Introduction: Korea's consumer co-operatives / Seungkwon Jang -- Co-operative governance practice / Ah Young Kim, Young-Jeong Cho and Seungkwon Jang -- Gender perspectives for consumer co-operatives / Ah Young Kim and Seungkwon Jang -- Price stability and asymmetric price transmission for agricultural products / Minjin Ji and Woosuk Choi -- Financing consumer co-operatives / Jin-Seon Seo and Woosuk Choi -- Consumer co-operative brand identity / Sukhee Youn and Sang Hoon Lee -- Member participation and productivity changes / Sunyoung Jung and Woosuk Choi -- Consumer co-operatives and supply chain management / Dasom Kim, Sang Sun Park and Seungkwon Jang -- Conclusion: the future of Korea's consumer co-operatives / Seungkwon Jang, Ah Young Kim, Bo Young Oh and Jihyun Jeong