SEOUL, Nov.25 (Korea Bizwire) – Coffee houses furnished with tables and lamps made of coffee waste are receiving positive reactions from consumers. Starbucks Korea opened a store in the Gwanghwamun area that is furnished with furniture made out of used coffee grounds on November 8. The company announced on November 24 that will increase the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean arm of the world-famous coffee chain Starbucks and the country’s ICT ministry said Tuesday they will launch what they call a “startup cafe,” where visitors can share experiences and ideas on starting a new company. Starbucks and the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning said [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Starbucks is under criticism for releasing a healthy snack series of items that are two to 10 times more expensive than their commercial costs. Starbucks has a history of creating controversy over coffee prices that were significantly more expensive than the price of the beans used to make them. Starbucks’ new [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Drive-thru stores, which first appeared in the country some 20 years ago, are increasing in South Korea as more consumers are favoring the convenience of such retail channels, market watchers said Tuesday. U.S. fast food chain McDonald’s, which opened its first drive-thru store in the country in 1992, operates [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Koreans love Ediya, a Korean coffee franchise, for its price and Starbucks for its taste. The Korea Consumer Agency (KCA) conducted a survey on 999 consumers regarding seven coffee franchises in Korea, and published the results on February 22. Ediya earned the highest score at 3.75 out of 5 for overall [...]
SEATTLE, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, Starbucks and Match are offering singles new opportunities to connect at Starbucks. With more than 3 million members already listing “coffee and conversation” as one of their interests, starting today, Match members will now be able to use the “Meet at Starbucks” feature [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Lucky bags from Starbucks Korea sold out in only three hours, reflecting their huge popularity in Korea. Some customers even braved chilly temperatures to camp out in front of coffee shops in tents in a bid to buy the limited items. Starbucks Korea prepared 15,000 lucky bags, which contained [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Consumer prices of Starbucks coffee, Chilean wine, soda, beef and imported snacks in Seoul are the highest among other competing cities. Of note, the price of a Starbucks Americano is 2.3 times higher than that of New York. On January 12, Consumer Korea, a local civic group, released a report surveying [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Just three weeks after its rollout, more than 20,000 customers have already signed up for SK Telecom’s custom-tailored T Outdoor wearable device plan. The T Outdoor service is a rate plan for communications module-equipped wearable devices, and allows the user to take advantage of voice and data services without [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey by a specialty coffee franchise revealed that people enjoy a cup of coffee most after their lunch time. Starbucks Korea, to mark its 15-year anniversary in Korea, has conducted a survey of consumer consumption patterns on 30,000 visitors of its official Facebook page since last July, and revealed [...]