Discount stores of South Korea

thumb|right|Emart store in Gwangju, South Korea Emart Inc. () is the largest retailer in South Korea. The retailer was founded on 12 November 1993, by Shinsegae, as the first discount retailer in South Korea. There were 160 stores across the Country as of December 2016.

east Asian hypermarket

alt=|thumb|The 1st Homeplus Special stores in Daegu, Korea Homeplus () is a Korean discount store retail chain running about 140 branches with 25,000 employees throughout South Korea. Homeplus is the second largest retailer in South Korea, behind Shinsegae Group's e-mart chain.