Lotte Shopping Co., Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, owns and manages department stores in South Korea. It also operates outlets, discount stores, electronics stores, supermarkets, e-commerce, and movie theaters. In addition, the company is involved in the TV home shopping, clothing manufacturing and sales, home appliance retail, and movie screening businesses; provision of building management service; real estate, new technology investment, financial, and film investment production activities. The company was formerly known as Hyupwoo Industrial Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Lotte Shopping Co., Ltd. in November 1979. Lotte Shopping Co., Ltd. was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.