SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- Retail sales in South Korea rose last month on brisk sales among online retailers, a government report showed Thursday.
Revenue by online and offline retailers increased 6.7 percent in October from a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.
Offline sales reduced 3.6 percent, but revenue by online retailers jumped 28.3 percent as consumers increasingly preferred shopping in the cyberspace using smartphones.
Among offline retailers, sales by convenient stores and department stores grew 4.7 percent and 1.2 percent each, but discount outlet sales tumbled 14.3 percent last month.
Online sales continued to expand on demand for online booking of travel and art performance as well as the online purchase of food.
