company officials and doctors said Tuesday. ReTend Co., the fabric maker, developed its own heat-generating clothes with a high-tech fabric named “TempUp” and let [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – PlayKiz Pro became the first children’s clothing brand to introduce a smart mirror, a new device that provides a virtual clothes-fitting experience for some 20 of its items. The mirror, manufactured by interactive visual solutions company Mogence, has the ability to estimate the size of the person standing in [...]