Times Square: Korea’s Largest Hybrid Shopping Mall Coming to Youngdeungpo

23Jul08

Seoul’s Youngdeungpo neighborhood will be revitalized by the new Times Square Mixed-Use (hybrid) Shopping Center. Times Square is planned to be 330,000㎡ making it more than twice the size of Seoul’s COEX underground shopping center. The site will be composed of an inner and outer mall as well as two high-rise office buildings. So far [...]

Filed under: Branding, Development, Fashion, Food, Lifestyle, Real Estate, Shopping, Travel   |  3 Comments
Tags: Branding, CGV, Development, Emart, Hybrid Shopping Mall, Lifestyle, Marriott, Mixed-use, Real Estate, Roppongi Hills, Sega, Shinsegae, Shopping, Times Square, Youngdeungpo

Zara Outperforming Gap and Banana Republic

21Jul08

Zara, which was launched in Korea with Lotte as the local investment partner, is outperforming Gap and Banana Republic on monthly sales revenues in Korea. Zara which opened only in April of 2008 is already reporting revenues in excess of 3.5 million dollars per month from its two stores in Myeongdong and in COEX mall. [...]

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Tags: Banana Republic, Branding, Fashion, H&M, Lifestyle, Lotte, Myoungdong, Retail, seoul, Shinsegae, Shopping, Zara

H&M, International Retailers coming to Korea

16Jul08

Hot on the heels of global retailers Gap, Zara, and Banana Republic launching in Korea over the past year, other notable brands are currently in talks to launch in 2009. SK networks is considering bringing ‘Seven Jeans’ to Korea which may be a bad move considering the brand is well past its trend peak, at [...]

Filed under: Lifestyle, Myeongdong, Shopping, Uncategorized   |  2 Comments
Tags: Apkujung, Banana Republic, Forever 21, Gap, H&M, Lotte, Myeongdong, Retail, seoul, Seven Jeans, Shinsegae, SK, Victoria's Secret, Zara