[Economy 365] The
price of old apartments in Seoul this year has doubled compared to new ones.
According to the Korea Real Estate Agency, apartment prices in Seoul for more than 20 years have risen by 2.4% this year.
This is twice as high compared to the 1.2% increase in new construction with less than 5 years of construction.
It is interpreted that this is because more complexes are speeding up reconstruction in order to avoid the '2 years of real residence' obligation, and expectations for reconstruction have increased due to the easing of real estate regulations.
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Recently, as food material prices have risen sharply, more and more consumers are looking for inexpensive packaged kimchi instead of making kimchi themselves.
According to the Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation, the retail price of 1 kg of red pepper powder was 37,583 won, up 44% from a year ago, and prices of dried red peppers 84% and peeled garlic jumped 55%.
As a result, the sales of packaged kimchi increased. Daesang's kimchi sales this year increased by 5% compared to last year, and Gmarket's green onion kimchi and bachelor kimchi sales last month jumped more than 40%.
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Starbucks will increase the number of 'Starbucks Deliveries', a delivery service store, to more than 100 in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province this month.
The reason Starbucks is working hard on the delivery market is interpreted as the urgent need to discover new sources of revenue in the era of COVID-19.
If Starbucks Korea, the number one in the industry, expands its delivery service, it is expected to hurt not only its competitors but also individual cafes.
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first Paris Baguette Cambodia store opened.
SPC Group announced that it has opened a Paris Baguette store in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, together with its local partner HSC Group.
Cambodia is Paris Baguette's sixth overseas market after China, the United States, France, Vietnam and Singapore.