The Winners in Japanese Fashion Retailing
Fashion retailers had a much better year in 2017-18 as the apparel and accessories market expanded 2.2% after two years of market...
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Sanyo Shokai Launches New Brands: Too Little Too Late with Further Decline to Come
The major Japanese apparel firms continue to struggle. They face the twin problems of declining apparel sales for their middle market brands and...
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World Co IPO Trading - Quick Update - Unusually Low Volume Traded Might Point to More Downside
World Co Ltd (3612 JP) was priced at the low-end of its range at JPY2,900/share and traded down at the open eventually closing 7.6% below its...
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World Co IPO (Pt 2): Floundering Sales Channels Make Pricing at Lower End Expensive Too
World Co Ltd (3612 JP) has decided to set its IPO price at the lower end (JPY 2,900) giving it a market cap of JPY 104bn. World plans to use its...
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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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