The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) said it has launched in-depth research on the online retail market after a month-long preliminary study and collected data from 40 major platforms on their business structure, logistics system and profit models, Yonhap reported. Will be asked for. News agency.

The list of companies includes Coupang, Naver, Kakao, CJ Olive Young, AliExpress and Teemu, the FTC said, adding that they have more than 1 million active monthly uses, net monthly transactions of more than 100 billion won ($72.49 million). The payment amount is. Or more than 1 million payments per month.

An FTC official said, "The purpose of the study is to better respond to competition, innovation and other issues in a rapidly growing sector under rapidly changing business conditions. The companies' data will be used for research purposes only."

The regulator will prepare a policy report and make it public by the end of this year.