SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Delivery subscriptions for products other than conventional newspapers or milk are becoming more popular in South Korea, and now address a variety of needs and wants including personal interests and pastime activities. According to BINS 3.0, SK Planet’s social analysis system, online mentions of “delivery subscription” – on blogs, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean firefighters may soon start using drones in their search and rescue missions, while remote controlled drones may also help save lives by airlifting much needed medicine and other emergency supplies to people in areas often stranded by seasonal floods or heavy snowfall, the government said Thursday. One [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Fast Retailing Co., a public Japanese retail holding company that operates UNIQLO, plans to establish a “next-day delivery service” where products ordered through its online store are delivered the next day. Industry experts say that the Japanese company is taking countermeasures against Amazon, which provides same-day or next-day delivery services, [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent report indicates that eight out of ten restaurants nationwide that offer delivery have partnerships with delivery applications. Baedal Minjok, Baedaltong, and Yogiyo issued a joint report that revealed statistics about restaurants offering delivery services. The researchers investigated 702 restaurants nationwide from November 2015 to February 2016, to [...]
SEOUL, Feb.24 (Korea Bizwire) – A new service that offers delivery for convenience store items such as boxed meals and bottled water is gaining popularity. According to representatives from convenience store chain CU, the number of deliveries made in January jumped 10.5 times compared to July 2015. Since June 2015, CU has provided delivery services [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea’s parcel delivery industry is in the early stages of a ‘delivery war’ between well established logistics companies and social commerce businesses. CJ Korea Express announced a new delivery option called ’CJ The Fast Delivery’ service, which offers same-day parcel delivery for orders that are placed before 11 a.m. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – As Homeplus has changed ownership from England’s Tesco to the all-Korean MBK Partners, the company seems to be planning an aggressive revamp of its business practices with a focus on improvements. This could lead to severe competition in the industry. Considering the past, MBK might try to elevate the [...]