J-Front (3086) | Recent Datapoints Point to High-End Shoppers Loosening the Purse Strings
J-Front Retailing is a beneficiary of COVID normalisation and eventual resumption of inbound tourism. The restructuring and cost cuts bode well for...
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Seven & I to Sell The Loss Making Department Store Business Amidst Pressure From Investors
Nikkei reported yesterday that Seven & I Holdings (3382 JP) is in final negotiations to sell its underperforming department store business Sogo...
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Japanese Department Stores: Going After the Newly Wealthy
Japanese department stores are waking up to the fact that the middle class is no longer their natural customer. The renewed focus on the wealthy is...
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Japan's Department Stores: Radical Contraction Still to Come if Sector Is to Survive
Japan's department stores are in trouble and were well before the pandemic but their outlook is much worse now. Major changes are required, not...
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The Japanese Department Store Debacle
The Japanese department sector has been in retreat for a long time but the decline accelerated from the start of Covid. Unfortunately, an end to...
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