SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) – China-based tech manufacturer Xiaomi Inc. plans to sell more products through partnerships with local distributors in South Korea, but has yet to decide on whether to launch its own smartphone any time soon, company officials said Thursday. KomaTrade, a South Korean sales partner of Xiaomi, will start to sell [...]
SEOUL, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) – China’s Xiaomi is moving fast to team up with Korean retailers, inking distribution agreements for the Korean market. Xiaomi products are becoming more and more popular for their excellent value proposition, and it seems like the Chinese company is setting out to dominate the Korean market. Xiaomi created a craze [...]
China-based tech giant Xiaomi Inc., which has been sluggish in tapping overseas markets due to copyright-related issues, is set to speed up its expansion with a new flagship, industry sources said Thursday, engaging in new battles with top brands like Samsung and Apple in South Korea. (Image : Yonhap) SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) – [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Desperate to expand their global presence, South Korean and Chinese smartphone makers are likely to fight a pitched battle to steal the show at the world’s largest tech exhibition in Spain next week, industry watchers said Tuesday. The four-day Mobile World Congress (MWC) is slated to kick off in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Chinese tech giant Xiaomi Inc. has started selling its smartphones in South Korea through local dollar-shop chain Daiso, industry sources said Wednesday, marking the first time for its mobile devices to be sold at offline stores here. The Xiaomi Redmi 3 and Redmi Note 3 carry a price tag [...]
SEOUL, Jan.19 (Korea Bizwire) – ZMI, an affiliate of the Chinese electronics brand Xiaomi, will officially enter the Korean market through the 11st online shopping site. 11st announced that it signed an agreement with ZMI to cooperate in online sales on January 13, and set foot as the official online retail channel for the brand. [...]
SEOUL, Jan.18 (Korea Bizwire) – China’s Haier Group, which just inked a deal to take over General Electric’s appliance business, is entering the Korean market with a bang, offering what it calls a ‘half-price TV’. According to industry reports, Haier Korea launched a 32-inch HD LED model through its MOOKA TV brand, an online exclusive, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Taiwan-born singer Tzuyu, a member of the popular girl group TWICE under South Korea’s JYP Entertainment, promotes a Huawei smartphone in advertisements that local mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. has posted on YouTube and other online platforms. It’s no surprise that a foreigner appears on South Korean ads as [...]
SEOUL, Jan 11 (Korea Bizwire) – It has been suggested that the reason China’s Xiaomi was able to grow into a successful international company in only five years was because of its efficient usage of social media. A recent report issued by the KT Economy and Management Research Center says that social media acted as [...]
SEOUL, Jan.7 (Korea Bizwire) – Chinese electronics, which have often been thought of as cheap in price, but also in quality, have moved into the spotlight. Sales of Chinese smartphones and small smart devices are on a rapid rise due to reasonable prices and decent performance. Two Chinese manufacturers, Xiaomi and Huawei, are leading the [...]