Japanese Department Stores Catch the Flu
Some retailers and brands would like February accounts to evaporate along with the virus that caused this unprecedented downturn. Department stores...
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Kintetsu: Hybrid Stores Replace Department Stores as Profits Lift
Kintetsu Dept Store (8244 JP) runs the fifth largest chain in the department store sector and the largest with no presence in Tokyo.Last year, its...
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J Front Accelerates Diversification Plan with Parco Share Purchase
J Front Retailing (3086 JP) has been busy with rebuilding and remodelling, culminating in November with the reopening of Parco Shibuya, as it...
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J Front Retailing to Buy Out PARCO (8251)
In a long-awaited move, today J Front Retailing (3086 JP) announced that it would buy out minorities in subsidiary PARCO Co Ltd (8251 JP). PARCO...
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Developed Markets Strategy: Stick with Japan
Despite EAFE’s YTD outperformance relative to EM, EAFE and EM returns have generally been equal since August, shown by the stalemate in the EAFE...
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