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Market reshaping According to Bain and Company's 2024 report, the global luxury goods market posted 4 percent growth in sales in 2023 compared to a year ago. But business uncertainty persists, with mixed signals coming from key markets such as China, the US and Europe. The luxury e-commerce marke...
SK Ecoplant said Tuesday its wholly owned e-waste management affiliate has signed an initial pact with two Japanese companies for partnership in the used battery recycling business. Singapore-based Total Environment Solution (TES) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Sumitomo Mitsui Finan...
Major South Korean shipyard HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering said Tuesday it has clinched a 688 billion-won ($525.4 million) order to build four crude oil carriers for a shipper in Europe. Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries, one of HD Korea Shipbuilding's three shipbuilding units, will con...
At the InterBattery 2024 conference hosted at Coex in southern Seoul last week, South Korea's prime battery companies -- LG Energy Solution, Samsung SDI and SK On -- collectively emphasized ultrafast charging as the critical breakthrough needed to shift the electric vehicle market from its early ad...
Doosan Enerbility, a leading energy solutions provider in South Korea, announced on Monday that it has signed a contract valued at 150 billion won ($114 million) to supply equipment for Saudi Arabia's largest combined-cycle power plant project. The agreement was reached with China’s SEPCO-3, resp...
South Korean food company Daesang has unveiled its new Korean Street Food product line through its international brand, O'food. According to the company on Monday, the launch signals a strategic push to adapt and expand the company’s offerings to meet the growing global appetite for Korean cuisin...
South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang announced Monday that it will expand its Rocket Jikgu service coverage to Japan, following its fast-delivery service launches for the US, China and Hong Kong. The expansion of Rocket Jikgu, an overseas direct purchase service, will now allow the direct purchas...
Samsung Electronics said Monday it will launch its latest Bespoke AI Combo washer-dryer globally within the second quarter of this year. The Bespoke AI Combo, which combines a 25 kilogram washing capacity with a 15 kg heat-pump drying capability, debuted in South Korea late last month. Within jus...
Samsung Group, South Korea’s top conglomerate, said Sunday that its official recruitment in the first half of this year will start Monday, with 19 affiliates joining the large-scale hiring of entry-level workers. The key affiliates include Samsung Electronics, Samsung Display, Samsung Biologics, ...
South Korean battery materials maker EcoPro said Sunday it would invest 1.2 trillion won ($910 million) in its Pohang campus in North Gyeongsang Province this year to expand its comprehensive secondary battery supply chain, which covers everything from producing key components to recycling. The co...
Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s third-largest carmaker, is getting closer to testing the production of electric vehicles equipped with solid-state batteries in collaboration with Factorial Energy, a US-based solid-state battery developer. Factorial Energy announced in October last year that it d...
Hanwha Ocean, a South Korean manufacturer specializing in ships and LNG plants, has recently registered two trademarks for new entities, hinting at its expansion into maritime energy development, according to industry sources, Friday. The registration of these two trademarks -- Hanwha Drilling and...
Chinese e-commerce platforms, equipped with ultracheap deals, have been gobbling up market share from domestic rivals here. Even as local retailers suggest there has been no serious impact from the Chinese surge, they can be seen ramping up their readiness. According to market tracker Wiseapp, the...
South Korean retail giant Shinsegae Group said Friday that it has promoted Chung Yong-jin, the 55-year-old son of the conglomerate’s Chair Lee Myung-hee, to chair with a mission to address the challenges in the country’s retail sector. "The increasingly competitive retail market is facing a wide...
South Korean pharmaceutical company Handok announced Friday that GX-H9, a long-acting recombinant human growth hormone it co-developed with Genexine, has won orphan drug designation from the country's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety. Handok said the designation for GX-H9, which it received on Mon...
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