Posts Tagged ‘Shopping’

Seoul Fashion Week opens Saturday with men’s wear on October 18 and 19, followed by women’s wear from October 21 to 25. This year’s Fashion Week also includes a day dedicated to Asian designers.  There will also be a forum featuring international fashion insiders Diane Pernet, our dear friend Nicole Fall at Bespoke Tokyo, and [...]


  Cartier in Cheongdam-dong (Photo Courtesy)     The 160-year-old luxurious French jewelry brand, Cartier opens its first Asian maison in Cheongdam-dong in Seoul today, September 17th. The store has 5 stories and is the largest boutique in Korea that both exhibits and sells the Cartier jewelry collection as well as houses a Cartier customer service center. This [...]


If you’ve been shopping in Seoul, then you understand why some people might think that all the shopping centers were developed or owned by the same people. Until now the majority of new shopping centers in Seoul have looked the same as each other, take HiHarriet in Myoungdong, iPark Mall in Yongsan, and the mega [...]


Seoul slipped two places in the rankings to come in as the world’s 5th most expensive city according to the UK-based Mercer’s annual report. To see the details of the report, see here. Just two years ago, Seoul ranked as the world’s second most expensive city in the world coming in behind only Moscow. Since [...]


Seoulplay is pleased to launch a new feature to our blog. Fashion Corner will be featuring Numero Korea’s top editor Choong Hwan Oh to give our readers the inside scoop into Korean fashion and shopping trends. Choong Hwan has worked as one of the top fashion editors in Korea since 2005, beginning at Esquire before [...]


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 [...]


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. [...]


The first-ever Seoul Grand Sale began July 19 and runs until August 31. Up to 70% off everything including shopping, accomodations, food, cultural events, and tourist attractions! For more information check out the official site here. For assistance planning your shopping getaway to Seoul, check out seoulplay’s customized travel planning here.



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