Japanese Retailing: The Big Disruption – and Opportunity – in the Next 5 Years
Retailing in Japan is about to enter a period of unprecedented change – the biggest disruption in its history. The causes are threefold: population...
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Drug-Fuelled Marriages and Macho Shachos* in Japan
The Japanese drugstore sector has been consolidating fast for a decade led by Aeon's (8267 JP) Welcia subsidiary, Tsuruha Holdings (3391 JP) and...
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Smartkarma’s Week That Was in JP/KR: Aruhi, Rakuten-Lyft, Ecopro BM, & English Annual Reports
KOSPI is up 9.4% and Nikkei is up 7.8% YTD. It has been an active first two months of 2019. Many stocks have retraced to the previous resistance...
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Japanese Supermarket Consolidation Likely and Soon
Signs of consolidation in the supermarket sector have come and gone over the past decade, but recent events suggest there will now be a sustained...
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Smartkarma’s Week That Was in JP/KR: Amorepacific, Hitachi, and Trump's 2nd Meeting With KJU
The start of the year has been bullish on the Korean and Japanese stock markets. KOSPI is up 4% and Nikkei is up 3% YTD. Some of the most beaten...
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