SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A government-backed consumer coupon program has driven a notable increase in sales at South Korea’s smallest merchants while also lifting household spending among shop owners, Shinhan Card said Thursday. An analysis by the company’s Big Data Research Center found that after the rollout of the “livelihood recovery consumer coupons,” [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s finance ministry said Friday the government will issue a set of coupons for local accommodations and tour packages in line with efforts to boost domestic consumption. The move came a day after President Yoon Suk Yeol declared an end to almost all COVID-19 restrictions in the latest [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — As the center of the food service industry is shifting to the delivery market, initiatives to attempt to woo celebrities to certain platforms as well as reward consumers with coupons are stirring up controversy. Baedal Minjok, South Korea’s leading food delivery app, recently drew the ire of the public [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Court has ruled that the practice of selling coupons for plastic surgery through online shopping malls and claiming a certain portion of the treatment cost as commission is illegal. The Supreme Court accepted prior court decisions in cases involving an online shopping mall representative and a plastic [...]