SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Expectations for the normalization of economic activities are growing despite the spread of the omicron variant of the coronavirus and such expectations have lead to an increase in consumption of spring clothes and color cosmetics. According to Hyundai Department Store, a major department store chain, sales of women’s and [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — ‘Fancy’ is expected to be the new keyword for women’s clothes in this year’s spring-summer season. Samsung C&T Corp.’s fashion group picked Y2K fashion as this year’s spotlight fashion trend. Y2K fashion refers to a fashion trend that used to be popular in the late 1990s and early 2000s [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Collaboration between automakers and fashion companies is actively underway in recent days, with the range and pattern of such collaboration becoming more diverse. Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, joined hands with outdoor brand Eider last month to release a limited edition of the shoe ‘Quantum Niro.’ This shoe [...]
NEW YORK, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – JOOR, the world’s leading digital wholesale platform, today released its end of year figures for 2021. These data points confirm the continued acceleration of digital adoption among brands and retailers, and that even with the return of in-person markets and events, electronic B2B commerce continues to play an important [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — With the rise of what is known as “the body positivity movement,” whose main purpose centers around addressing unrealistic body standards, unrealistically tall and skinny mannequins are being replaced by plus-size ones. SPAO, a specialty retailer of private label apparel (SPA) brand run by E-Land World, will introduce mannequins [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — In the wake of ethical consumerism, a new fashion line-up has been introduced for pet lovers interested in the promotion of animals rights. Galleria Department Store, operated by Hanwha Solutions Corp., unveiled the Vegan Tiger pop-up store as part of the Right! EARTH project, which promotes the cause of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — NHN Corp., South Korea’s leading game and internet company, officially launched its fashion-specific artificial intelligence (AI) service AI Fashion on Wednesday. The service was developed using image search technology after analyzing data from various online shopping platforms both in South Korea and abroad. The highlight of the new service [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The members of K-pop supergroup BTS wore garments from a Korean eco-friendly fashion brand during their recent video performance at the UN headquarters. The septet wore suits by RE;CODE, an eco-friendly fashion brand run by South Korean company Kolon Industries FnC when they gave a speech at the opening of the Sustainable [...]
SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Fashion and retail companies are staging so-called ‘reverse season’ marketing campaigns in which they sell winter clothes during the hot summer months. Fashion retailer Shinsegae International Inc. recently unveiled foreign brands’ fall-winter season clothes at discounted prices of up to 68 percent. Prior to this, the fashion division of [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean fashion brands that have infiltrated the hearts of the MZ generation are leading the K-fashion craze overseas. Last May, street casual brand ADLV opened a shop at Australia’s QV center, located on Melbourne’s Lonsdale Street. The company said that crowds were seen lining up in front of [...]