SEOUL, Nov.14 (Korea Bizwire) – Shinsegae Department Store opens a specialized luxury goods and watch section on the basement floor in its main store in downtown Seoul as it will have about 20 world famous luxury brands. Shinsegae launches the luxury goods and watch floor mainly targeting Chinese tourists on November 14. The official expects Chinese [...]
![[Kobiz Feature] Aroma Candle, a New Popular Item for New Age Consumers](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/16366953_9e24a602b5_z.jpg "[Kobiz Feature] Aroma Candle, a New Popular Item for New Age Consumers")
SEOUL, Korea, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) – There may be several different ways for anyone to recall past memories. Some may rely on browsing through old photo albums, personal journals, or letters. But some others are reminded of long forgotten memories from a whiff of smell. It is a well-established fact among scientists that olfactory memory is [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Mar 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The sales of sunglasses have soared unseasonably “thanks to” the fine dust originating from China. According to Shinsegae Department Store, the sales of sunglasses in January and February this year have increased 29.1 percent over the same period in the previous year, which is a record high. When [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Mar 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Lee Sul-gi, housewife in her late 30s, recently bought a clothing item at a department store. Three days later, she went back to the same department store to buy something else and found out the item she had bought was sold at a 30 percent discount, which infuriated [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Feb 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Probably you know who “mystery shoppers” are. Now, warfare of nerves is sharpening between store clerks and the mystery shoppers and it is always hot. The mystery shoppers disguising themselves as normal customers by performing specific tasks such as purchasing a product, asking questions, filing complaints or behaving [...]
![[China Report] Chinese Tourists Becoming Big Spenders in Korea’s Dept Stores](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2014021002708_1.jpg "[China Report] Chinese Tourists Becoming Big Spenders in Korea’s Dept Stores")
SEOUL, Korea, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The spending power of the “youkes” (Chinese terms for tourists) was indeed impressive. During the Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) season between February 1 and 9, the number of Chinese visitors in department stores in Korea was almost three times more than the usual time, with the sales volume [...]