South Korean grocery retailer Homeplus has appointed its new chief marketing officer in an executive reshuffle announced on Thursday. Appointed former CEO of McDonald’s Korea as its new CMO Homeplus has appointed former CEO of McDonald’s Korea Cho Ju-yeon as its new chief marketing officer. She was the first female CEO at the South Korean unit of the fast food restaurant. Source:...

The South Korean retailer has created the unit by merging its two existing retail arms – the old GS Retail and GS Home Shopping. The new retail business unit consists of four sub-units The new GS Retail, officially launches on Thursday 1 July 2021, consists of four sub-units: GS25 (convenience stores) GS Supermarket (supermarket format) Online platforms, and Home shopping bus...

The South Korea convenience operator announced that it has launched a delivery service using an artificial intelligence-based robot at a second location in Seoul. Increased efficiency and commercial gain The second AI-powered robot has been launched at GS25's GS Tower branch in Yeoksam-dong in the Gangnam area. The company first unveiled the service last year. The robots can carry up to 15 ...