If you discount it, they will come

Crowds flocked to the Kintex exhibition center in Goyang, Gyeonggi, on Thursday when Lotte Department Store began its “Black Super Show” sale. About 20 billion won ($17 million) in merchandise from 320 brand-name suppliers, including luxury handbags, refrigerators and mattresses, carried prices discounted as much as 80 percent. [NEWSIS]