SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — CU, South Korea’s second-largest convenience store chain by revenue, said Tuesday it will add nine payment options, mostly from Southeast Asian countries, in the latest move to boost the convenience of foreign tourists. The new payment options, which are set to begin next month, include Hong Kong’s AlipayHK, the [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean convenience store chains are placing a bigger focus on developing specialty stores aimed at attracting more customers by providing them with distinguished and special consumption experiences. GS25, for instance, currently operates four types of flagship stores, including café-type stores, liquor-centered stores and finance-specialized stores. The liquor-centered store [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — CU, South Korea’s top convenience store chain, said Thursday it has opened its 200th outlet in Mongolia as part of the company’s push to expand its presence in the landlocked East Asian country. The launch came four years after CU made forays into the Mongolian market through a franchise [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The changes in government policy against COVID-19 have influenced consumption patterns. Sales of hangover helpers and travel kits rose by 28.4 percent and 22.6 percent, respectively, in November of last year, following the introduction of the government’s ‘With Corona’ policy, according to the convenience store chain CU. In contrast, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — CU, South Korea’s top convenience store chain, said Thursday it has established its 50th outlet in Malaysia as part of its overseas push. The opening comes nine months after CU set up its first outlet at a shopping mall in a middle-class neighborhood in the Malaysian capital of Kuala [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Convenience store chain CU has teamed up with rental service startup Aroundable to launch the “Pick and Pick” rent service at five stores. Users will be able to rent about 300 items in 11 categories, including gaming consoles, beauty devices, camping equipment and sporting goods. The minimum rental period [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Convenience store chain Emart24 said Wednesday that it has introduced an emergency detection system and cigarette vending machines at its fully automated Smart Coex store in southern Seoul to maximize security and convenience. The emergency detection system is capable of detecting various emergencies including customers collapsing or property damage [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Convenience store chain 7-Eleven said Monday that it will begin test driving ‘Neubie’, an autonomous, short-range delivery robot, at a store in Seoul’s Seocho district. The robot, equipped with a camera-based autonomous driving system, demonstrates outstanding performance in maneuvering in urban areas and is capable of delivery under various [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — E-Mart24 Inc., the convenience store arm of South Korean retail giant Shinsegae, said Thursday it will open its fourth store in Malaysia late this month as part of its overseas push. The new outlet, slated to open at the end of this month, will be located in a residential-commercial [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Convenience store chains have been releasing a string of extraordinary food items targeting those in their 20s and 30s who have a preference for new tastes. GS25 is set to release ‘soda-fragrance hoppang’ at the end of this month. Hoppang is a Korean term referring to a convenience food [...]