Starbucks ‘Tank Day’ fallout drags Emart into red
- Source
- The Korea Herald - Business
- Source link
- https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10840422
- Published
- 2026-08-13 15:14:23
- Discovered by ProcIntel
- 2026-08-13 07:33:52
- Category
- Procurement & Supply Chain News
- Geography
- South Korea
- Organisations
- —
- Review status
- Pending
- Record type
- REAL
Summary
The fallout from Starbucks Korea’s controversial May 18 “Tank Day” campaign helped push Emart to a consolidated operating loss of 43 billion won ($30.4 million) in the second quarter, despite double-digit profit growth at several of the retail conglomerate’s core businesses. Starbucks Korea posted sales of 747.3 billion won and an operating loss of 18.4 billion won in the April-June period, Emart said Thursday. Emart holds a 67.5 percent stake in SCK Company, the operator of Starbucks Korea. The
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