Rakuten Pay Tops the Japanese Cashless War
Readers interested in Japan's payments/cashless future should refer Michael Causton's excellent work in Who Will Win the Cashless Wars in...
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Seven & I Holdings: Better Late than Never
Seven & I Holdings (3382 JP), the parent company behind the famous convenience store chain Seven Eleven is one of the largest companies in the...
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The Week That Was in North Asia 🇰🇷 🇯🇵: Nexon, Japan CVS/Drugstores, Nissan/Renault, KOSPI Rebal
This past week saw a few dozen insights published on Smartkarma with regard to North Asia, with a whole bunch in the IPOs and Placements category...
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Japanese Government Pressure Behind Convenience Store Rethink
24-7 operation in convenience stores is suddenly a big issue. With even the government backing change, the big three convenience stores operators...
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Ito-Yokado: Yet More Losses
Seven & I's (3382 JP) main general merchandise store (GMS) chain, Ito-Yokado, announced its fifth loss in five years last month, down another...
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