SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — An annual sale offered on November 11 by the Turkish edition of the popular Korean e-commerce website 11Street has become Turkey’s most popular “shopping day” just three years after it was first held. The website known as n11 (www.n11.com) revealed yesterday that it had recorded approximately 50 billion won [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s online malls have raked in sales during massive discount campaigns held well in advance of Black Friday in the United States, according to industry insiders Sunday. Major online malls and market places presented door-busting deals in early November to entice consumers even before department stores and discount [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Customs Service and Korea Post announced yesterday that they will be cracking down on “fake” branded goods produced in China from November 11 to 30. The crackdown is in response to the worry that a significant number of fake products will infiltrate the nation during Singles’ Day, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Of the many foreign-made household appliances that can be purchased directly from foreign e-commerce websites, electric stoves and vacuum cleaners were found to be cheaper on foreign websites, while air purifiers produced overseas were cheaper on local websites. According to a comparison survey by the Korea Consumer Agency (KCA) [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — With the market for e-commerce continuing to grow rapidly, delivery services offered by online shopping platforms are also evolving quickly. Delivery, the last step of the e-commerce experience, has come to greatly affect customer satisfaction levels, which is why many online platforms are adopting the promise of same-day delivery. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — CJ Logistics Corp., a major South Korean logistics firm, said Monday it will build a new distribution center and hire thousands more couriers in Thailand in the next two years to become the No. 1 player in the Southeast Asian country’s parcel service sector. The company began its parcel [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — With an increasing number of South Korean women opting to work instead of staying at home, and as simple eating habits grow in popularity, e-commerce websites offering side dishes are making great strides. Last year, the market for online sales of side dishes surpassed 100 billion won, and with [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. online travel company Expedia Group Inc. said Tuesday it will closely review feedback from customers in South Korea, one of the most wired countries in the world, to better accommodate the increasing number of travelers using mobile transactions globally. According to the company, more than 50 percent of [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s retail giant Lotte said Monday a new department in charge of the business group’s online businesses is set to be launched this week as the conglomerate revs up efforts to cope with the rapid expansion of the country’s online market. Earlier in May, Lotte unveiled the plan [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of South Korean consumers are rushing to online stores to buy fresh food products that have traditionally been purchased at large supermarkets or hypermarkets. According to mobile e-commerce company Ticket Monster, the company’s online “supermarket” that sells daily necessities via the Internet revealed today that fresh [...]