South Korea Department Store Sales Rise 1% in May
By Cynthia Kim -
2012-06-17T02:00:00Z
Sales at major South Korean department stores rose last month as gift buying increased with public holidays.
Outlays at the three largest chains increased 1 percent in May from a year earlier, following a 3.4 percent decline in April, the Ministry of Knowledge Economy said in a statement today. Discount-store sales dropped 5.7 percent as prices of fresh food rose and business hours of stores were shortened, today’s report said.
To contact the reporter on this story: Cynthia Kim in Seoul at ckim170@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Paul Panckhurst at ppanckhurst@bloomberg.net
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