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.

Expert on Japan Retail and Consumer Markets

Z & LINE: Softbank Strikes Again in Digital Zaibatsu Battle for Hegemony

Z Holdings: Solid Quarter Even Before Zozo Integration

Z Holdings: PayPay Mall and PayPay Flea Market Make Weak Progress in January and February

Real Insight on Japanese Consumer Markets

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

It has taken <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/z-holdings-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:19603:1" rel="noopener">Z Holdings (4689 JP)</a> just six months to transform from owners of just the third-largest e-commerce mall to become a potential leader in online ecosystems.With online demand increasing during the health crisis, last month Z Holdings announced the accelerated introduction of a new logistics and fulfilment system offered in conjunction with Yamato Transport.The new system will primarily support PayPay Mall and Yahoo! Shopping vendors, but will soon be available as a SAAS solution for other e-commerce providers.This is a smart move by Z Holdings in the battle with Rakuten to catch up with Amazon Japan on fulfilment capability and slick customer service.

It has taken Z Holdings (4689 JP) just six months to transform from owners of just the third-largest e-commerce mall to become a potential leader in online ecosystems.With online demand increasing during the health crisis, last month Z Holdings announced the accelerated introduction of a new logistics and fulfilment system offered in conjunction with Yamato Transport.The new system will primarily support PayPay Mall and Yahoo! Shopping vendors, but will soon be available as a SAAS solution for other e-commerce providers.This is a smart move by Z Holdings in the battle with Rakuten to catch up with Amazon Japan on fulfilment capability and slick customer service.

Z Holdings and Yamato Create Fulfilment Service for All to Rival Rakuten and Amazon

LY

Z Holdings and Yamato Create Fulfilment Service for All to Rival Rakuten and Amazon