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Retail Industry Competes over Acquisition of eBay Korea and Yogiyo

Retail Industry Competes over Acquisition of eBay Korea and Yogiyo

SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The fierce competition over the acquisition of eBay Korea and Yogiyo is sweeping through the merger and acquisition (M&A) market in the retail industry. The acquisition of South Korean unit of the U.S. online shopping giant has attracted Lotte Shopping Co., E-Mart Inc. from Shinsegae Group, SK Telecom Co. [...]

Food Delivery App Yogiyo Fined for Exploiting Dominant Position in Market

Food Delivery App Yogiyo Fined for Exploiting Dominant Position in Market

SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s antitrust regulator on Tuesday fined food delivery app Yogiyo 468 million won (US$381,947) for exploiting its dominant position in the local market. The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) also ordered Yogiyo to take some corrective measures, saying that the company unilaterally introduced a scheme to prevent its contracted [...]

Platform Labor, Innovation or Illegal?

Platform Labor, Innovation or Illegal?

SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Last Tuesday, the Ministry of Employment and Labor recognized the status of delivery people at Yogiyo, a South Korean food delivery platform, as workers, raising controversy over how to address platform labor. Platform labor refers to a form of labor achieved through intermediary platforms such as mobile apps. Food [...]

Startup Develops Food Delivery Robot

Startup Develops Food Delivery Robot

SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Woowa Brothers Corp., a South Korean startup that operates the country’s most popular food dlivery app, “Baedal Minjok,” said Thursday that it is currently developing an autonomous delivery robot. The self-driving robot – named “Dilly” — is being co-built by a team of researchers from Korea University and is expected to be commercialized [...]

Restaurants Focus on Delivery Apps for Advertising

Restaurants Focus on Delivery Apps for Advertising

SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent report indicates that eight out of ten restaurants nationwide that offer delivery have partnerships with delivery applications. Baedal Minjok, Baedaltong, and Yogiyo issued a joint report that revealed statistics about restaurants offering delivery services. The researchers investigated 702 restaurants nationwide from November 2015 to February 2016, to [...]

Food Delivery Apps Should Improve Customer Service

Food Delivery Apps Should Improve Customer Service

SEOUL, Nov.12 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Consumer Agency has announced the results of a survey on consumer satisfaction among food delivery applications. Baedaltong showed the highest satisfaction rate, while Yogiyo ranked last. Four items were evaluated in the survey, ‘provision of information’, ‘ordering and delivery’, ‘fulfillment of promises’ and ‘customer service’. Baedaltong ranked first, [...]

No Need for Convenience Stores at Night with Food Delivery Available 24 Hours

No Need for Convenience Stores at Night with Food Delivery Available 24 Hours

SEOUL, Sept.1 (Korea Bizwire) – The operators of the food delivery application ‘Yogiyo’ announced that they have started a 24-hour service. The customer satisfaction center as well as the delivery service center, which were previously both open from 10 a.m. to 4:30 a.m. the next day, started a 24-hour service on August 17. Officials explained [...]