In a restructuring carried out alongside its regular 2026 executive appointments, Shinsegae Group established a large number of support units across affiliates centered on finance and legal affairs. The move is seen as an effort to strengthen financial soundness amid expanded investment.
In this restructuring, Shinsegae Central and Shinsegae Live Shopping each newly formed a support headquarters, and under the department store division's planning and strategy headquarters, a finance management office was newly created.
The management strategy office, the group's control tower, reinforced its legal team to bolster functions for contract and regulatory response and governance management. Emart also expanded its review of profit and loss and capital allocation by reorganizing its support and finance headquarters.
Industry observers say that as Shinsegae Group continues large-scale investments in e-commerce, beauty, and real estate, the reshuffle is intended to align financial management with risk control.
A distribution industry official said, "Shinsegae's strengthening of support and finance organizations appears not to be a simple organizational tidying, but a signal of its intent to manage financial soundness and respond to risks."