Search stores by name 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZSearch closed stores (view)You can only buy from a closed store if the store owner gave you a password to unlock the store.Home / General / Lego Korea launching first official shop Lego Korea is to launch its first shop at the Hyundai Department Store Pangyo branch in Gyeonggi Province, southeast of Seoul, on Friday. Officially certified by the Lego Group headquarters in Denmark, it will differentiate itself in design from outlets that sell a limited range of Lego sets. It joins a range of official Lego Stores in Asia including Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia and Singapore. A comprehensive inventory of Lego sets, some of which are hard to buy at shops in Korea, will feature at the new official store. To mark its opening, there will also be limited editions of such sets as Lego Store and Lego Disney Castle. There will also be a Pick a Brick zone, where customers can put together customised sets.
For its first six days, the Hyundai Department Store Pangyo will run Korea’s largest-ever Lego experience zone, a free attraction at its Topaz Hall. ← Previous Story Sony Pictures signs VR content deal with Nokia Next Story → China’s Social Consumer Retail Sales Up 10% In October 2016I’m sure many LEGO fans across the world have wondered why the US has the lowest LEGO prices while countries in Europe and Asia have significantly higher prices, oftentimes twice that of the MSRP (Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price) for a LEGO set in the US. There are even countries where LEGO costs up to three or four times the prices in the US. Here is the answer from Mads Nipper of LEGO’s Corporate Management. Our selling costs in Europe and Asia are higher than in the US because of the size of US market and retailers (economies of scale). Furthermore, the US market is by far the most price competitive in the world. These factors combined mean that we have for years priced our products higher in eg Europe than the US.
In recent years, the difference has been increased due to the weakening US dollar – but we have consciously decided not to let this (hopefully short term) weakening of the dollar hurt the US consumer. And in order to stay profitable as a company, we cannot decrease our European prices – especially seen in the light of increasing cost pressure on oil, labor etc. Finally, final pricing in the market place is obviously determined by retailers, which is something we cannot and will not influence.Tell all your friends!Children play LEGO games at a contest in January in Shanghai. LEGO's first factory in Asia and the fifth in the world will start operation on Friday in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, to produce up to 80 percent of all LEGO products sold in Asia, which is growing into one of its largest markets. The factory is located in the city of Jiaxing, in the middle of the Yangtze River Delta and is approximately 100 kilometers away from Shanghai, where the LEGO Group will have its central distribution center for Asia.
"The operation of the factory allows us to get closer to China, which is one of the fastest growing markets in the world and react for adjustments to offer a better and more efficient service to local consumers," said Richard Wong, general manager of Asia manufacturing at LEGO. "However, the selling price in China won't be adjusted to be lower for the moment as what we value most is the design and playful experience of our products." The factory, which started trial operations in late 2015, currently has three major departments including a molding facility and packing, covering approximately a total construction area of 165,000 square meters. It is expected to be fully operational by the end of 2017. There are 1,200 employees working in the factory. "We have built a state of the art factory in Jiaxing that adheres to the same global production standards as our factories across the world," said Jorgen Vig Knudstorp, president and CEO of the LEGO Group. Being the most sustainable plant LEGO has ever built, the factory will have 20,000 solar panels installed on its roof in the coming months and will be put into use by the middle of 2017, reducing its carbon dioxide emissions by more than 4,000 metric tons annually and providing 7 percent of the total electricity being used at the site.
For the first time, LEGO has applied LED lighting in the entire factory to save energy. "We've applied these measures to reduce emissions by another 2.5 percent, and aim to be sustainable with 100 percent renewable energy by 2020," said Tim Brooks, vice-president of Environmental Sustainability & SMC at the LEGO Group. LEGO Group, which entered the Chinese mainland market in the early 1980s, currently has 37 offices and more than 30 local retailers in China.Another week, another busy release slate on PlayStation Store, and we’ve some real gems for you this week. Riding a wave of glowing reviews, Jonathan Blow’s long-in-the-making PS4 puzzle adventure The Witness arrives today. If that’s not your scene, LEGO Marvel’s Avengers also drops this week, as does the acclaimed This War of Mine: The Little Ones, which offers a unique perspective on the horrors of armed conflict. See below for the full list of new releases. Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection Call of Duty: Black Ops III
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