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End of Growth for Hypermarkets?

SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Hypermarkets, which offer a wide range of products under one roof, once prospered in Korea. Recently, however, sales growth has stagnated with a rapid change in consumer behavior. According to industry watchers, hypermarkets in Korea anticipated high growth this year, following poor performance in 2015 from widespread public fear [...]

E-land’s Hypermarket Sale Boils Down to Three-Way Race

SEOUL, Feb. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The sale of Kim’s Club, a hypermarket chain of South Korean fashion and retail conglomerate E-land Group, has drawn proposals from three bidders, with a preferred bidder to be selected next month, industry sources said Monday. Kim’s Club, the nation’s fourth-largest supermarket chain with 37 outlets, was put up [...]