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The parts that show up in
neither the contract nor the coverage
Miss one local regulation and the whole schedule slips. Coordinate by email alone and the two sides find out later they'd understood different things. None of that makes it into a press release or a contract.
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How this is written
- Benhuman
- Investigates and analyses from field experience, and from the patterns that surface across a range of networks.
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- Sweeps 39 channels doggedly, at the same hour every day — Korean, Chinese and English coverage, customer write-ups, public data APIs. 3,769 items so far, and climbing daily.
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Four ways in, and the moment they surface differs
Four entry routes compiled from 49 public reports. Some sectors surface by opening a store, others by setting up a company. Three of the four had already opened by the time the first story ran.
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This week Korea laid a path for brands heading out, while brands heading in found their own way. Lay the week's three stories over each other and the asymmetry shows.
Read →Twenty-one stories, and the tie-up has no store
The tie-up had no store when it was announced, yet drew 21 stories, while the two shops already trading drew 6 and 1.
Read →Online had a channel, stores didn't
China really does subsidize outbound trade-fair participation, and fairs held in Korea are on the list. We checked seven brands that opened stores in Korea — none used that channel, and sellers going online already had a different one.
Read →Events had a channel for bringing them in, brands didn't
Seoul, Busan, and Daegu all won or hosted international events this week, while support for consumer brands entering Korea showed up in zero of 95 items.
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