SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The volume of transactions made through online-to-offline (O2O) services increased last year from the year prior, a recent report showed. O2O refers to services that allow users to order food, call a taxi or rental car, and book accommodations and leisure anytime, anywhere through mobile phone applications. According to [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean Ministry of SMEs and Startups plans to overhaul regulations on six agendas including shared kitchens, to stimulate online-to-offline (O2O) services. The O2O market, despite its potential to provide new startup opportunities, has been subject to various concerns that relevant legislation and conflict with similar businesses will [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — As On Demand and Online to Offline service platforms are increasingly replacing taxi, delivery, chauffeur, and other services, many are starting to call on the need to treat On Demand and online-to-offline (O2O) service workers as laborers, instead of private businesses. However, due to the outdated legislative tradition that [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Most websites that collect personal data, online-to-offline (O2O) apps, and Internet of Things (IoT) gadgets are vulnerable to security breaches, data showed Thursday. According to the data by the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) and submitted to the National Assembly, 97 percent of the 13 websites, 19 O2Os [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) – In an effort to adapt to mobile shopping trends, Emart revealed Monday that it will start offering O2O (online-to-offline) services on May 26. The retailer will offer mobile product information, scan-delivery service, and a pilot operation of location-based service at its Seongsu branch. Emart’s mobile product information allows customers to [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — As the number of working couples and single-person households increases, new mobile applications that offer help with housework are on the rise. It’s a new form of Online-To-Offline (O2O) commerce followed by existing mobile applications for delivery, transportation, and real estate businesses. Two dozen applications, such as Miso (Smile) [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean internet giants Naver and Kakao are battling to take the lead in O2O (online to offline) businesses. Due to a limited number of different kinds of business opportunities to tackle in the IT industry, the projects laid out by the two companies are often in conflict. However, since the two [...]
SEOUL, Feb.4 (Korea Bizwire) – Kakao, the Korean internet pioneer, has selected ‘Hair Shop’ as its first O2O (online to offline) business in the beauty sector. Kakao plans to expand its O2O business by releasing new services in the relief driver business and the hair industry. According to industry analysts, Kakao is planning to launch [...]
SEOUL, Feb.1 (Korea Bizwire) – Data indicates that half of all Korean internet users plan to use O2O (Online to Offline) services related to everyday life, such as food delivery and booking accommodation services, as well as fintech services including simple payments and money transfers. On the other hand, users seem skeptical about using O2O [...]
SEOUL, Jan.11 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean home shopping networks are currently stepping away from the TV to open offline stores. To overcome their limit of only communicating with customers through TV, they are starting to provide omni-channel services so that customers can actually touch and try out products sold through home shopping networks. CJ O [...]