South Korea

South Korean Coupang acquires Farfetch

Dec 19, 2023 / United Kingdom

The South Korean e-commerce giant has agreed to buy Farfetch in a bailout deal, providing the online luxury platform with 500 million USD in emergency funding. Deal to acquire a 47.5% stake in Yoox Net-a-Porter is off

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Charles & Keith opens first store in South Korea

Jul 20, 2023 / Singapore

The Singapore-based fashion label centred on shoes, bags and accessories has opened its first flagship store in Gangnam, one of Seoul's most vibrant shopping districts

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Footwear in South Korea – a country snapshot

Premium ContentApr 28, 2022 / World Footwear Reports

Today, we bring you our new country snapshot, this time focusing on South Korea, the 19th largest footwear consumer in the world, and a very attractive market due to its remarkable growth and consumer loyalty

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The world's largest trade agreement

Nov 20, 2020 / World

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership was signed by China, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand and Australia, plus ten Southeast Asian economies, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Brunei

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South Korea: retail open as usual

May 14, 2020 / South Korea

The Asian country has a total number of reported cases is slightly below 11 000, with the death toll just near the 260 threshold

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Covid-19: latest news from Korea

Premium ContentApr 9, 2020 / South Korea

We continue our trip around the word to give you the latest updates about the impact of Covid-19 in the different markets. Today is Korea's turn

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Brazilian Footwear elects seven target markets

May 31, 2018 / Brazil

The Brazilian Shoe Manufacturers Association (Abicalçados), the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brazil) and the members of the Brazilian Footwear program (maintained by those entities) promoted a meeting to select target markets for the next two years

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Skechers launches joint venture in South Korea

Nov 10, 2016 / South Korea

The lifestyle and performance footwear brand announced it is transitioning its business in South Korea from a third-party distributor to a new joint venture with Luen Thai Enterprises

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