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Spring cleaning

People look over the section of cleaning products at Emart’s Yongsan branch on Thursday. Emart will hold a discount promotion of cleaning products until March 29 for spring cleaning.

2023-03-16

Retailers cooking up range of promotions to win young customers

Retailers are drawing up a wide range of strategies to encourage consumption amid a shopping slowdown.

2023-03-14

New foods

Shinsegae Group Vice Chairman Chung Yong-jin tastes a sample dish at a food contest exhibiting dishes made by Emart 24 convenience store owners in Seocho District, southern Seoul, on Wednesday. The top three dishes of the contest, the Delicious...

2023-03-08

Emart to close at 10 p.m., an hour early, at most branches

Emart will close an hour earlier, at 10 p.m., from April 3 at all but a few branches. The new measure will be implemented as the number of customers who visit the stores at night dwindle and to improve conditions for workers. The retailer has been...

2023-03-02

Major retailers in Daegu open on second Sunday

It was the first second Sunday of the month major retailers in the city were open since the government passed a law 11 years ago requiring them to close their doors every second and fourth Sunday.

2023-02-13

Emart introduces 'The Limited' low-priced groceries

Emart will introduce low-priced products each quarter to stabilize grocery prices.

2023-01-31

Mart workers in Daegu protest day off shift to Mondays

Starting February, major discount stores in Daegu such as Emart and Lotte Mart will be closing on the second and fourth Monday of the month instead of on Sundays, as they currently do. Mandatory bi-weekly Sundays off has been in place since 2012.

2023-01-31

Weekend savings

Models promote the “Day 1” event at Emart’s Seongsu branch on Wednesday. Emart will offer discounts of up to 50 percent on daily necessities such as toothpaste, wet wipes, eggs and Korean beef this weekend.

2022-12-28

Is Homeplus open? That tough question getting more so.

Large retailers will be able to make online deliveries on the two Sundays a month they are required to shut their stores. Mandatory breaks were first implemented in 2012 in an effort to help small retailers and traditional markets.

2022-12-28

Shinsegae Inc,. Emart, KT sign MOU for three-way cooperation

Shinsegae Inc., Emart and KT will cooperate with each other in logistics, marketing, digitization, membership services and property development, following the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) Wednesday.

2022-12-14

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