SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Health industry exports of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, medical equipment will have grown by 14.3 percent compared to last year to reach $11.7 billion when 2017 draws to a close. The Ministry of Health and Welfare disclosed on December 7 that it had derived its estimates from canvassing experts’ opinions as [...]
SEJONG, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Sales of Korean cosmetics abroad have shown dramatic growth over the past few years, with exports now eclipsing the three trillion won mark. The Chinese market showed particular interest in Korean beauty products. According to data from the Korea Customs Service, exports last year increased by 53.1 percent compared [...]
BEIJING, Sep. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea’s home-made high-end skin care brand, Sulwhasoo, has celebrated its third anniversary of entry into Chinese market. On September 3, Sulwhasoo held a celebratory event to this end in Beijing and many Chinese celebrities including actress Sun Li and Liang Jing were present at the event. image credit: Sulwhasoo [...]
GOYANG, Korea, Nov 08 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea’s cosmetic brand “Tonymoly” will move in to the U.S. market by signing a sales agreement with Amazon. The company said on November 7 it would sell cosmetic items on the Amazon.com site through a U.S. distributor Misemet. A company official said, “With a rapid growth of the global business-to-consumer [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Nov 02 (Korea Bizwire) – The state-run Korea Trade Promotion Corp. will hold a trade fair at Isetan Department Store within the Suria KLCC Mall, downtown Kuala Lumpur. Located directly beneath the Petronas Twin Towers, Suria KLCC is one of the largest luxury shopping malls in the city. Isetan is a Japanese department store operator [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Oct 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Banila Co., Korea’s cosmetic company, will hold a special discount event to celebrate the eighth anniversary of company launching. It will start selling from October 18 a limited number of eight-item packages consisting of Clean-It Zero, Prime Primer Classic, the Secret Marbling Highlighter, Two Eyes Shadow, Style Eyeliner [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Sep 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Tae-yeon, a member of Girls’ Generation, took a 15,000-kilometer trip to Morocco. What she found in Agadir, a town lying in the southwest of Morocco, was none other than the argan fruits! Nature Republic has launched a new product “Argan 20° Real Ampoule, the 100-percent natural oil [...]
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Missha became the first Korean cosmetics brand to set up shop in the Czech Republic, opening a store on June 25 in Brno, the East European nation’s second largest city. Over the last few years, Korean cosmetics brands have been aggressively strengthening their presence overseas. Cosmetics exports stood at US$1.07 billion last year, and surpassed [...]