Walmart Launches E-Commerce with Rakuten: The Last Chance to Make It in Japan?
Walmart (WMT US) has worked hard to bring its Japanese subsidiary, Seiyu, around since buying the ailing GMS retailer 16 years ago. While it has...
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Donki’s Magic Touch
Don Quijote (7532 JP) is a unique business, and few predicted its messy, jam-packed stores and eclectic merchandise mix would lead it to the top of...
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Smartkarma's Week That Was in JP/KR
This past week (Friday to Friday) saw 196 insights published: 29 on China and HK stocks and another couple dozen on greater China themes and...
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Wacoal and Descente Agree Partial Merger to Head Off Itochu
Wacoal and Descente will begin a close collaboration and cross-shareholding relationship in a deal that could lead to the creation of the biggest...
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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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