SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Customers have been flocking to a pop-up store that was recently opened in Busan by the convenience chain GS25. GS25 and Won Spirits Co. opened up the pop-up store “GS Won” in Busan’s Busanjin District on Tuesday. The shop was set up to celebrate the release of Won Soju [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Fire extinguishers placed at some 16,000 GS25 convenience stores across the country will become available to the public. The National Fire Agency said Wednesday that anyone can now use the fire extinguishers placed at nearby GS25 outlets. The change is the result of an agreement signed by the agency [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — GS25, a South Korean convenience store chain owned by GS Retail Co., opened a futuristic convenience store without a checkout counter in Jung District, Seoul on Tuesday. The store, which is located in the headquarters building of a local credit card company BC Card, is similar to Amazon Go, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — GS25, a South Korean convenience store chain owned by GS Retail, said Thursday it has suspended sales of four flavored e-cigarettes, a day after the government strongly advised people not to use such vaping products over serious health risks. Health and Welfare Minister Park Neung-hoo on Wednesday advised people [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting in June, customers are expected to be able to charge shared electric bicycles or kickboards at GS25 convenience stores. GS25 announced on Wednesday that it will set up an electric bicycle and kickboard charging service facility at its stores in partnership with the shared micro-mobility integrated platform “GoGoSing.” [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — GS25, a major convenience store chain operated by GS Retail Co. introduced on Monday a new “half-priced” delivery service, and promising discounts of up to 65 percent compared to conventional convenience store parcel delivery services. The half-priced delivery service is a parcel delivery service through which customers apply for [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — So-called ‘idol sandwiches,’ known to be favored by certain K-pop stars, are selling like hotcakes at convenience stores. GS25, a major convenience store franchise, said that YouUs Idol’s Favorite Sandwich topped all food sales charts just two and a half months after its release, with more than 5 million [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — GS25, a convenience store brand managed by GS Group, announced yesterday that the number of GS25 stores that offer coffee products distributed under its own coffee brand, Cafe 25, had expanded to 10,000 outlets. The feat was achieved just 30 months after Cafe 25 first started selling its products [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — When Chung Sung-yeop opened a franchise convenience store in a commercial district of northern Seoul in 2015, there was one competing store within a 1-kilometer radius. Since then, three more convenience stores have opened within easy reach of his outlet, squeezing profits and hurting sales. “Literally, the convenience store [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of fresh food products in small quantities and home meal replacements have grown substantially with single- and dual-person households emerging as primary consumers. In the past two weeks, sales of GS Supermarket’s “single-serving vegetable” packets were 68.7 percent higher than in the two weeks directly following the date [...]