SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Drone delivery service will begin a testing phase for residents living on islands and in other remote areas. The Ministry of the Interior and Safety signed an agreement with Korea Post, government agencies, and local authorities to begin the pilot project. The project will set up a drone delivery [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Online shopping users value how fast a product is delivered when they choose a shopping mall, according to a recent survey. Market analysis agency DMC Media analyzed the Internet purchasing behavior of 1,000 men and women in their 20s to 50s who had Internet shopping experience for six months [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — In the age of 10 million pets, services for pet owners are evolving rapidly. According to pet industry watchers on Sunday, new services such as one-hour delivery of pet products, pet sitters, moving robot closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras and other services that were previously unavailable are emerging as a [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Fast food chains are expanding rapidly, boosted by delivery and kiosk services. Lotteria Co., a South Korean fast food franchise, revealed that 27.9 percent of total sales this year came from delivery services, which means that one out of four customers ordered Lotteria hamburgers through delivery. South Korean hamburger chain [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Online retailers in South Korea are scrambling to offer eco-friendly delivery services as environmental awareness is spreading among local consumers. Hello Nature, a South Korean online food market, announced on Wednesday that it will replace all delivery materials with boxes made of recyclable woven polyethylene and ice packs made [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — On April 1, plastic bags were banned from use in all department stores, malls, and shopping centers following the introduction of new legislation that will result in fines up to 3 million won if stores make use of plastic bags. While the legislation seems to be effective when it [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Home delivery services for essentials and easy-to-eat meals have risen amid an increase in the number of one-person households and dual-income families, industry sources said Monday. Kwangdong Pharmaceutial Co., a distributor of the bottled water Jeju Samdasoo, said it has launched a mobile app that delivers its products conveniently [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A man who has been working for many years as a delivery person at McDonald’s covered his face up by wearing a helmet, sunglasses and a face mask to protest against the American fast food chain’s dress code policy of requiring workers to wear jeans while on duty, at [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s IT firm SK Broadband Inc. said Monday it has joined forces with popular chain Domino’s Pizza to allow users to track locations of orders using Internet-of-Things (IoT) technology. SK Broadband said the delivery drivers of Domino’s will be given a device that connects to the ordering systems [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s retail industry is introducing quick delivery of fresh and frozen foods through phone orders, targeting single and double-income households, industry sources said Monday. Homeplus said more than 70 outlets across the country have adopted the service in which clients can buy fresh and frozen foods using their [...]