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crazylemongirl
Joined: 23 Mar 2003
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 Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 11:15 pm Post subject: Western Companies that have failed in Korea |
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Cinnabon
Wendy's
Hardee's
Ben and Jerry's (at least in Gangnam) 
Walmart
What are the other places I've forgotten about? |
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Smee
Joined: 24 Dec 2004
Location: Jeollanam-do
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| Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 11:19 pm Post subject: |
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| I guess Carrefour is going under in Korea as well. |
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Troll_Bait
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: [T]eaching experience doesn't matter much. -Lee Young-chan (pictured)
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| Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 11:22 pm Post subject: Re: Western Companies that have failed in Korea |
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| crazylemongirl wrote: |
Western Companies that have failed in Korea
Cinnabon
Wendy's
Hardee's
Ben and Jerry's (at least in Gangnam)
Walmart
What are the other places I've forgotten about? |
Wendy's is the best hamburger place! Why did it fail?! |
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ysl
Joined: 31 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 11:25 pm Post subject: Re: Western Companies that have failed in Korea |
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| Troll_Bait wrote: |
| crazylemongirl wrote: |
Western Companies that have failed in Korea
Cinnabon
Wendy's
Hardee's
Ben and Jerry's (at least in Gangnam)
Walmart
What are the other places I've forgotten about? |
Wendy's is the best hamburger place! Why did it fail?! |
perhaps dave was too genuinely american for them, god i miss the spicy chicken sandwiches.
i'd like to start a jamba juice here and a panera bread (only in the midwest usa)... i think those will do well in seoul. |
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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea
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| Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 11:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Wendy's was still doing ok in Japan as of two years ago (luckily) |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 11:28 pm Post subject: |
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| A new Walmart opened up in Daegu this year - and was still there last week. Maybe it was just one bad location. |
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Smee
Joined: 24 Dec 2004
Location: Jeollanam-do
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| Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 11:29 pm Post subject: |
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| some might say Google. |
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JongnoGuru
Joined: 25 May 2004
Location: peeing on your doorstep
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| Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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Everything on that list is a fast-food franchise.
Nokia
Nestle's
Google
Bestfoods
There was a thread on this same topic recently. Was it mindmetoo who started that one? It was fairly extensive.
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SPINOZA
Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Location: $eoul
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| Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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| when is Carrefore going? the one at World Cup Stadium's still there and always packed out. I'll miss that, because their sushi is killer and it's generally excellent. |
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periwinkle
Joined: 08 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 11:37 pm Post subject: Re: Western Companies that have failed in Korea |
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| ysl wrote: |
| Troll_Bait wrote: |
| crazylemongirl wrote: |
Western Companies that have failed in Korea
Cinnabon
Wendy's
Hardee's
Ben and Jerry's (at least in Gangnam)
Walmart
What are the other places I've forgotten about? |
Wendy's is the best hamburger place! Why did it fail?! |
perhaps dave was too genuinely american for them, god i miss the spicy chicken sandwiches.
i'd like to start a jamba juice here and a panera bread (only in the midwest usa)... i think those will do well in seoul. |
Panera? I dunno- people here aren't into funky sandwiches, like turkey, proscuitto (sp?), rye bread... I also wonder how the pizzas would go down- they're similar to Schlotsky's pizzas, and Schlotsky's failed here, so I figure if Schlotsky's failed, so will Panera. Jamba juice would do well, I think~
My husband likes Wendy's. I think Koreans would dig the Frosty's, and the salad bar. I wonder what happened- maybe their timing wasn't right when they entered the Korean market. I saw a Wendy's in Fukuoka. If they do well in Japan, you'd think they'd do well in Korea...
I wonder if these companies try their products out on a Korean focus group first. You'd think they would, but I wonder.
I think Olive Garden would do well here, but it's hard to say.... |
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maeil
Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Location: Haebangchon
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| Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 11:38 pm Post subject: Re: Western Companies that have failed in Korea |
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| ysl wrote: |
perhaps dave was too genuinely american for them, god i miss the spicy chicken sandwiches.
i'd like to start a jamba juice here and a panera bread (only in the midwest usa)... i think those will do well in seoul. |
Definitely not... back in Boston I loved me some Panera bread.  |
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ysl
Joined: 31 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 11:47 pm Post subject: Re: Western Companies that have failed in Korea |
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| periwinkle wrote: |
Panera? I dunno- people here aren't into funky sandwiches, like turkey, proscuitto (sp?), rye bread... I also wonder how the pizzas would go down- they're similar to Schlotsky's pizzas, and Schlotsky's failed here, so I figure if Schlotsky's failed, so will Panera. Jamba juice would do well, I think~
My husband likes Wendy's. I think Koreans would dig the Frosty's, and the salad bar. I wonder what happened- maybe their timing wasn't right when they entered the Korean market. I saw a Wendy's in Fukuoka. If they do well in Japan, you'd think they'd do well in Korea...
I wonder if these companies try their products out on a Korean focus group first. You'd think they would, but I wonder.
I think Olive Garden would do well here, but it's hard to say.... |
ive been to many bakeries in korea where they serve very odd sandwiches, perhaps panera can koreanize theirs to suit the country.
olive garden will do well i think - people here will have to adapt to real soups though |
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ysl
Joined: 31 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 11:48 pm Post subject: Re: Western Companies that have failed in Korea |
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| maeil wrote: |
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perhaps dave was too genuinely american for them, god i miss the spicy chicken sandwiches.
i'd like to start a jamba juice here and a panera bread (only in the midwest usa)... i think those will do well in seoul. |
Definitely not... back in Boston I loved me some Panera bread. |
they must have broadened their market  , it's been a while since my stay in the land of grain |
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Yesanman
Joined: 21 Jun 2006
Location: Chungnam
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Wendy's did not fail in Korea.
The company that owned the franchise rights decided, during the IMF crisis days, to stop paying. Wendy's sued saying they couldn't use their name. So the company changed it's name to Winners and kept all the W logos but changed some of the menu.
But haven't seen Winners around so maybe it did go under eventually. |
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bobbyhanlon
Joined: 09 Nov 2003
Location: 서울
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olive garden was in apgujong a couple of years ago, but its gone now. they must have failed too..
interesting that krispy kreme seems so popular here when the actual company is in a world of trouble. |
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