SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Ultra-affordable beer is now available for just 6,000 won for four cans, significantly cheaper than imported beers priced at 11,000 won for four cans, as well as local brands like Cass and Terra. Convenience store chain CU announced on Tuesday the launch of ‘Seomin Beer,’ a beer version of ‘Seomin [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — CU, South Korea’s second-largest convenience store chain by revenue, said Tuesday it will add nine payment options, mostly from Southeast Asian countries, in the latest move to boost the convenience of foreign tourists. The new payment options, which are set to begin next month, include Hong Kong’s AlipayHK, the [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — CU, South Korea’s top convenience store chain, said Thursday it has opened its 200th outlet in Mongolia as part of the company’s push to expand its presence in the landlocked East Asian country. The launch came four years after CU made forays into the Mongolian market through a franchise [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — CU, South Korea’s top convenience store chain, said Thursday it has established its 50th outlet in Malaysia as part of its overseas push. The opening comes nine months after CU set up its first outlet at a shopping mall in a middle-class neighborhood in the Malaysian capital of Kuala [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Convenience store chain CU has teamed up with rental service startup Aroundable to launch the “Pick and Pick” rent service at five stores. Users will be able to rent about 300 items in 11 categories, including gaming consoles, beauty devices, camping equipment and sporting goods. The minimum rental period [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s major convenience store chain CU said Thursday it has launched two stores in a new international airport in Mongolia as part of efforts to boost its presence in the country. CU said the company has become the first South Korean convenience store chain that has established outlets [...]
SEOUL, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean convenience store chain CU has announced the launch of a campaign against child abuse and disappearance in Mongolia. BGF Retail Co., the operator of CU, said that the convenience store chain is rolling out the ‘I Care for You’ campaign in Mongolia. The campaign encourages the public [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean Wave is sweeping over Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur after locals flocked to a newly opened CU convenience store last week. BGF Retail Co. said Tuesday that CU Centerpoint, its first franchise in Malaysia, was visited by more than 11,000 local consumers in the last 10 days. The feat [...]
SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) — CU has opened its first outlet in Malaysia as part of its overseas push, the operator of South Korea’s top convenience store chain said Thursday. The 165-square-meter outlet started operations at a shopping mall in a middle-class neighborhood in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur, according to BGF Retail [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Convenience store chain CU and local delivery service provider MG Playing have launched a new short-distance, on-foot delivery service. MG Playing assigns deliveries to on-foot delivery personnel nearest to the destination (within a 1 kilometer radius) once an order is placed through the Yogiyo delivery app. When there are [...]