SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Planet, a data analysis subsidiary of top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co., said Thursday it will invest 15 billion won (US$13.2 million) in local cancer diagnostics firm Bertis in a move to expand its presence in the digital health care industry. The move will make SK Planet the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — An annual sale offered on November 11 by the Turkish edition of the popular Korean e-commerce website 11Street has become Turkey’s most popular “shopping day” just three years after it was first held. The website known as n11 (www.n11.com) revealed yesterday that it had recorded approximately 50 billion won [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – With demand for home meal replacements on the rise, meal kits are gaining popularity in South Korea. Unlike ready-made meals that can be eaten after simply being warmed up in a microwave, meal kits consist of prepared ingredients and sauces that consumers must cook on their own. According to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Planet Co., the operator of local e-commerce platform 11st, said Tuesday its Turkish unit posted 42 billion won (US$37.5 million) in transactions during an online shopping event held last week, marking the highest daily ever record. The new peak was set during a shopping promotion held by n11, [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The item rental market in South Korea is expanding its range of lineups into various areas, ranging from fashion accessories and digital cameras to furniture, as a growing number of consumers are willing to use products at affordable prices and return them instead of owning them outright, industry observers [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The Turkish unit of the e-commerce platform run by South Korea’s SK Planet Co. eclipsed its rivals in terms of turnover for the second consecutive year in 2016 on the back of brisk growth in visitors and merchandise sold, the company said Tuesday. N11, the Turkish version of 11st, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Planet has announced that it will provide a Syrup Order service at all Angel-in-us Coffee stores in the metropolitan area. Syrup Order is an Online to Offline (O2O) service that allows customers to place orders using a smartphone application before going to a store, and pick up the product(s) [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s leading online shopping site Interpark said Wednesday it has joined forces with the nation’s top mobile carrier and several other firms to win regulatory approval for running an Internet-only bank. Interpark said its consortium includes SK Telecom, the state-run Industrial Bank of Korea, GS Home Shopping and four [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Planet, the IT solution developer of SK Group, announced that its Syrup Pay service introduced in April is gaining traction, as it surpassed 60 billion won in accumulated transactions this month. SK Planet launched the simple online payment service through all of the shopping channels on its 11St [...]
SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean mobile carriers said Wednesday they have opened a unified app store for their smartphone users, as part of an effort to bolster their presence in the growing app content sector dominated by two app giants: Google and Apple. The One Store is a consolidated mobile version of [...]