SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Retail and chemical giant Lotte Group is ramping up efforts to tap deeper into Southeast Asia and advanced economies amid falling sales in China, once its biggest overseas market, industry sources said Tuesday. Overseas sales of the conglomerate came to 8.9 trillion won (US$7.49 billion) in 2018, up 7.2 [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Lotte Group, South Korea’s retail-to-chemicals conglomerate, has been accelerating its move to tap deeper into the United States, the world’s largest economy, with its cumulative investments reaching some US$4 billion in production facilities and other areas, industry sources said Tuesday. In its latest investment, Lotte Chemical Corp., the group’s [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean medium-sized companies held a press conference in Japan on Wednesday accusing Lotte Group subsidiaries of resorting to unfair treatment. The Association of Lotte Victims, with Rep. Chu Hye-seon from the South Korean minor opposition Justice Party, exposed six cases of medium-sized companies and business owners falling victim [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Lotte Cultureworks, the retail giant Lotte Group’s cinema affiliate, has made inroads into Indonesia, with a goal to open 20 movie theaters in the Southeast Asian country by 2020, the company said Tuesday. As the initial step, the operator of Lotte Cinema, one of the biggest South Korea movie [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Lotte Group said Tuesday it will invest 50 trillion won (US$44 billion) and create 70,000 new jobs in the next five years in its first major business decision after its chief returned to the helm of South Korea’s fifth-largest conglomerate. Lotte Corp., the business group’s holding firm, said that [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea Seven Co., the operator of convenience store chain 7-Eleven in South Korea, on Tuesday unveiled a robot that allows customers to pay with their hands as local retailers accelerate their move to take the lead in next-generation retail models using the latest technologies. The robot, dubbed Veny, was [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean retailers are accelerating efforts to attract more Chinese consumers, companies said Thursday, as they strive to recover from the fallout from the diplomatic row between Seoul and Beijing over the stationing of a U.S. anti-missile system. Lotte Duty Free, South Korea’s No. 1 duty-free operator, said it [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s retail giant Lotte said Monday a new department in charge of the business group’s online businesses is set to be launched this week as the conglomerate revs up efforts to cope with the rapid expansion of the country’s online market. Earlier in May, Lotte unveiled the plan [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean retail giant Lotte on Thursday said it has unified the management of its scattered fashion businesses under the group’s apparel affiliate to secure competitiveness in the local fashion industry. Lotte Shopping Co., the operator of the conglomerate’s department store chain, said shareholders of its fashion business unit [...]
SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Lotte Group’s shopping business arm hosted its second Lotte Style Run yesterday at Ttukseom Hangang Park in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul. In a departure from other running races, the Style Run asks participants to wear their own outfits and costumes befitting their personal style. A total of 4,000 runners took part [...]