SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Cafe franchises are scrambling to introduce pet-related services for so-called ‘pet-fams’, or family customers with pets. Starbucks Coffee Korea’s Namyangju outlet in Gyeonggi Province, which opened last Friday, has a 330-square-meter outdoor pet park that’s open to customers and their pets. It is the first time for a Starbucks [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The rising popularity of wine is encouraging convenience stores to release new products in the new year, bolstering their marketing offensive. Emart24 sold 3.05 million bottles of wine last year, including a record-breaking 750,000 in December alone. The convenience store chain plans to open up to 4,000 stores specializing [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — As the Year of the Tiger in the Chinese zodiac begins, the retail industry is promoting a variety of products using tiger characters. Shinsegae Department Store showed off a variety of products with tiger designs for babies, toddlers and children. The retailer teamed up with premium children’s clothing brand [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean companies are turning to ‘BTS marketing’ for the world-famous boy band’s concerts in Los Angeles. Samsung Electronics Co. and AmorePacific Corp. have set up company booths along the side of SoFi Stadium in the U.S. city where the concerts will take place and have held various promotions and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co.’s IONIQ 5 all-electric model and Tucson SUV will be making an appearance in latest Marvel film “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” coming to theaters on Dec. 15. Hyundai Motor said that the IONIQ 5 and Tucson will appear in major movie scenes, taking part in a series [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — With the year-end shopping season close at hand, South Korea’s major TV manufacturers are going all-out to strengthen their appeal to the consumers who are opting for larger TVs. According to the U.S. website of Samsung Electronics Co., the company’s mini LED TV 8K Neo QLED TV is now selling [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean retailers are increasingly turning to metaverse platforms for marketing. Metaverse, a combination of meta (meaning beyond) and verse (from universe), refers to a three-dimensional virtual shared world in which all activities can take place with the help of augmented- and virtual-reality services. BGF Retail Co., the operator [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — One of the main reasons behind Starbucks Coffee Korea employees’ truck protest last month was their exhaustive workload that has everything to do with the coffee chain’s famous marketing events. The first-ever protest by the coffee chain’s workers was set off by a 50th anniversary event on Sept. 28, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of business marketers are using ‘plogging,’ the act of picking up trash while jogging, to polish company reputations as responsible participants in environmental, social and governance (ESG) management. South Korea’s top cosmetics maker Amorepacific Corp.’s eco-friendly brand Innisfree recently joined hands with marine waste collectors on [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Department stores and shopping malls are targeting so-called ‘pet-fams’ or family consumers with pets to attract more customers in the pandemic era. Cocco Square, a lifestyle shop for pets, opened at Lotte Premium Outlet Time Villas in in Uiwang, Gyeonggi Province on Sept. 10, taking up four floors. Cocco [...]