This article showcases our top picks for the best South Korean based Retail companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Retail industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
Top South Korean Retail Startups
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Coupang
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Coupang offers an e-commerce platform that is powered by innovative technology and operations.
CLO Virtual Fashion
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CLO Virtual Fashion develops true-to-life, 3D garment simulation technology for fashion and film/gaming industries.
Balaan
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A platform that allows you to get the latest luxury goods in just 3 days.
FEELWAY
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FEELWAY is the 1st largest domestic luxury products market place in korea.
E.LAND
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E.LAND provides fashion, retail, dining, construction services.
Melixir
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Melixir is a vegan cosmetic brand that offers skincare products with plant-based ingredients.
OWiN
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OWiN is a computer company that provides a device and software platform that connects car divers and merchants online and offline.
Perfitt
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Shoe Size Recommendation Solution, B2B Solution, Retail Technology
Casual Steps
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Casual Steps provides global online shopping services and solutions.
Star Vision
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Korean beauty contact lens and fashion sunglasses retailer
Sweet Spot
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Sweet Spot is a platform for companies and retailers who need space for marketing and sales.
Club Venit
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Club Venit is a private Korean e-commerce company offering luxury brands online.
FLEAPOP
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Fleapop provides women in their teens and 20s with an opportunity to experience the latest fashion items and online items every two days.
Woman’s Talk
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Woman’s Talk, Korea’s is a first online mobile beauty home shopping.
Lotte Group
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Lotte is a multinational food and shopping corporation with headquarters in South Korea and Japan.
BOOKCUBE
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BOOKCUBE is an eBook portal that provides comics and webtoons books.
Brich
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An O2O service delivering the latest Korean fashion trends online .
PureSpace
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PureSpace produces a nanotechnology device that extends shelf-life and improves food safety by decomposing ethylene gas.
AUUR
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Auur.in is a brand development and content marketing company.
KT&G Corporation
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KT&G Corporation offers manufacturing and distribution of tobacco products.
MUSINSA
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Online fashion platform where you can enjoy everything about fashion.
Qustreet
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Qustreet.com is an online retail store specialized in selling apparels from new brands in Korea.
E-mart
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E-mart is a retail company that distributes and sells products through online shopping, specialty stores, and supermarkets.
Labelby.me
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labelby.me is a social e-commerce platform that provides its users with fashion merchandising services.
GS Shop
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GS Shop is an on-line shop set up to make the purchasing of products much easier and available.
Lululemon Athletica Korea
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Lululemon Athletica Korea is an e-commerce shop for fashion items.
Hyundai Department Store Group
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Hyundai Department Store is a departmental store.
SSG
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SSG is a company that provides online retail sales through it’s website for home delivery.
GS Retail
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GS Retail sells beauty and skincare products, candles, gifts, perfumes, bathroom accessories and other products.
Homeplus
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Homeplus is a Korean discount store retail chain.
z-emotion
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z-emotion is a 3D garment technology company providing solutions to help fashion industry forward its digital transformation process.
W Concept Korea
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W Concept Korea operates as an online retailer.
Hyundai Green Food
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Hyundai Green Food is a retail and wholesale company that provides catering and food material distribution and foodservice.
GS Holdings
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GS Holdings engages in the energy, retail, and construction businesses in South Korea and internationally together its subsidiaries.
Eve Condoms
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Eve Condoms makes condoms for sexual healthcare.
Marco Roho
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Marco Roho is an e-commerce platform for donation accessories.
Fila Korea
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Fila Korea is an e-commerce company that provides sports apparel.
Itemscout
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Itemscout is a provider of keyword analysis solutions for online sellers and businesses.
SIIIIDO
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SIIIIDO is an online shopping platform for clothing.
Sellerhub
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Sellerhub is a web-based eCommerce platform for the online sellers integrating with up to 30 major eCommerce sites (ex. Coupang, Naver).
RAINUS
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RAINUS is a technology company that specializes in Electronic Shelf Labels (ESLs) to empower customers across various industries.
Bite Me
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Bite Me is an online marketplace for pet supplies.
Lotte Himart
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Lotte Himart is an online marketplace provides electronics, home appliance, digital, kitchen utensils.
YAMAHA Make Waves
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YAMAHA Make Waves is a musical instrument store.
BIXOLON
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Bixolon Co., Ltd. is a global printer manufacturer of POS Printers, Label Printers & Mobile Printers.
ALLETS
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ALLETS is an online content e-commerce platform in Korea.
Quiksilver
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Quiksilver is an online marketplace for clothing and sportswear.
Univera
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Univera offers aloe science, aloe health functional food, cosmetics.
Helinox
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Helinox is an online shop for outdoor equipments.
BORA
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BORA is a provider of grocery products such as dairy products, sauces and pasta.
Vintage Hollywood
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Vintage Hollywood is an online shop that provides jewelry and accessories.
XATION
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XATION is a personal care company that offers men’s skincare and haircare brands.
Lotte Shopping
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Lotte Shopping engages in the operation of department stores and supermarkets.
SK stoa
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SK stoa is an online marketplace for consumer goods.
MPS Korea
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MPS Korea is a battery manufacturing and retail company.
Paris Croissant
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Paris Croissant is a bakery chain based in South Korea.
Albireo
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Albireo is a skin care brand that offers beauty products.
Almanac
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Almanac is an online marketplace for watches and jewelry products.
Seoul Store
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Seoul Store is an e-commerce site for buying apparel and accessories for men and women.
MULAWEAR
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MULAWEAR is an e-commerce site that offers clothes for men and women.
Compuzone
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Compuzone is an e-commerce platform for the sales of computer and electronic products.
Donggle
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Donggle is a shopping platform that directly connects consumers and wholesalers and allows purchases at wholesale at a low price.
SmartBuy
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SmartBuy is an e-commerce platform that offers household, cosmetics and kitchen products.
Shopl & Company
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Shopl is B2B Saas software for deskless employees
Intercommerce
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Intercommerce is a cross-border e-commerce oriented company that offers shopping services.
Plainist
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Plainist is an online store that provides towels, masks and baby clothes.
AMK Korea
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AMK Korea is an international trading company that focuses primarily on exporting and distributing eco-friendly and organic products.
Sejong
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Sejong engages in the production of automobile exhaust systems.
Lotte Duty Free
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Lotte Duty Free is a chain of domestic duty-free shops in Korea.
SodaGift
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SodaGift is an international gifting service operated by Sodacrew Inc & It focuses on a seamless user experience and multilingual customers.
Ollie Korea
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Ollie Korea is an online shop that provides eco-friendly premium water bottles.
ESAMSA
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ESAMSA engages in the bicycle and patient vehicle manufacturing industry.
CANDYONE
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CANDYONE is an online marketplace for hand-made candies.
ESTHER FORMULA
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ESTHER FORMULA is an online store that provides health functional food products.
Rolling Square
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Rolling Square is the creator of Pink Pouch, an app that works as a mobile marketing platform for beauty and fashion products.
Parabara
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Parabara is a non-face-to-face used trading vending machine.
Aracare
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Aracare is a total healthcare management company that introduces excellent medical devices and healthcare services.
Bigcle
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Bigcle is an e-commerce platform that offers watches, bags, gifts and other lifestyle products.
Hansoll Textile
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Hansoll Textile is a global textile company that manufactures and exports mainly knit apparel.
Value Factory
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VALUE FACTORY develops trend analysis-based online shopping malls.
Doosan Corporation Electro-Materials
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Doosan Corporation Electro-Materials manufactures and supplies top-tier electronic materials.
Decathlon Korea
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Decathlon Korea is an online retail store that sells sportswear, shoes, and accessories.
MH & Co
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MH & Co is a medium-sized household goods company.
Motte & Bailey
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Motte & Bailey is an online marketplace for cosmetics and skincare products.
Convenience
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Convenience is a vertical commerce company that produces the Barunsengkak brand of condoms and gels.
Wearingeul
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Wearingeul is an online literature design shop.
Dinosoles
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Dinosoles designs and produces a Jurassic dinosaur themed series of children’s products.
SJ TNC
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SJ TNC is a distributor of semiconductors and electronic materials.
Daiwa Korea
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Daiwa Korea is a fishing goods brand offering all kinds of Japanese fishing products.