SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. online shopping giant eBay is looking to unload its South Korean unit. The e-commerce industry believes that there are a few large retail companies that could potentially buy eBay Korea in the South Korean market due to its large size. According to industry sources, the deal as a [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean boy band sensation BTS’s new album, “Map of the Soul: Persona,” is sweeping across music charts in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan. The BTS fever is also hot on eBay, where K-pop related goods have recently seen a surge in popularity eBay Korea announced [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Kmall24, an online store managed by the Korean International Trade Association (KITA) that supports direct overseas purchases online, has started aggressively targeting consumers abroad through Amazon Japan and eBay. According to the KITA, Kmall24 is the first organization that supports exports on Amazon Japan. The company registered 201 items [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Planet, South Korea’s leading e-commerce platform operator, said Sunday it has launched its flagship online shopping site in Malaysia as part of its overseas expansion. 11street, the online open-market site run by SK Planet, began its service there Friday, under the Internet domain www.11street.my and via its mobile [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) – As more Korean consumers seek overseas direct purchases, consumer complaints are mounting in the sector. Most complaints were related to delivery issues and product defects. The Korea Consumer Agency announced on April 7 that the number of consumer counseling cases related to overseas direct purchases skyrocketed from 149 cases [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Among Korean preparatory entrepreneurs who plan to build a start-up overseas, eBay was selected as the most favorable online distribution channel. According to Teranova Korea, overseas start-up consultant agency which conducted a survey interviewing 910 preparatory entrepreneurs, 37 percent of the respondents picked eBay as the preferable channel for overseas [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — More than a half of Koreans who have purchased overseas goods directly used Amazon, world’s largest online shop. According to the Korea Consumer Agency which conducted a customer satisfaction survey among 1,000 Koreans with experience of overseas direct purchase in the past two years, 55.9 percent of them have purchased [...]
SEOUL, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) – A mobile-video media commerce selling beauty products at the lowest prices will be soon launched in June. “Women’s Talk,” Korea’s first media commerce service, will begin its first broadcasting on June 9 in which celebrities introduce new beauty brands and give out beauty tips and know-how from midnight every [...]
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SEOUL, Korea, Dec 12 (Korea Bizwire) – At the end of the last month arrived Black Friday, the biggest shopping season of the year in the United States. Black Friday, the time when the shoppers can enjoy tremendous benefits, even had an impact on the Korean retail industry. During the Black Friday shopping season this year Korean [...]