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Shinsegae (Korean: 신세계, ) is a South Korean department store franchise, along with several other businesses, headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. The name of Shinsegae literally means "New World" in Korean. Its flagship store in Centum City, Busan, is the world's largest department store, surpassing the Macy's department store in New York City in 2009.〔http://community.guinnessworldrecords.com/_Largest-Department-Store/blog/411871/7691.html〕 Shinsegae was originally part of Samsung Group, separated in the 1990s from the Samsung Group along with CJ Group (Food/Chemicals/Entertainment), Saehan Group (Electronic Media/Apparel/Textiles), and the Hansol Group (Paper/Telecom). It owns the brands Shinsegae and E-Mart, and is in direct competition with Lotte Shopping and Hyundai Department Store Group. Currently it is the largest retailer in South Korea. Shinsegae is also famous for its long history. The main branch of Shinsegae is the oldest department store in Korea. The main building of the store was opened in 1930 as the Gyeongseong branch of Mitsukoshi, a Japanese department store franchise. The store was acquired in 1945 by the late founder of Samsung group, Lee Byung-chull, and renamed Donghwa Department Store. After the Korean War (1950–1953) began, it was used for several years as a post exchange by the American army. In 1963, the store was given the name Shinsegae.〔http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2872819〕 The old building is currently used as a luxury hall. Shinsegae was the first credit card company in South Korea. They issued its own charge card from 1967 to 2000. In 2000, Shinsegae sold its credit card division to KorAm Bank, which was later acquired by Citibank Korea. == Stores == *Main Store (Main Building & New Building) (본점 본관, 신관) in Jung-gu, Seoul *Gangnam Store (Main Building & New Building) (강남점 본관, 신관) in Seocho-gu, Seoul *Yeongdeungpo Store (Building A, Building B & Luxury Hall) (영등포점 A관, B관, 명품관) in Times Square, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul *Incheon Store (인천점) in Nam-gu, Incheon *Gyeonggi Store (경기점) in Suji-gu, Yong-in, Gyeonggi-do (Changed its name from Jukjeon Store on October 26, 2009) *Shinsegae Centum City (신세계 센텀시티) in Centum City, Hae-undae-gu, Busan (the world's largest department store)〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=Guinness World Records )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=The Chosun Ilbo )〕 *Masan Store (마산점) in Masan-Happo-gu, Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do *Gwangju Shinsegae (광주신세계) in Seo-gu, Gwangju *Chungcheong Store (충청점) in Dongnam-gu, Cheon-an, Chungcheongnam-do (Through a management alliance with Arario, owner of Yawoori Department Store, Shinsegae opened this branch in Cheon-an in the building once used as Galleria Cheon-an Store and Yawoori Department Store) *Uijeongbu Store (의정부점) in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi-do Shinsegae also has a small branch in Incheon International Airport, and a supermarket in Dogok-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul. Shinsegae has launched Shinsegae Style Market, a smaller shopping mall mainly aimed at young customers, in 2010. Despite its name, the mall is managed by Shinsegae's subsidiary E-Mart. *Seongnam Style Market in E-Mart Taepyeong branch, Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do *Daejeon Style Market in E-Mart Daejeon Terminal Complex branch, Dong-gu, Daejeon 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shinsegae」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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