Small Enterprise and Market Service Opens First 'Promising Small Business Permanent Store' in Daejeon

Permanent Store for Promising Small Businesses Opens at NC Department Store Daejeon Yuseong Branch Until December
Expansion Planned to Seoul in the Second Half of the Year

The Small Enterprise and Market Service announced on June 2 that it had collaborated with NC Department Store Daejeon Yuseong Branch to open the 'No.1 Promising Small Business Permanent Store.'

The Promising Small Business Permanent Store is a dedicated retail space for small businesses, selling products based on innovative ideas from promising small business owners, regionally specialized goods, and high-quality items from manufacturing-based skilled artisans. The store is operated to provide stable sales channels for small businesses.

The Small Enterprise and Market Service collaborated with NC Department Store Daejeon Yuseong Branch to open the 'No.1 Promising Small Business Permanent Store.' Small Enterprise and Market Service

NC Department Store Daejeon Yuseong Branch features several zones: the Strong·Local Zone, which offers products with creative ideas or those based on unique local characteristics and resources; the Global Skilled Artisan Zone, which sells products from outstanding manufacturing-based skilled artisans; and the Centenary·Cooperative Zone, where customers can find products from centenary small businesses and cooperatives. The store will operate until December.

Starting with the first location at NC Department Store Daejeon Yuseong Branch, the Small Enterprise and Market Service plans to expand operations in the second half of the year by linking with the Korea Advertising Culture Center in Seoul and the Myeongdong Lycon Shop. In addition, each store will hold seasonal themed exhibitions and special promotions, and the displayed products will be regularly replaced based on consumer feedback.

Park Sunghyo, Chairman of the Small Enterprise and Market Service, stated, "The Promising Small Business Permanent Store will serve as a model case of public-private cooperation to support stable sales channels for small businesses," adding, "We will continue to seek various measures and provide comprehensive support for the sustainable growth of small businesses."