CU finds craft beer success through unexpected partnerships

Korea’s beer industry is booming with the rising popularity of domestic craft beers largely thanks to the growing popularity of homsul, or drinking at home, amid the prolonged coronavirus pandemic.

2020-12-13

CU to expand curbside pickup service to 3,000 stores

BGF Retail, operation of convenience store chain CU, plans to expand its curbside pickup service to 3,000 stores by the first half of 2021.

2020-12-10

One on every corner

BGF Retail Chairman Lee Keon-jun, right, hangs up a sign in Yatap-dong in Bundang, Gyeonggi, to celebrate the opening of the company's 15,000th CU convenience store on Monday.

2020-11-30

CU gets into the foreign exchange transaction business

BGF Retail inked a memorandum of understanding with the Utransfer money transfer service to get into financial technology, the companies announced Thursday.

2020-11-26

CU campaign reunites lost child with parents after 20 years

A woman who went missing 20 years ago was recently reunited with her family thanks to a CU convenience store.

2020-10-07

CU to start offering on-foot delivery service

BGF Retail’s CU convenience store franchise on Monday rolled out an on-foot delivery service in partnership with MG Playing.

2020-10-05

Wine sales shoot up as drinkers spend rainy season at home

Wine sales have jumped up this year, especially in recent weeks as the record long rainy season saw more people staying indoors.

2020-08-18

This year's BTS T-Money cards are almost out

A limited edition of BTS T-money cards will be sold at CU convenience stores from July 2, the chain's operator BGF Retail announced Friday. Only 150,000 cards will be sold.

2020-06-26

Discounts galore, but at what price?

Retailers are rolling out promotions as their contributions to a government-led sales festival campaign designed to revive the local economy hit by the Covid-19 outbreak.

2020-06-24

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