overseas market
Competitor- NEXON
Major products: The Kingdom of the Wind, crazy arcade, Mabinogi, Maple Story and Kartrider
Profit model: Partly Paying Model
Strength: Brand power, various customer ages, stable overseas sales
Weakness: major product, Casual games, has short lifecycle
User characteristics
More professional approach; core users
Average age is higher than Korea
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2. NC Soft
1) History
NC Soft is an online computer game company that founded in March 1997 by T.J. Kim, a business software developer and author of the Korean word processor Hangul. In September 1998, NC Soft launched its first and most popular game, Lineage. Lineage was the first MMORPG to exceed the record of 100,000 concurrent users for the first time in Korea. The success of this game help
III. Comparison with the competitors
A. The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf
Some competitors of Starbucks have taken the different way in terms of international business. The representative example is “The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf” (hereafter, The Coffee Bean). The Coffee Bean has adapted franchising strategy for overseas expansion.
As of 2008, The Coffee Bean has opened approximately 750 caf&eacut
& Sulloc Division,” the Company is intent on strengthening domestic market competency by expansion into high-functional products in major personal care categories.Chung K. Kim, Jeongsoo Han, Mina Jun, Miyea Kim, Joshua Y. Kim , Jaeyong Song, Hyejun Kim 참조
for Young people : Ceci, Vogue girl, Elle girl, Nylon, Dazed & confused
Overseas expansion of Korean magazine
CECI CHINA
Publishing first issue in Korea in 1994
Launching CECI CHINA in 2008
Catchphrase : ‘FROM KOREA TO ASIA’
- Becoming popular in China market
- Delivering Korean fashion and
beauty and Korean stars
- Leaping to Asian Trend magazine