SEOUL, Jul. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Parasols, which were once considered a fashion item solely for middle-aged women, are becoming increasingly popular among young people. Gmarket, an online shopping mall, said Sunday that parasol sales more than doubled in June from a year earlier. Purchases made by people in their 40s, the most common users [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — There is a new trend on social media where people prefer to talk about ‘comfortable’ lifestyles. HS Ad, a LG Group affiliate and an advertisement company, coined the term ‘comfortarians’ (comfortable+ian) that refers to these new groups of modern individuals and analyzed their consumption patterns. Analyzing 16.8 billion posts [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Garosu-gil, a short stretch of road that was once a gathering place for fashionistas, is now attracting a younger crowd including millennials and Generation Zers (Gen Z for short) who are out to seek new fads. Millennials make up the population who were born between the early 1980s and [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies are sparking new trends in South Korea’s gaming market, industry watchers said Tuesday, with local developers utilizing them in new titles. Netmarble Games plan to unveil “Fishing Strike” this month, which is a mobile-based title that provides users with an immersive [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Sales of high-heel shoes are on the decline as Korean women are increasingly seeking shoes with lower heels. According to Kumkang, a major shoemaker in Korea, high heels (taller than 7cm) accounted for only 54 percent of its women’s footwear sales in 2015. The figure was 83 percent in [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Park Min-seo, on his fifth year working at a large telecom company in Seoul, has his office routine lined up with meetings, report write-ups, client consultations and periodic constructive criticism from his superiors. So to pat himself on the back for surviving a difficult day or week, he occasionally [...]
SEOUL, Feb.10 (Korea Bizwire) – With the increased popularity of ‘athleisure’ clothing, sales of training wear are increasing at online shopping sites. ‘Athleisure’ is a portmanteau derived from the words ‘athletic’ and ‘leisure’, and refers to clothing that is suitable for everyday life as well as leisure activities. According to the online shopping site Auction [...]
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, Jan 28 (Korea Bizwire) – FONU2 is pleased to announce a fast, easy and secure way for entrepreneurs to start their own business and begin earning capital right away, thanks to the soon-to-be-launched FONU2 website. Using FONU2′s distinctive social commerce platform, members can register their new business via the mobile app or secure website. [...]