South Korea
Companies
The near-term domestic demand conditions in South Korea are expected to be constrained by household debt deleveraging and a deteriorating macroeconomic outlook. These dynamics are expected...
2012-01-04Companies
US wine and spirits exporters have much to look forward to in anticipation of South Korea's ratification of its free trade agreement (FTA) with the US. The US Congress has recently...
2011-10-19Companies
After an eight-year struggle of building considerable scale in Japan, UK mass grocery retail (MGR) player Tesco has decided to exit the Japanese market. Clearly, growth prospects in...
2011-09-06Companies
Tighter retail regulations in South Korea are frustrating the expansionary efforts of large-scale mass grocery retailer (MGR) operators. The increasingly saturated nature of the South...
2011-08-22Industry
South Korean leading discount retailer E-Mart recently inked an agreement with U&I Investment Corporation to establish a joint venture in Vietnam with an aim of setting up retail...
2011-07-18Finance
Tighter credit conditions are expected to dampen discretionary consumer spending over the coming quarters, that will likely see consumer discretionary stocks underperform their staples...
2011-07-04Industry
We maintain our view of a healthy domestic demand picture for South Korea in the near term. Buoyant labour market conditions, strong retail sales growth and positive signs of a pickup...
2011-06-29Companies
Hite Brewery's (the leading brewer in South Korea) sales has been rather lacklustre for 2010. Besides struggling to grow revenues, its earnings have also been affected by high marketing...
2011-06-06
