SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The boundaries of popular items by each age group are being torn down. The online shopping mall Gmarket said Thursday that its analysis of last year’s preferred products by age group showed that young people in their teens to 30s preferred retro items, while those in their 40s to [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) - The success of the TV series “Reply 1988″ has translated into a widespread demand for retro goods and family values at a time when empathy between generations is harder to come by. Set in the 1980s when South Korea underwent major political and economic changes, the series that ended Saturday [...]
SEOUL, Nov.23 (Korea Bizwire) – With a drama based on the 1980s becoming increasingly popular, nostalgic items are gaining recognition among people born in the early 1970s who lived the era (those in their mid 40s). According to online shopping mall GMarket (www.gmarket.co.kr), ever since tvN’s new show ‘Answer 1988’ was first aired, sales of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 08 (Korea Bizwire) – A pop-up store for ‘kidults’ opened at Lotte Department Store Main Branch in Sogong-dong, Seoul on February 6. The store offers products from Curiocity of Lenoma, a sub brand of the Korean clothing brand Lenoma, and a variety of toys and cutting-edge gadgets for adults looking for fun. Art [...]