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Lotte Shopping sales to improve on Hi-mart takeover
Nov 9, 2012
Lotte Shopping Co., South Korea’s No. 1 retailer, is expected to fare better next year on improved sales in electronic goods following its acquisition of a local appliance retailer, analysts said Friday.The retail giant’s sales for 2013 are forecast to reach 30 trillion won ($27.4 billion), up 23 percent from this year’s estimate, according to a report released by Korea Investment & Securities Co.“Following the retailer’s acquisition of Hi-mart Co., Lotte Shopping can seek synergy among its dive
Subscribe for shirts, buy brand-name goods online
Nov 9, 2012
Subscription e-commerce and private shopping clubs emerge in Korea after the boom of social commerce
Export-oriented firms suffer as won rises
Nov 8, 2012
South Korea’s export-oriented firms are suffering as the won continues to strengthen. The won-dollar exchange rate dipped below 1,100 won last month and has not risen above that value since. For some industries, the exchange rate has already fallen below the minimum needed to secure profit, which averaged 1,086.2 won per dollar, according to a survey conducted by the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry on about 500 companies. About 57 percent of the surveyed companies said that their profits
HHI to make construction equipment engines
Nov 8, 2012
Hyundai Heavy Industries held a ground-breaking ceremony to build a production line for its joint venture with Cummins, a U.S.-based construction equipment engine maker, in an industrial complex in Daegu on Thursday.Hyundai-Cummins Engine, the 50-50 joint venture between the two companies, will complete the diesel engine production site by May 2014 by investing 87 billion won ($80 million), Hyundai Heavy said in a press release. It added that once the plant is completed, the joint venture firm w
LG Hausys offers on-site tour for clients from Europe
Nov 8, 2012
LG Hausys, the building material arm of LG Group, has invited about 50 key clients from European countries, including Russia and Turkey, to Korea and offered them a field trip to its headquarters and shops. “The field trip, which lasted from Nov. 5 to Nov. 9 in the company’s Cheongju factory, was designed to offer European clients a hands-on experience of our competitiveness in product design and technology,’’ a company official said. High-ranking officials invited work for construction and buil
Hyundai allowed to bid for Brazil rail project: report
Nov 8, 2012
SAO PAULO (AFP) ― Brazil has cleared the way for South Korean industrial giant Hyundai to put in a construction bid for a bullet train to link Rio with Sao Paulo and Campinas, according to a report Wednesday.Economic daily Valor said the federal government has agreed to lower a requirement for prospective bidders: instead of requiring a ten year record of operating high-speed trains without accident, bidders would only need five.Hyundai, which has only eight-and-a-half years of high-speed train
Hyundai’s HB20 named Brazil car of the year
Nov 8, 2012
Hyundai Motor’s new Brazil-only hatchback, HB20, has recently won the Car of the Year award in the Latin country, just one month since its official debut there, company officials said Thursday. Brazil’s auto magazine Auto Esporte, which has named the best car of the year since 1966, gave the top honor to Hyundai’s HB20 among the five finalists, including Chevrolet’s Sonic, Citroen’s C3, Pugeot’s 308 and Toyota’s Etios. The flex-fuel model HB20 was exclusively developed for the Brazilian market a
Overseas investors threat or opportunity?
Nov 8, 2012
Foreign investors hold majority shares in major Korean companies
Slowdown sees surge in young economically inactive people
Nov 7, 2012
The ratio of people in their 20s not working and unwilling to find a job has jumped, data showed Wednesday, suggesting that tough employment conditions are hitting younger people harder than other age groups.According to the data by Statistics Korea, “economically inactive” people in their 20s accounted for 38.4 percent of the age group in September, up 0.7 percentage points from a year earlier. The figure is the highest since June.Economically inactive people refer to those who are not working
[Newsmaker] 4 retail chiefs shirk assembly hearing
Nov 7, 2012
Four chiefs of major retail giants were ordered to attend a parliamentary hearing Tuesday. But none of them showed up, citing overseas business trips.Lotte Group chairman Shin Dong-bin was visiting Indonesia for business talks with government officials there, while Chung Ji-sun, Hyundai Department Store Group chairman, was in China to discuss establishing a joint venture home shopping channel, according to company officials.Shinsegae Group vice chairman Chung Yong-jin also was said to have left
House prices drop 1.4 percent in October
Nov 7, 2012
Actual transaction prices of houses in South Korea declined last month, a state-run think tank said Wednesday, indicating that the country’s property market slump continues.According to a report by the Korea Development Institute, the actual transaction prices of houses in capital Seoul dropped 4.6 percent on-year in October, while those in its surrounding Gyeonggi Province and Incheon fell 4.5 percent and 5.8 percent, respectively.Transaction prices of houses outside the metropolitan area, mean
Builders’ domestic orders 16% in Sept.
Nov 7, 2012
Domestic orders won by South Korean construction companies fell 16.3 percent in September from a year earlier, industry data showed Wednesday, in the latest sign of a prolonged slump in the local construction sector.Local builders bagged a combined 7.26 trillion won ($6.6 billion) worth of new orders in September, according to data released by the Construction Association of Korea.Orders from the public sector plunged 37.9 percent on-year to 2.31 trillion won in September while those from the pr
Seoul shares up 0.49% following Obama’s win
Nov 7, 2012
South Korean stocks ended 0.49 percent higher on Wednesday as U.S. President Barack Obama’s re-election helped erase policy uncertainties, analysts said. The local currency climbed against the U.S. dollar.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index rose 9.38 points to 1,937.55. Trading volume was moderate at 548.6 million shares worth 4.5 trillion won ($4.1 billion), with gainers outnumbering decliners 401 to 396.“Investor jitters over U.S. fiscal issues had lingered ahead of the presidentia
Reactor closures fuel power shortage worries
Nov 7, 2012
Worries over possible power shortages during winter flared up Wednesday as Korea was pressured to suspend the operation of two nuclear reactors for at least two months to replace substandard parts.The Ministry of Knowledge Economy said Monday it was temporarily shutting down two reactors at Yeonggwang Nuclear Power Plant on Monday due to the extensive use of substandard parts in the reactors.The cold season does not usually see as great an increase in electricity consumption as during the summer
TIDE showcases business ideas at Silicon Valley
Nov 7, 2012
Non-profit organization the TIDE Institute is holding its “2012 Startup Springboard” in Silicon Valley in the U.S., and in Shanghai, China, this month to support young South Koreans who wish to start up a business. Founded by Go San, a former astronaut trainee, the TIDE Institute has been hosting many events for the ambitious youth who wish to start technology-based businesses. The event for start-ups has been held in nine cities over the past two years including Boston, London and Tokyo. Engine
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