Expert on Japan Retail and Consumer Markets, JapanConsuming

Michael Causton

Michael is co-founder and partner at JapanConsuming.

JapanConsuming is a specialist research firm producing intelligence on Japanese retail and consumer markets. Founded in 2000, JapanConsuming has become the leading provider of insights on Japanese retailers and consumer trends to retailers, brands, government agencies and investors. As well as a highly regarded monthly report on the market, JapanConsuming produces in-depth reports and seminars on retail sectors and consumer trends, as well as telephone consulting/meetings with investors. 

All of JapanConsuming's team are bilingual and bi-cultural, and the company's research sources are:

Direct meetings with retailers, wholesalers, distributors, trade body staff, govt., marketing firms, academics etc.
Govt. data
Trade association data
Trade Press across all consumer sectors
Unique Network of buyers/managers/marketing staff at retail, as well as wholesalers and trading firms.
Editors/Journalists at publishing houses and PR/Ad firms.


JapanConsuming was founded by Michael Causton and Roy Larke. 

Michael Causton set up and ran a consumer distribution business in Tokyo for 10 years and developed this into a business responsible for annual imports to Japan of several billion Yen, at the same time building up an inside knowledge of how Japanese distribution works and developing a network of contacts across the industry. Seeing the lack of quality market intelligence on Japanese markets, he co-founded JapanConsuming in 2000. He divides his time between Japan and Europe/US consulting for companies, governments and investors, including providing talks, seminars, and webinars as well as writing reports and books.

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JapanConsuming

JapanConsuming is a specialist research firm producing intelligence on Japanese retail and consumer markets. Founded in 2000, JapanConsuming has become the leading provider of insights on Japanese retailers and consumer trends to retailers, brands, government agencies and investors. As well as a highly regarded monthly report on the market, JapanConsuming produces in-depth reports on retail sectors, seminars on key trends and telephone consulting to investors on trends and retailers.

JapanConsuming was founded by Michael Causton and Roy Larke. 

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Nitori is one of few Japanese retailers to brave the US market. The US has beaten Nitori for now and it will instead focus on Japan and Asia. </li>
<li>Nitori's ability to leverage its efficient supply chains to lower prices will likely lead it to further dominance at home and allow it to invest in the rest of Asia.</li>
<li>The company expects pressures on costs to ease in 2023 as the Yen rises but is working on reducing the cost of goods and operations.</li>
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Nitori is one of few Japanese retailers to brave the US market. The US has beaten Nitori for now and it will instead focus on Japan and Asia. 
Nitori's ability to leverage its efficient supply chains to lower prices will likely lead it to further dominance at home and allow it to invest in the rest of Asia.
The company expects pressures on costs to ease in 2023 as the Yen rises but is working on reducing the cost of goods and operations.


Nitori Retreats from the US but Gets Muscular in Japan and Asia

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Nitori Retreats from the US but Gets Muscular in Japan and Asia