Aeon: Major Overhaul of Supermarkets, Ties with Fuji (8278)
Aeon (8267 JP) will radically restructure its entire supermarket operation over the next 18 months, merging 14 chains into the same seven regional...
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Retail Ranking FY2017-18: Winners and Losers in Japanese Retailing
JapanConsuming’s retail ranking for FY2017 has now been compiled, and the results show that the retail industry enjoyed another extremely good year...
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Drugstores in Japan: Still Plenty of Growth Ahead
The drugstore sector is the one Japanese retail sector to show consistent growth over the past decade. It is now the leading channel for mass...
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December 2016 Review of Current Developments in Japan's Economy
"Nikkei CPINow" is a statistical database produced by Nowcast Inc. that provides real-time economic statistics using so-called “big data”...
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Death Rattle for Defensives?
While it is not a given that a switch from a high growth, high interest rate environment to a low growth, low interest rate environment is a good...
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