Uniqlo Japan’s Most Valuable Retail Brand
Interbrand’s annual valuation of top brands saw growing numbers of Japanese firms in retail and FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) enter its global...
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Smartkarma's Week that Was in 🇯🇵/🇰🇷 : Korea's NPS, Samsung, Toshiba, Hitachi Hi-Tech, Payments
Something of a slower week on Smartkarma this week (I contributed to that slowness by being away and under the weather when back) with about 120...
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DoCoMo Company Visit: Brief Comments on Mobile Competition and Payment Efforts
We met NTT Docomo Inc (9437 JP) today for a quick chat. Markets are focused on FY19 guidance and the magnitude of price reductions that DoCoMo...
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Who Will Win the Cashless Wars in Japan?
Astonishing as it may seem but 80% of all retail transactions in Japan are made with cash and 88% if you include the cash stored in so-called...
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Loyalty Points In Japan: More Loyalty, More Points and the Conduit to Cashless Payments
Japan has a vast number of competing loyalty programmes and until five years ago Japanese consumers would often have as many as 10 loyalty point...
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