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Country Report
Packaging Industry in South Korea
Aug 2018
The increasingly diverse product ranges on offer across numerous consumer goods industries have resulted in consumer buying habits becoming even more complex. In order to remain relevant in the minds of consumers, many companies and brands are now ...
Country Report
Alcoholic Drinks Packaging in South Korea
Jul 2018
The high and rising popularity of imported beer continued to have a significant influence on alcoholic drinks packaging during 2017. Dark beer in metal recorded tremendous growth over the course of the year, driven by the strong performance of wheat ...
Country Report
Eyewear in South Korea
Jul 2018
Eyewear recorded marginal growth in 2018 with a healthy performance by sunglasses and daily disposable lenses (DD). Apart from a drop in conventional lenses, which is being experienced by many countries, eyewear in South Korea still has potential for...
Country Report
Spectacles in South Korea
Jul 2018
Blue light blocking spectacle lenses gained in popularity in 2017 and 2018. With long hours in front of PC monitors and using smartphones all day, consumers are wearing blue light blocking lenses to protect their eye health. Even those who do not ...
Country Profile
South Korea: Country Profile
Jul 2018
The economy is growing at a steady pace. An increase in public spending, along with the possibility of reduced geo-political tensions on the Korean peninsula, should improve prospects. Moderate gains in private consumption and exports are other ...
Country Report
Cigarettes in South Korea
Jul 2018
In 2017, cigarettes suffered a sharp decline in volume terms as the category faced various challenges. Cigarette manufacturers continued to introduce products with new flavours in an effort to attract more consumers and remain relevant. However, the ...
Country Report
Cigars, Cigarillos and Smoking Tobacco in South Korea
Jul 2018
Cuban cigars have been well known for their premium quality for more than 150 years thanks to the country’s fertile soil and ideal climate. This premium image has attracted many celebrities, high-profile politicians and high net worth businessmen in ...
Country Report
Tobacco in South Korea
Jul 2018
In 2017, the tobacco industry in South Korea posted a decline in current value terms. This can be mainly attributed to the falling consumption of cigarettes, cigars and cigarillos, although this was partly offset by soaring demand for heated tobacco ...
Country Report
Smokeless Tobacco and Vapour Products in South Korea
Jul 2018
In 2017, sales of heated tobacco products in South Korea rose significantly within just six months of the launch of the first products, namely the Iqos tobacco heating device and HEETS sticks, from Philip Morris in June. These were followed by the ...
Strategy Briefing
Information and Communications in Asia Pacific
Jul 2018
Asia Pacific became the largest information and communications industry in the world in 2017 with a turnover of USD2.2 trillion. The Asian industry is fuelled by rapid adoption of technologies and countries’ overall modernisation, which will further ...
Country Briefing
Business Dynamics: South Korea
Jul 2018
South Korea is an easy place to do business. It has a highly competitive economy, thanks to a well-developed physical and ICT infrastructure. However, the South Korean government exerts significant control in key sectors, and large family-owned ...
Strategy Briefing
Competing with Giants: The Rise of Local Competition
Jul 2018
Regional and local brands increasingly fuel global beauty industry growth. The top 10 emerging markets in terms of absolute value growth are projected to contribute 57% of the global absolute market gains through to 2022. Local brands in each of ...
Strategy Briefing
Education in Asia Pacific
Jul 2018
With turnover of USD1.3 trillion, Asia Pacific is the largest and fastest-expanding education market in the world. While India and Indonesia are set to witness record CAGRs, China is to remain the regional leader in terms of absolute revenue growth. ...
Country Report
Bags and Luggage in South Korea
Jul 2018
Mid handbags was the best performing category in bags and luggage in 2018. Both local and international brands performed well thanks to rising demand for mid handbags for daily use. Luxury handbags also recorded healthy growth, although some luxury ...
Country Report
Jewellery in South Korea
Jul 2018
Jewellery in South Korea has traditionally relied heavily on wedding collections to drive value sales. However, a fall in the number of weddings is affecting the category. According to Euromonitor International’s Economies and Consumers data, the ...
Country Report
Personal Accessories in South Korea
Jul 2018
Personal accessories posted healthy retail current value growth in 2018, thanks in part to the intensifying premiumisation trend. The categories most affected by this trend were mechanical watches and luxury handbags, which registered stronger growth...
Country Report
Watches in South Korea
Jul 2018
Watches continued to perform well in 2018 despite increasing category maturity and political tension between the Chinese and South Korean governments regarding THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defence) deployment, which led to a drop in the number ...
Country Report
Writing Instruments in South Korea
Jul 2018
The back-to-school season in South Korea is quite long, lasting from December to the end of March, with the items sold each month differing. In December, gift sets/kits are popular, with sales peaking in February. Most back-to-school purchases take ...
Strategy Briefing
Travel: Quarterly Statement Q2 2018
Jun 2018
In the Travel Quarterly Statement for Q2 2018, we review the latest performance of travel and tourism demand, considering the key growth drivers impacting destinations and source markets. With growing anti-globalisation sentiment, a trade war between...
Country Report
Hot Drinks Packaging in South Korea
Jun 2018
Flexible packaging in hot drinks recorded the third highest growth rate over the review period, leveraged by soaring growth of fresh coffee in flexible packaging in 2017. Fresh coffee enjoyed double-digit growth over the past few years, while instant...
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