SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Prices of couches and wardrobes sold by IKEA Korea, the local unit of Swedish furniture giant IKEA, are 15-20 percent higher than those in other countries, a poll showed Monday. The survey by local consumer advocacy group Consumer Research showed that the price of 126 products sold in the [...]
SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) – A position once occupied by down jackets from The North Face and Canada Goose has now been taken over by Randoseru backpacks from Japan, the latest “must-have” for Korean elementary school children, and a financial backbreaker for their parents. According to Consumer Research, which conducted a study on major brands [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Expensive luxury goose down jackets came to be discovered that they were actually filled with duck down, not pricier goose down. When Consumer Research, a CN Media company, surveyed a total of 25 down jackets, among which 16 items were from eight imported premium brands and nine products were [...]