Homeplus is a Korean discount store retail chain running about 140 branches with 25,000 employees throughout South Korea.[2] Homeplus is the second largest retailer in South Korea,[3] behind Shinsegae Group's e-mart chain.
Homeplus operates its hypermarkets, super market chain 'Homeplus Express', convenience store '365 Plus' and online shopping service. Homeplus stores offer everything from groceries to clothes and appliances.[4]
Starting in 1997 with distribution business department of Samsung C&T Corporation, Homeplus opened its first hypermarket in Daegu and its second branch in West Busan.[5] In 1999, a joint venture between Samsung C&T and worldwide British retail chain