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. Emart is South Korea's oldest and largest discount store chain, with a total sales volume exceeding US$9.4 billion in 2009. It was the first South Korean retailer to open a retail store in China, opening 27 stores before exiting the country in 2017. Emart has another brand Emart-traders. It is almost same with Costco. Wikipedia