Expert on Japan Retail and Consumer Markets, JapanConsuming

Michael Causton

Expert on Japan Retail and Consumer Markets

Real Insight on Japanese Consumer Markets

JapanConsuming

JapanConsuming is a specialist research firm producing intelligence on Japanese retail and consumer markets. Founded in 2000, JapanConsuming has become the leading provider of insights on Japanese retailers and consumer trends to retailers, brands, government agencies and investors. As well as a highly regarded monthly report on the market, JapanConsuming produces in-depth reports on retail sectors, seminars on key trends and telephone consulting to investors on trends and retailers.

JapanConsuming was founded by Michael Causton and Roy Larke. 

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Convenience store retailing was one of the worst hit retail sectors during Covid as commuters and students stayed at home. Recovery has taken time but is on track. </li>
<li>Recovery aside, however, the sector has reached saturation, so the only way to grow is to maximise traffic to stores and the amount each customer spends.</li>
<li>This is forcing unprecedented innovation on a sector already famous for it but it won't be enough to generate the growth rates of the past.</li>
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Convenience store retailing was one of the worst hit retail sectors during Covid as commuters and students stayed at home. Recovery has taken time but is on track. 
Recovery aside, however, the sector has reached saturation, so the only way to grow is to maximise traffic to stores and the amount each customer spends.
This is forcing unprecedented innovation on a sector already famous for it but it won't be enough to generate the growth rates of the past.


Japanese Convenience Stores Recover but Where Will Future Growth Come From?

Independent research on the U.S. markets, Baptista Research

Baptista Research

Independent research on the U.S. markets

Baptista Research is an independent financial research house focused on the U.S. markets. We provide equity research as well as credit research reports on the top-listed U.S. companies with most of our focus on technology, consumer goods and services, automobiles, industrials, oil and gas, pharma, and healthcare. Our research has served more than 3000 institutional investors including mutual funds, hedge funds, banks, family offices, and various buy-side firms. We operate a research subscription service where institutions, as well as retail investors, can have priority access to all our research. We also have a wide distribution of our research reports across some of the top global financial platforms. Apart from equity research and credit research, we also provide advisory services with respect to mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity/ venture capital fundraising, valuation reports, and investment management services for corporates.
Baptista Research is owned and managed by Ishan Majumdar, an ex-Venture Capitalist/ Investment Banker, a Chartered Accountant, and a Masters’ degree holder in Management from HEC Paris. Ishan has nearly a decade of experience in Mergers and Acquisitions, Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs), Venture Capital Investing, Corporate Strategy, and Valuation in front-office roles at the likes of BNP Paribas CIB, Credit Agricole CIB, Groupe Danone, and TIW Private Equity. He has worked on and closed multiple acquisition deals, leveraged buyouts, and start-up investment transactions.

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Amazon continues its battle with macroeconomic headwinds, inflation, and rising interest rates and its latest result was below market expectations on the revenue front.</li><li>Its AWS business also performed well (though its $20.5 billion revenues failed to beat the analyst consensus of $21.1 billion), and its high margins led to the company delivering an earnings beat.</li><li>To cater to them, Amazon has introduced new tools, including new email marketing capabilities and free-to-use shipping software, offering new features and discounted shipping rates.</li></ul>

Amazon continues its battle with macroeconomic headwinds, inflation, and rising interest rates and its latest result was below market expectations on the revenue front.Its AWS business also performed well (though its $20.5 billion revenues failed to beat the analyst consensus of $21.1 billion), and its high margins led to the company delivering an earnings beat.To cater to them, Amazon has introduced new tools, including new email marketing capabilities and free-to-use shipping software, offering new features and discounted shipping rates.

Amazon.com Inc: The Belgium Launch & Other Developments

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

Equity Capital Markets

Global Digital Niaga Tbk PT / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>PT Global Digital (BliBli) raised around US$517m in its Indonesian IPO, after using the upsize option and pricing its deal just below the top-end.</li>
<li>BliBli provides e-commerce services across Indonesia to both retail consumers and institutions.</li>
<li>In our previous notes, we have looked at the company’s past performance. In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
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PT Global Digital (BliBli) raised around US$517m in its Indonesian IPO, after using the upsize option and pricing its deal just below the top-end.
BliBli provides e-commerce services across Indonesia to both retail consumers and institutions.
In our previous notes, we have looked at the company’s past performance. In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics.


BliBli IPO Trading - Upsized, Priced near Top-End but Should Be Trading at Least 50% Lower

IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

Uncompromised, Independent, Conflict-Free Research

Global Equity Research Ltd

Global Equity Research was started in 2017 by a group of experienced research professionals. It was founded on a passionate belief in the importance and the need for uncompromised, independent, conflict-free research. We aim to provide differentiated and actionable primary and bottom up fundamental research.

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/global-digital-niaga-pt-blibli" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34881:1" rel="noopener">Blibli (1437710D IJ)</a> priced its IPO at IDR450 per share to raise net proceeds of US$508 million. The shares will start trading on 8 November.</li>
<li>We have previously discussed the IPO in <em><strong><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/blibli-ipo-the-bull-case" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:82294" rel="noopener">Blibli IPO: The Bull Case</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/blibli-ipo-the-bear-case" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:82376" rel="noopener">Blibli IPO: The Bear Case</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/blibli-vs-tokopedia-vs-bukalapak-vs-lazada-vs-shopee" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:82473" rel="noopener">Blibli Vs Tokopedia Vs Bukalapak Vs Lazada Vs Shopee</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/blibli-ipo-valuation-insights" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:82555" rel="noopener">Blibli IPO: Valuation Insights</a></strong></em>.   </li>
<li>Despite peer multiple derating, the IPO price remains unattractive compared to global and Asian-focused e-commerce peers. </li>
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Blibli (1437710D IJ) priced its IPO at IDR450 per share to raise net proceeds of US$508 million. The shares will start trading on 8 November.
We have previously discussed the IPO in Blibli IPO: The Bull Case, Blibli IPO: The Bear Case, Blibli Vs Tokopedia Vs Bukalapak Vs Lazada Vs Shopee, Blibli IPO: Valuation Insights.   
Despite peer multiple derating, the IPO price remains unattractive compared to global and Asian-focused e-commerce peers. 


Covering IPOs, Healthcare and Technology Stocks

Andrei Zakharov

Algosun Global

Private Capital Markets

<ul>
<li>Geek+ is the fastest-growing robotics startup and producer of warehouse robots powered by AI and deep learning algorithms. The company successfully integrates logistics with robots. </li>
<li>Beijing-Based Geek+ has raised a total of ~$532M in funding over 7 rounds. The last round was a $100M Series E in August 2022 that was led by Intel Capital. </li>
<li>Warehouse robots have a huge market potential driven by rising labor costs in China, lack of human labor in the warehouse segment, and huge fluctuations in production capacity. </li>
</ul>


Geek+ is the fastest-growing robotics startup and producer of warehouse robots powered by AI and deep learning algorithms. The company successfully integrates logistics with robots. 
Beijing-Based Geek+ has raised a total of ~$532M in funding over 7 rounds. The last round was a $100M Series E in August 2022 that was led by Intel Capital. 
Warehouse robots have a huge market potential driven by rising labor costs in China, lack of human labor in the warehouse segment, and huge fluctuations in production capacity. 


Geek+: Global Leader in Smart Logistics Robotic Technology

United States

Amazon.com, Inc. is an online retailer that offers a wide range of products. The Company's products include books, music, videotapes, computers, electronics, home and garden, and numerous other products.  Amazon offers personalized shopping services, Web-based credit card payment, and direct shipping to customers.

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We view VC-backed Geek+ as a great company and a category winner that is addressing the fastest-growing warehouse automation and robotics segment

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