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NPS Exits Coupang, Doubles Down on Emart in Retail Portfolio Reshuffle
The National Pension Service (NPS) has sold off most of its stake in Coupang amid the e-commerce giant's recent personal data breach controversy, while increasing its holdings in Emart, industry sourc...
2026-04-10 금요일 | 박슬기 기자
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"Speed vs. Infrastructure: Coupang and Shinsegae Wage AI War for Retail Dominance"
The retail industry's competitive front is shifting decisively toward artificial intelligence. Domestic retailers are joining forces with global tech giants to build AI infrastructure, fundamentally r...
2026-03-23 월요일 | 박슬기 기자
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DQN쿠팡 김범석과 기업가정신: 혁신의 이름으로 박제된 '책임의 부재'
"기업가는 사회적 책임을 통감하고, 혁신을 통해 새로운 가치를 창출하되, 그 과정에서 발생하는 비용을 공동체에 전가하지 않아야 한다."미국의 경제학자 조지프 슘페터가 정의한 기업가정신(Entrepreneurship)의 본...
2025-12-30 화요일 | 두경우 전문위원
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Why Was Kim Bom-Suk's Close Ally Harold Rogers Urgently Dispatched from Coupang U.S. Headquarters?
CEO Park Dae-jun of Coupang, who said he would "take all responsibility," resigned on December 10. Interpretations suggest he was effectively removed as the personal information leak incident spread u...
2025-12-12 금요일 | 박슬기 기자
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"Coupang Faces Up to KRW 4 Trillion Fine, Business Suspension Over 33.7 Million Data Breach"
33.7 million pieces of personal information leaked. An unprecedented massive incident. This accident occurred due to Coupang's clear negligence in failing to renew signing keys issued to authenticatio...
2025-12-05 금요일 | 박슬기 기자
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Naver Grows Steadily While Coupang Smiles Quietly: Why?
Coupang and Naver both posted record-breaking Q3 results this year, further solidifying their duopoly in e-commerce. However, the expressions of these two companies receiving excellent report cards di...
2025-11-18 화요일 | 박슬기 기자
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A New Game in E-commerce: Will the 'Kurly & Naver' Alliance Shake Coupang?
The alliance between Kurly and Naver has officially commenced. This comes five months after signing a strategic partnership and forming a joint task force in April. The joint venture, named 'KurlyN Ma...
2025-09-09 화요일 | 박슬기 기자
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SoftBank Sells KRW 2.3 Trillion Worth of Coupang Shares
It has been confirmed that SoftBank disposed of Coupang shares worth approximately KRW 2.3 trillion over three separate transactions between May and August this year.According to the U.S. Securities a...
2025-08-27 수요일 | 박슬기 기자
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Coupang Hits “KRW 12 Trillion Q2 Sales” Milestone, Taiwan Results Materialize… “Global Rocket Growth”
Coupang’s achievements in Taiwan are now coming to the fore. Nearly three years since its entry into Taiwan in 2022, the company’s growth businesses, including Taiwan, posted their highest-ever quar...
2025-08-08 금요일 | 박슬기 기자
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Coupang Follows Amazon into Cloud, Beyond Retail
Coupang is accelerating its transformation into the “Amazon of Korea,” now venturing beyond retail into the cloud business—a key pillar of Amazon’s profitability model. The move signals Coupang’s...
2025-07-14 월요일 | 박슬기 기자
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CJ Logistics Strikes Back at Coupang — From 7-Day Delivery to Cross-Border Parcel Expansion
CJ Logistics is rolling out a dual-track strategy, expanding its 7-day delivery service nationwide while building a mega logistics center in the Middle East. This move comes as Coupang, Korea’s large...
2025-07-08 화요일 | 손원태 기자
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Kim Bom-Suk’s ‘Korean-Style WOW Strategy’ Works: Coupang Achieves Record Quarterly Results with Rapid Global Growth
"Massive Potential to Deliver the Same WOW Experience That Resonated with Korean Consumers in Taiwan"Kim Bom-Suk (Bom Kim), Chairman of Coupang Inc., made this remark during the company’s earnings ca...
2025-05-08 목요일 | 박슬기 기자
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'Retail Giant' Coupang Takes the Crown in Parcel Delivery, Overtaking CJ Logistics
Coupang, the dominant player in South Korea’s retail industry with KRW 41 trillion in revenue last year, has now emerged victorious in the parcel delivery market as well. Coupang Logistics Service (C...
2025-04-22 화요일 | 박슬기 기자
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Is Coupang's 41-Trillion-Won Empire in Danger? The Advance of Naver and Daiso
Naver and Daiso are emerging as major threats to Coupang, which became the first company in South Korea’s retail industry to achieve 41 trillion won in revenue last year. They are countering Coupang ...
2025-03-17 월요일 | 박슬기 기자
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Baemin Bum Seok Austin Kim vs. Coupang Kim Bom-Suk: A Name-dropping Delivery Competition
Who will lead the charge: Bum Seok Austin Kim of Baemin (Woowa Brothers) or Kim Bom-Suk of Coupang Eats (Coupang)? While their names are different in English, both CEOs share the same Korean name, '김...
2025-01-23 목요일 | 박슬기 기자
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[2024 Retail Review:E-commerce] C-commerce Onslaught and TMON·WeMakePrice Crisis Add to Woes... Coupang ‘Stands Alone’
It's been an eventful year. The C-commerce raid at the beginning of the year, followed by the Qoo10 and TMON, WeMakePrice non-settlement scandals, shook the e-commerce industry. With profitability wor...
2024-12-27 금요일 | 박슬기 기자
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Coupang, Q3 sales of KRW 10.6 trillion, ‘highest ever again’… Kim Beom-seok “Still hungry”
Coupang recorded its highest-ever sales of KRW 10.6 trillion in the third quarter of this year. This is analyzed to be due to the effects of the monthly fee increase implemented in August, the increas...
2024-11-07 목요일 | 박슬기 기자
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Coupang Eats' scary chase... 'No. 1' Baemin falls below 60% market share
The domestic delivery app market is changing. Coupang Eats has risen from 3rd to 2nd place in the industry and is now threatening the number one delivery app, Baedal Minjok. Baemin's share of the del...
2024-09-06 금요일 | 박슬기 기자