SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Corp. said Friday their combined sales in the United States rose 18 percent last month from a year earlier despite the prolonged global chip shortage. Hyundai, its independent Genesis brand, and Kia sold 135,526 vehicles in the world’s most important automobile market [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean chipmakers Samsung Electronics Co. and SK hynix Inc. were the biggest NAND flash sellers in the world in the second quarter, an industry report showed Thursday. According to Taiwan-based market analyst firm TrendForce, Samsung’s NAND flash sales during the April-June period reached US$5.98 billion, with its global [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean low-cost carriers are enjoying a sharp increase in sales of in-flight meals on the back of increasing demand for overseas travel. Jeju Air Co., for instance, sold a total of 4,600 in-flight meals through advance orders last month, up 156 percent from June and 411 percent from [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Global TV sales fell more than 6 percent from a year ago in the first half of this year on slow demand and macroeconomic woes, research showed Tuesday, as Samsung Electronics remained the top player in the TV segment. In global markets, 92.6 million units of TVs were sold, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Peaches have surpassed watermelon to become this summer’s most popular fruit at large malls, primarily led by changes in consumption trends. Peach sales topped South Korean discount retailer E-Mart Inc.’s fruit sales chart between July 1 and August 18. Unlike the years 2020 and 2021, when peaches came after [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean carmaker Kia Corp. has topped brand sales charts in the Netherlands, led by the popularity of the company’s electric vehicles (EVs) as well as its Sportage SUV. The RAI Automotive Industry NL’s monthly statistics of automobile registration showed that Kia sold 2,954 units of cars in the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of high-priced imported vehicles have plateaued this year after years of enjoying rapid growth, data showed Monday. According to the Korea Automobile Importers and Distributors Association, sales of imported cars totaled 152,432 units between January and July of this year, of which those priced at more than 100 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of Chinese electric commercial vehicles such as buses and trucks jumped sharply in the first half of this year in South Korea, a report showed Monday. The number of Chinese electric commercial vehicles that were sold during the first half of this year in the domestic market stood [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group said Monday it ranked third in first-half global vehicle sales on increased high-end model sales despite the lack of automotive chips. Hyundai Motor Co., its independent Genesis brand and Hyundai’s smaller affiliate Kia Corp. sold a total of 3.299 million vehicles in global markets [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The sales of pre-cut fruits that can be eaten simply without the need to wash and cut them are picking up at convenience stores. Convenience store chain Emart 24 found that the sales of pre-cut fruits have grown by 28 percent on average per year over the past three [...]