IKEA Harajuku: Made for Japan and for Targeting Nitori
IKEA’s first permanent small-format store opened in Harajuku in early June and has been an immediate hit. Offering a wide array of small, take-home...
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Japan Retail: Essentials Strong in May but in June Even Discretionary Bounces Back
Retail sales slumped again in May, but only because people are not buying clothes, visiting department stores and shopping centres, or buying their...
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After Covid: The Future for Japanese Retail: Winners & Losers
No one really knows what will happen after the initial shock of the coronavirus fades away. Many observers in Japan, expert and otherwise, are...
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GMO Buyback - Approaching The End But...
In mid-February 2020, upon releasing full-year earnings, GMO Internet (9449 JP) announced a buyback programme which looked big but had some...
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Yamada Denki BIG ToSTNeT-3 Buyback
On 1 April this year, Yamada Denki (9831 JP) announced a large buyback of up to 100 million shares on which they would spend up to ¥50 billion....
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