Samsung Plaza
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Samsung Plaza renamed as AK Plaza
Bundang Store from March 2 2009, is a shopping mall located in Seohyeon-dong
, Bundang
, Seongnam
, South Korea
just above Seohyeon Station
. The building is 98m or about 32 stories tall.
Samsung Corporation (hangul
:삼성물산) opened Samsung Plaza Store No. 1, a multi-functional shopping center. It is also equipped with diverse facilities such as the lobby, playrooms and cafes, plus facilities for the handicapped to heighten customer satisfaction. Samsung Plaza consists of a department store
, specialty stores and cultural, educational and entertainment facilities. Its shopping area includes luxury brands such as Prada, Gucci, Burberry, Dior, Tiffany & Co., Etro, Salvatore Ferragamo, and other sections for foreign name brands. After five months of construction, a Louis Vuitton store opened on Mar. 12 2009.
For cultural facilities, there is a cinema with five screens, a game center, a gallery, restaurants and an open plaza. Others include the Public Service Center of Seongnam City Hall, medical and banking facilities in the General Living Information Center, Cultural Center ofhelloand the Information Room providing free rental services for books, video tapes and CDs to Samsung Plaza members. Samsung Plaza particularly runs a quality control system to improve the quality of sales items. Only fresh foods stocked on the day are sold. The Day Life New Center provides customers with consultations on products or services, which are not available at Samsung Plaza, and links them to suppliers. It also provides information on customers’ important events such as weddings, childbirth, funerals, traveling, vacations and anniversaries.
Samsung Plaza has grown substantially, the total sale of 1997 was 270 billion won and in 2004 it was, doubled, 540 billion won. In 2005, Bundang Samsung Plaza ranked 6th in amount of sales in South Korea.
On February 2007, Samsung Corporation signed a contract with ARD Holdings, Inc. to sell Samsung Plaza Department Store.
37°23′5"N 127°7′25"E
AK Plaza
AK Plaza , formerly Aekyung Department Store or Samsung Plaza is a South Korean department store franchise, owned by the Aekyung Group. It has four branches in the Seoul Metropolitan Area, including the former Samsung Plaza, a department store in Bundang once owned by the Samsung Group...
Bundang Store from March 2 2009, is a shopping mall located in Seohyeon-dong
Seohyeon-dong
Seohyeon-dong refers to two of the 19 dongs of Bundang-gu, Seongnam, South Korea, Seohyeon-1-dong and Seohyeon-2-dong. The total area is 8.36 km², with a population of 56,648, 34,673 in Seohyeon-1-dong and 21,975 in Seohyeon-2-dong...
, Bundang
Bundang
Bundang is the southernmost district of Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. In addition to being the most populous part of the city, it also has the status of being one of the wealthiest regions in Gyeonggi Province...
, Seongnam
Seongnam
Seongnam is the second largest city in South Korea's Gyeonggi province after Suwon and the 9th largest city in the country, with a population of nearly 1 million...
, South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
just above Seohyeon Station
Seohyeon Station
Seohyeon Station is a subway station on the Bundang Line in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. The line connects to Seoul. The area around this station is popular among young people, with lots of bars, restaurants, movie theaters, hagwon, offices, etc. AK Plaza and Bundang Jesaeng Hospital are also in this...
. The building is 98m or about 32 stories tall.
Samsung Corporation (hangul
Hangul
Hangul,Pronounced or ; Korean: 한글 Hangeul/Han'gŭl or 조선글 Chosŏn'gŭl/Joseongeul the Korean alphabet, is the native alphabet of the Korean language. It is a separate script from Hanja, the logographic Chinese characters which are also sometimes used to write Korean...
:삼성물산) opened Samsung Plaza Store No. 1, a multi-functional shopping center. It is also equipped with diverse facilities such as the lobby, playrooms and cafes, plus facilities for the handicapped to heighten customer satisfaction. Samsung Plaza consists of a department store
Department store
A department store is a retail establishment which satisfies a wide range of the consumer's personal and residential durable goods product needs; and at the same time offering the consumer a choice of multiple merchandise lines, at variable price points, in all product categories...
, specialty stores and cultural, educational and entertainment facilities. Its shopping area includes luxury brands such as Prada, Gucci, Burberry, Dior, Tiffany & Co., Etro, Salvatore Ferragamo, and other sections for foreign name brands. After five months of construction, a Louis Vuitton store opened on Mar. 12 2009.
For cultural facilities, there is a cinema with five screens, a game center, a gallery, restaurants and an open plaza. Others include the Public Service Center of Seongnam City Hall, medical and banking facilities in the General Living Information Center, Cultural Center ofhelloand the Information Room providing free rental services for books, video tapes and CDs to Samsung Plaza members. Samsung Plaza particularly runs a quality control system to improve the quality of sales items. Only fresh foods stocked on the day are sold. The Day Life New Center provides customers with consultations on products or services, which are not available at Samsung Plaza, and links them to suppliers. It also provides information on customers’ important events such as weddings, childbirth, funerals, traveling, vacations and anniversaries.
Samsung Plaza has grown substantially, the total sale of 1997 was 270 billion won and in 2004 it was, doubled, 540 billion won. In 2005, Bundang Samsung Plaza ranked 6th in amount of sales in South Korea.
On February 2007, Samsung Corporation signed a contract with ARD Holdings, Inc. to sell Samsung Plaza Department Store.
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37°23′5"N 127°7′25"E