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August 31, 2011
2011.09.01
The end is not always the end [English, KJH]
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2940612
2. MARKETING ISSUES
Lotte Mart Opens 200th Store [Korean, OSY]
http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/economy/2011/08/30/0318000000AKR20110830145400003.HTML
Lotte Mart opened its 200th store on August 31, which was located in Changjun, China. Lotte Mart president B.Y. Noh commented in a press interview at the opening that Lotte Mart planned to be the largest retail company in Asia by opening additional 500 stores by 2018. Currently Lotte Mart has 92 stores in Korea and 102 in other Asian countries, including 83 in China.
Woolsan-si Approves A New COSTCO Store Despite Opposition of Local Retailers [Korean, OSY]
http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/economy/2011/08/29/0318000000AKR20110829179800057.HTML
City government of Woolsan ordered on August 29 that North district of the city should approve COSTCO to build a new store in the district. Head of the North District, a People¡¯s Labor Party politician, had been refusing to approve the construction application based on complaints from local small scale retailers.
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