Homeplus
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retailing |
| Founded | 1997[1] |
| Headquarters | , |
Number of locations | Hypermarkets:142 Homeplus Express:365 365 Plus:331 (as of the end of 2017)[2] |
| Products | Groceries, consumer goods |
| Owner | MBK Partners |
| Website | www |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 홈플러스 |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization | Hom-peul-leo-seu |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hom-pul-le-su |
Homeplus (Korean: 홈플러스) is a Korean discount store retail chain running about 840 branches with 25,000 emloyees throughout South Korea.[3] Homeplus is the second largest retailer in South Korea,[4] behind Shinsegae Group's e-mart chain.
Homeplus operates its hypermarkets, super market chain 'Homeplus Express', convenience store '365 Plus' and online shopping service. Homeplus stores offer everything from groceries to clothes and appliances.[5]
Starting in 1997 with distribution business department of Samsung C&T Corporation, Homeplus opened its first hypermarket in Daegu and its second branch in West Busan.[6] In 1999, a joint venture between Samsung C&T and worldwide British retail chain Tesco, ‘SamsungTesco’ was launched, and it has grown into the second largest retailer in Korea by taking over 33 Homever(ex-Carrefour) stores since 2008. Since then Tesco had run the Homeplus until 2015 and the private equity fund, MBK Partners, acquired the company in October 2015 and is running the business.[7]
See also
References
- ^ [1].
- ^ [2].
- ^ "홈플러스 (Hom-peul-leo-seu)". Homeplus. Retrieved February 18, 2008.
- ^ Gómez-Suárez, M.; Martínez-Ruiz, M.P. (2016). Handbook of Research on Strategic Retailing of Private Label Products in a Recovering Economy. Advances in Marketing, Customer Relationship Management, and E-Services. IGI Global. p. 115. ISBN 978-1-5225-0221-0. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
- ^ "홈플러스 온라인 쇼핑몰". August 28, 2018.
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- ^ "홈플러스 주식회사 공식홈페이지 <회사소개>". August 29, 2018.
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External links
- Official website (in Korean)
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