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Lotte in negotiations with multiple firms to sell hypermarket chain in China
By YonhapPublished : Sept. 18, 2017 - 14:41
Lotte Group, South Korea's retail giant, is in negotiation with foreign companies to sell its discount store chain in China, having decided to withdraw from that market following Beijing's retaliation over Seoul's decision to deploy a US anti-missile system, industry sources said Monday.
Lotte has begun talks with five to 10 foreign investors who expressed interest in Lotte Mart's infrastructure and assets in China via its lead manager Goldman Sachs, according to the sources.
Lotte has begun talks with five to 10 foreign investors who expressed interest in Lotte Mart's infrastructure and assets in China via its lead manager Goldman Sachs, according to the sources.
About 80 percent of the 112 Lotte Mart stores in China have been closed for more than six months following a series of economic measures taken by China against Lotte's land-swap deal with the Seoul government to host the US Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system.
Despite repeated assurances from Seoul and Washington that the THAAD system is designed only to defend against North Korea, China has long voiced opposition to the deployment, arguing that it poses a threat to its own security interests. (Yonhap)
