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Shinsegae Group Chair Chung Yong-jin is set to apologize again for Starbucks Korea's controversial 'Tank Day' marketing campaign and announce internal investigation findings. The apology comes amid ongoing public anger over the incident.
South Korean retail giant Shinsegae Group is set to build the nation's largest artificial intelligence data center in partnership with an Nvidia-backed AI firm, in a deal that marks the first test of…
The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency has taken over the investigation into Shinsegae Group Chairman Chung Yong-jin following a civic group's complaint regarding Starbucks Korea's controversial 'Tank Day' campaign.
South Korea’s retail giant Shinsegae Group has launched an internal investigation after one of its employees at an E-Mart store was found to have intercepted gift vouchers that a K-pop idol had sent…
The CEO of Starbucks Korea was fired following widespread public outrage over a 'Tank Day' promotional event that was perceived to evoke a brutal military crackdown on democracy. Shinsegae chairman, whose company operates Starbucks in South Korea, subsequently issued an apology for the controversial campaign.
Gmarket, the e-commerce arm of Shinsegae Group, said Sunday that brands participating in its strategic partnership program are seeing strong sales gains, prompting plans to extend the model into high-potential categories. The platform’s Joint Business Partnership, or JBP, program — through which it works with brands on promotional calendars, advertising plans and product strategies — now includes more than 1,300 brands. Among roughly 100 of the largest participants, transaction volumes have aver