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 [...]
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 [...]