Guerlain Ultimate Boutique

Beauty & Cosmetics Shilla Duty Free opens Guerlain Ultimate Boutique at Incheon Airport

South Korea's Shilla Duty Free Shop announced on Tuesday it opened the Guerlain Ultimate Boutique, the first flagship store in a global airport, at ...

Electronics Samsung named as most ultimate brand by FutureBrand

Samsung Electronics Co. was selected the Most Ultimate Brand 2024 by the UK-based global brand marketing and consulting company. According to t...

Retail Duty-free shops at Incheon International Airport eager to lure boutiques

Duty-free shops at Incheon International Airport, South Korea’s main gateway, are fiercely competing to lure luxury brand boutiques to their o...

Retail Chanel halts boutique operation over Gucci pop-up store

French luxury brand Chanel abruptly suspended the operation of its boutique in the section of high-end brands within Galleria Department Store in an...

Food & Beverage Korean bakeries with French names outsmart French peers

Paris Baguette and Tous les Jours, South Korea's two largest bakery brands, have been consolidating their positions in the saturated domestic market...

Electronics Samsung releases SD card brand highly resistant to water, drops

Samsung Electronics Co. on Tuesday said its new Pro Ultimate line of secure data (SD) cards features enhanced speed and stability.The brand’...

Retail Goyard bags high on SE Asians’ shopping list in S.Korea

Goyard outlets in Seoul bustled with shoppers on Friday, especially from Southeast Asia, looking for the French luxury brand’s popular bags: G...

Mergers & Acquisitions Hyundai Home Shopping to divest rental unit for $107 mn

Hyundai Home Shopping Network Corp., a TV shopping channel operator owned by South Korea's Hyundai Department Store Group, said on Dec. 26 it will s...

Cloud computing Private equity juggernauts bid for $758 million worth of KT Cloud shares

A number of private equity giants in South Korea and beyond are bidding for shares worth up to 1 trillion won ($758.2 million) in KT Cloud, a subsid...

Retail Chanel’s first VIP boutique to open in Asia – will it be in Seoul?

A couple of months ago, media outlets reported Chanel plans to open stores solely for VIP shopping in Asia.The French label is widely expected to op...

Behind the Scenes South Koreans turned off by luxury fashion houses’ price hikes 

A Cartier boutique inside a department store in Seoul’s posh Gangnam District was unusually slow on Tuesday. The quiet ambience was in sh...

Future mobility Hyundai unveils unmanned ultimate mobility vehicle concept

Hyundai Motor Group has unveiled its first uncrewed ultimate mobility vehicle (UMV) concept, transforming intelligent ground excursion robot (TIGE...