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From Rickshaws to Boardgames, a Wind of Retro is Blowing Through the Hotel Industry

SEOUL, Jun. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The hotel industry has joined the trend of Newtro, “New+Retro,” a reinterpretation of retro, which has emerged as a marketing keyword for the retail and fashion industries since last year. Implementing such a trend in the hotel industry is hard to think of in the past, when hotels were [...]

Newtro Fever Leading ‘Reform’ Market

SEOUL, Mar. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The “Newtro” craze for reinterpreting the retro look is leading growth in the so-called “reform” market, where people decorate or fix their own clothes or bags in their own style. In particular, this trend is spreading further as there have been frequent scenes of buying and reproducing products on [...]