SEOUL, Apr. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Department Store is venturing into a new platform business aimed at boosting the global reach of Korean fashion brands and K-content like entertainment. The retailer has launched The Hyundai Global, a dedicated export platform that will discover content for overseas markets, handle logistics like customs clearance and inventory management, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The utilization of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the retail industry is advancing beyond basic search functionalities, personalized recommendations, and chatbot consultations, towards unmanned and hyper-personalized services. According to recent industry reports, a competitive race in AI development and application is unfolding across various sectors, including e-commerce, department stores, supermarkets, convenience [...]
SEOUL, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Department Store Co. said Monday it will open the first official Disney store in South Korea near Seoul this week. The 264-square-meter Disney store in Pangyo, just south of Seoul, is set to open Tuesday, offering around 300 types of official Disney products that have never been introduced [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Michelin-star chef Gordon Ramsay’s Street Burger restaurant is set to open in Hyundai Department Store in southern Seoul, company officials said Monday. Street Burger is a namesake casual burger joint founded in 2020 by the British celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay. The Seoul restaurant will be the first global location [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Department Store Co. will open ‘VR Pangyo Land’ in its Pangyo branch, south of Seoul, from May 14 to 30 where customers can experience a 360-degree virtual reality department store. At the VR department store, customers can virtually visit around 50 locations throughout Hyundai Department Store Pangyo’s 11 [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Department Store Co., a major department store chain, has taken the initiative to innovate its reporting system as part of efforts to make itself a better workplace for the MZ generation, which refers to those born between 1980 and the early 2000s as a combination of millennials and [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Department Store announced on Sunday that it had teamed up with the Ministry of Environment to launch the “Play Green Friends” campaign. The campaign, designed to promote the collection and reuse of plastic containers, will be carried out from June 5 to 11 at 15 Hyundai Department Stores [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s large retailers affiliated with family-controlled conglomerates, or chaebol, account for more than 60 percent of violations of a related law over the past five years, a report showed Wednesday. The Fair Trade Commission (FTC), South Korea’s antitrust watchdog, detected 48 breaches of the act on fair transactions [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Department Store Group said Monday it has joined hands with Amazon to develop the “next-generation” retail model amid local retailers’ push to adopt the latest technology to their online and offline platforms. Under the strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Service (AWS) Korea signed on Friday, Hyundai said [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Shinsegae Department Store President Jang Jai-yeong was paid the most among South Korea’s retail industry CEOs last year, industry data showed Thursday. Jang received 1.59 billion won (US$1.49 million), with the total breaking down to 929 million won in salary and 669 million won in bonuses. Lee Gap-su, president [...]