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S. Koreans Dissatisfied with Overseas Direct Purchase Experience

SEOUL, Jun. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — With an increasing number of South Korean consumers opting to make their online purchases thorough overseas websites, complaints related to direct foreign purchases are also on the rise. The Korea Consumer Agency’s Cross Border Transaction Consumer Portal saw a 305 percent rise in complaints last year with 1,463 cases, [...]

Smartphone App Advertising a Must in the Era of “Showrooming”

SEOUL, South Korea, Sept 22 (Korea Bizwire) – “Showroomers” are a new group of shoppers who examine merchandise in a traditional brick-and-mortar retail store without purchasing it and go online to shop for the same item at a lower price. Is this a practice just limited to some electronic goods? Is this something only a [...]