Big Apparel in Trouble: Sanyo Shokai to Close 160 Stores
All Japan's big apparel firms are in trouble but none more so than Sanyo Shokai. It will close 160 stores this year but that is not enough.
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Japan's Big Apparel Trouble: World to Close 350 More Stores
Apparel groups are in trouble, as Renown’s bankruptcy (see Page 8) and Sanyo Shokai’s boardroom battles exemplify, but World always claimed it was...
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The Zozo Revival: A New Private Brand of Many Names, Category Expansion, Merchants Return
ZOZO (3092 JP)'s new plan to create a direct-to-consumer (DtoC) e-commerce platform this October, and fund the brands sold on it, is much more than...
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🇯🇵 JAPAN • Results & Revisions 2nd July • Scrambled Eggs
SCRAMBLED EGGS - The was not so much 'love around the kitchen table' for Japan's beloved Kewpie (QP) mayonnaise recently. Second-quarter revenues...
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Big Apparel in Trouble: Renown Finally Goes Under
Japan’s major apparel firms are in trouble as Onward Holding (8016 JP)’s decision to slash 50% of its stores and Sanyo Shokai (8011 JP)’s fight...
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