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CJ O Shopping, the home shopping wing of South Korea’s entertainment giant CJ ENM, will strengthen its marketing to attract customers who rely on reviews and product introductions by influencers who use knowledge and popularity through social media to affect the purchase of goods.

Netflix announced that a new thriller Korean original series will premiere on the platform in December. The series titled “Sweet Home,” adapted from a popular webtoon of the same name, is based on the unique world in which people turn into monsters that reflect their internal desires. It will be launched globally on Netflix on December 18.

CJ Logistics Corp will become South Korea’s first logistics firm to introduce electric delivery vehicles and set up charging stations for them. The company first plans to introduce a total of four electric cargo vehicles, two each in Gunpo, Gyeonggi Province and the city of Ulsan, later this year. If driven for 100 kilometers each day, they can save up to 1.7 million won (US$1,500) each year compared to the cost of diesel fuel.

Debuting on tvN and created by Studio Dragon back in 2018, the series is currently ranked eighth in the all-time most-watched title in cable history. The series follows a man who nearly dies in an attempted assassination and in doing so, loses his memory. The series is part of the upcoming December 2020 release list.

South Korean genome sequencing firm Eone Diagnomics Genome Center (EDGC) and one of the country’s largest food manufacturers, CJ CheilJedang, will co-produce “genetically proven” health foods. EDGC’s co-CEO Lee Min-seob and Hwang Yoon-il from CJ’s research and development planning division signed the deal on Nov. 12 to produce foods that can be personally customized based on EDGC’s genetic big data. Hwang said CJ chose EDGC because “they have the capacity that enables us to improve our services for consumers’ health and lifestyles.”

South Korea’s CJ Entertainment, the studio behind multiple Oscar-winner “Parasite,” confirmed that it is leading its AFM sales slate with “Decision to Leave,” the newly announced title by another master director, “Oldboy” helmer Park Chan-wook. The studio is pitching the film as a crime-romancer with dialogue in Korean and Chinese.

Korea’s No. 1 multiplex chain CJ CGV and local over-the-top (OTT) platform Watcha have joined hands on Monday to enhance customers’ film experience. The two held a signing ceremony on Monday at CJ CGV headquarters in Yongsan District, central Seoul, where Watcha CEO Park Tae-hoon and CJ CGV CEO Choi Byung-hwan signed a memorandum of understanding, promising mutual cooperation.

CJ Cheiljedang Corp. said Tuesday that its net profit skyrocketed over tenfold in the third quarter from a year earlier, as its overseas sales rose sharply amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Net sales spiked to 189.2 billion won (US$169.7 million) in the July-September period on a consolidated basis, sharply up from a profit of 17 billion won a year earlier.

CJ Entertainment has unveiled a teaser for a South Korean sci-fi film titled Seobok (or Seo Bok), which is the original Korean name because it’s the name given to the very first human clone. This action thriller tells the story of Ki Heon, a former agent from an intelligence agency who was given his last order to protect the world’s first human clone Seo Bok.

Jennifer Nix, VP, Marketing & Communications, CJ Logistics America, participated in a panel discussion during the 3PL Value Creation North America Summit, October 21-22. Nix joined other logistics company executives on the panel moderated by Karen Erickson, VP, Armstrong & Associates, Inc., to discuss “Key Trends in Food and Beverage Logistics.”