SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s privacy watchdog said Thursday it has fined the Korean units of luxury brands Louis Vuitton, Dior and Tiffany a combined 36 billion won (US$24.9 million) over leaks of customer information. The Personal Information Protection Commission made the decision in a plenary meeting the previous day, imposing on [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — French luxury brand Dior has come under scrutiny in South Korea for failing to report a recent data breach involving Korean customers to the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA), as required under domestic law, a lawmaker’s office said Wednesday. According to Rep. Choi Soo-jin of the ruling People Power [...]
SEOUL, July 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The French luxury brand Christian Dior began to raise prices of its major bags Thursday, industry sources said, as people’s demand for luxury goods has not been subdued even amid the pandemic-caused economic slump. Dior will increase the price tags of its major products, including Dior Lady bags, by [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The wedding of the “Song-Song Couple” was an international event, with Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi attending and French luxury brand Dior designing the bride’s wedding gown. Through its official Instagram account, Dior showed behind-the-scenes photos of how the white dress composed of satin silk was put together. After sewing [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Dior is opening Asia’s largest flagship store in Cheongdam-dong, Seoul on June 20. ‘House of Dior’, a building designed by French architect Christian de Portzamparc, is made to look like a white dress slipping out of a gift box. Portzamparc drew inspiration from the light texture and shape of [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) – A study shows that the VIPs’ most favored beauty product brand is Sisley. According to “Avenuel,” a monthly magazine published by Lotte Department Store, a survey conducted on 100 most valuable guests of its Jamsil store showed that the respondents favored Sisley most among other cosmetics brands. “Sulhwasoo” was [...]