Tuesday, December 23, 2008

10 Hit Items This Year in Korea

Samsung Ecomonics Research announce 10 HIT ITEMS this year in Korea.

Last year, the general trends were health and beauty items.
But this year the consumption trends are...

*Stress for living.

*Uncertainty about the future.

*Distrust for food and goverment.


The No. 1 hit item is the tactile sense of style mobile phone.

Touch-feeling with response against the user's moving with touch panel and gravity sensors grab the customer's hearts.
Haptic series sell 15M units.

No. 2 is Beijing Sports Stars
People have the adoration to non-script drama like the sports world.

No. 3 is the New Traffic Fare Payment Systems


Some credit cards support the public fare payments.
But prepaid fare payment system brings more convenience.
No. 4 is the Internet Discussion Service like Daum Agora.

Semi-professional people write professional opinions to the web that bring lots of issues.

No. 5 is the Beethoven Virus. A soap opera.
Soap opera brings the Kang Mae (main character) syndrome.
All kinds of PP (production placements) items sold out like suits, bags, glasses, wine.
No 6. is the New Format of a Real Variety Show

Always people search the NEW format.
No. 7 is the Nintendo WII
Um, playing golf at home...^.^
No. 8 is the Net Book

Yes, small is beautiful.
Web surfing on bed. I'm doing it. ^.^
No. 9 is Donation
Love with no terms. (Moon GeunYoung- Famous actress with lots of donation)

No. 10 is Customer Charging Program

Look for better ways through the users.

This anouncement does not follow the "sales volume."
It follows the "tendency."

This is also one of the trends. ^^

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