[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Disamobili (CEO Choi Dong-yeol), a company specializing in importing and selling luxury imported furniture, was found to have paid out 16 billion won in dividends over the past six years, despite a decrease in sales, operating profit, and net profit last year. Disamobili, which has been introducing world-class European luxury furniture, has established itself as a top company in the domestic imported furniture industry by presenting brands such as Poliform and Moroso from Italy, Ligne Roset, Erpo, Cierre, and Artisan from France, and Bosse, RENZ, and TRECA fr
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Chinese massage chair company Nuhas (CEO Kim Taek) is at a crossroads for survival after recording deficits for two consecutive years. According to the Financial Supervisory Service’s electronic disclosure system on the 25th, Nuhas’ operating profit last year was -5.9 billion won, following the previous year’s -4 billion won, recording an operating loss for the second consecutive year. Net income for the period was also -6 billion won, following the previous year’s -3.4 billion won, recording a net loss for the second consecutive year. However, sales grew by
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] It was revealed that Hansung FI (CEO Kim Young-cheol), which operates 'Taylor Made Apparel', 'Lenoma Golf', 'All For You', and 'O'Neill', saw its operating profit and net profit plummet by nearly 70% last year. Even in this dire business situation, dividends amounted to 12 billion won over the past three years. Dividends were paid out in the amount of 4 billion won in 2021, 5 billion won in 2022, and 3 billion won in 2023. Hansung FI is effectively a family business, with CEO Kim Young-cheol owning 50% and Kim Young-doo and other special affiliates owning 50%
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Lexus and Toyota created a sensation in the Korean market last year and showed excellent business performance. They achieved sales of nearly 1.3 trillion won last year, their best performance ever since entering the Korean market. According to the Financial Supervisory Service's electronic disclosure system on the 21st, Korea Toyota Motor's sales for fiscal year 2023 (April 2023 to March 2024) were 1.2645 trillion won, and operating profit was 74.9 billion won, up 43.4% and 38.5% year-on-year, respectively. Operating profit is also the highest since entering
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] The corporation that imports and sells Vicespring beds is Infernis (CEO Seong-moon Kwak). Its headquarters is located at Infini Cheongdam Building, 6-15 Cheongdam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul (777 Samseong-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul). The share structure is 100% owned by CEO Kwak Seong-moon and special affiliates. It is effectively a family business. The inside directors and auditors are also family. In 2022, 2.5 billion won was paid out as dividends, and 2.2 billion won last year. All dividends went to CEO Kwak Seong-moon and special affiliates. Last year, sales incre
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] BonIF (CEO Cheol-ho Kim), which operates ‘Bonjuk,’ ‘Bon Bibimbap,’ and ‘Bon Dosirak,’ continued its growth by surpassing KRW 400 billion in annual sales and KRW 20 billion in operating profit. It is regrettable that the family-owned business, in which the family owns 100% of the shares, paid out 3.3 billion won in dividends in 2023, a 7% increase from the previous year (2022) of 3 billion won. Since all shareholders are family members, the 3.3 billion won in dividends went to all five members of Chairman Kim Chul-ho's family. The shareholding structure is as
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] What do Shinsegae Group Chairman Yong-jin Chung, BTS RM, and former Samsung Museum of Art Leeum Director Ra-hee Hong have in common? The answer is to use a bi-spring bed. The line preferred by the conglomerates is known to be 'Magnificence', priced between 120 million won and 150 million won. Second quiz, who are Netflix's competitors? Disney, CGV, Tving, Coupang, Nike, Everland, etc. are all correct. However, Netflix CEO Hastings mentioned 'human sleep time' as a competitor to Netflix during a speech at the New York Times Dealbook Conference held in Manhatta
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] June 23 is Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong’s 56th birthday. The weather on June 23, 1968, the day he was born, was occasionally cloudy but clear. The main articles on the front page and a total of 8 pages of the Chosun Ilbo at the time are as follows. The front page that day featured articles on the limits of warrantless detention, the French general election, and a high-level meeting at the White House. In particular, the front page advertisement for the monthly general magazine Sasanggye at the bottom stands out. It was founded in 1953 by Jang Jun
[NewsSpace=JeongYoung Kim] Samsung SDI today announced that it is taking part in InterBattery Europe 2024 that kicked off on June 19 for a three-day run in Munich, Germany. Korea's leading battery fair InterBattery is enriching the offerings of The Smarter E Europe, which is Europe's largest energy exhibition focused on batteries and energy storage systems, housing a record number of around 2,800 exhibitors this year. Touting a theme of 'Sustainable Future Driven by PRiMX,' Samsung SDI unveiled Samsung Battery Box (SBB) 1.5, a newer, upgraded version of SBB which debuted in Munich last year. T
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Shin Yoo-yeol, executive director, is the grandson of Lotte Group founder Shin Kyuk-ho and the eldest son of the second chairman Shin Dong-bin. He is a third-generation Korean-Japanese from London, England. He was born in London, England in 1986, when his father, Chairman Shin Dong-bin, was working at the UK branch of Nomura Securities, and returned to Japan two years later in 1988. The Shin clan’s generation is ‘yeol.’ His Japanese name is Shigemitsu Satoshi, and he maintains Japanese citizenship. In Japan, he graduated from Aoyama Gakuin Elementary, Middle,