SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean retail giant Shinsegae Group will build a new all-in-one Starfield shopping complex, which includes a multi-purpose sports stadium, in Incheon, just west of Seoul, by 2027, officials said Friday. Shinsegae and the Incheon Free Economic Zone jointly announced the plan to construct a new Starfield with three [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Hotels next to shopping complexes are enjoying a huge rise in popularity as more and more people remain reluctant to go outdoors amid high levels of air pollution. Trip.com, an online travel agency, reported on Tuesday that its reservation rate at six hotels next to shopping malls in Seoul [...]
SEOUL, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Construction plans for large shopping complexes have been affected by recent government policies for regulation. Major industry players are anxious as the government hurries to impose the same type of regulations on malls and department stores that were previously placed on large supermarkets. The friction between such large projects [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – A new report has claimed shopping centers could push out local commercial districts and drive down the gross regional product of neighborhoods. Findings from the new study by researcher Jung Soo-jung at the Korea Small Business Institute (KOSBI) released on Wednesday show that large-scale shopping centers often thought to boost [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Shinsegae Group, a retail giant in South Korea, said Tuesday it will open its third shopping mall in the northern outskirts of Seoul next month, offering a variety of options for shopping, leisure and culinary experiences. Starfield Goyang, a two-story building with four underground floors covering an area spanning [...]