DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Majid Al Futtaim – the leading shopping mall, communities, retail and leisure pioneer across the Middle East, Africa and Asia – is setting new precedents for retail with the launch of the region’s first check-out free store, Carrefour City+. Opened today in Mall of the Emirates, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Convenience store operators are competing over rather unusual luxury gifts with the Chuseok holiday just around the corner. Stores expect that consumers will replace gifts with luxury goods as many are bound to spend the Korean Thanksgiving holidays indoors and engage in so-called ‘revenge spending.’ GS25 released a 2.03-carat [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Convenience store chain E-Mart 24 is set to launch a special promotion in which it offers luxury brand items through drawing lots to those who buy beverages there. The promotion is open to customers who are 19 or older. Those who buy five drink pouches and register through the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Convenience store chain 7-Eleven on Tuesday opened a new store that will serve as a place to test future operational environments of the future using next-generation digital technology. The DT Lab Store that opened on the first floor of Lotte Data Communication Co.’s headquarters building in southern Seoul, is [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — E-Mart24 Inc., the convenience store arm of South Korean retail giant Shinsegae, introduced an artificial intelligence (AI)-based unmanned liquor vending machine at its main store in Seoul’s Seongdong District on Monday. The vending machine, similar to a liquor refrigerator, automatically processes payments after customers select their beverages of choice. [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s major convenience store chain CU said Thursday it has launched two stores in a new international airport in Mongolia as part of efforts to boost its presence in the country. CU said the company has become the first South Korean convenience store chain that has established outlets [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Convenience store chain CU has set up a liquor vending machine at Sorak Sunvalley Resort branch in Goseong, Gangwon Province. Once authorized as an adult using a mobile app, anyone can purchase various kinds of liquor using a credit card or a mobile device. It is the first liquor [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean convenience store chain E-Mart 24 has released a ‘stock lunch box’ in collaboration with Hana Financial Investment Co. Those who buy the stock lunch boxes have a chance to receive a coupon conferring ownership of one share of 10 stocks, including Naver, Hyundai Motor and Samsung Electronics. [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Convenience stores are seeing a boost in sauce and seasoning sales as more consumers have been shopping at nearby convenience stores rather than grocery stores following the coronavirus outbreak. Convenience store chain CU reported a 27.2 percent on year increase in sauce and seasoning sales, with sales of sauces [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Package discounts offered at convenience store chains are evolving as brands try to one up one another. Alongside with the common 1+1 or 2+1 deals, in which customers can get one more for free if they purchase one or two of the same product, convenience store brands are coming [...]