Japan Shopping Centre Sales Grow Again in 2017-18
Leading shopping centres in Japan recovered well in FY2017 after a tough 2016, with most forms of tenant posting better sales. While...
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Japan: Share Buybacks - Less Than Meets the Eye
JAPAN AS NUMBER TWO - Japan is the second largest global market for share buybacks both in terms of number and percentage usage. However, gross...
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Consumption Trends in Japan: Rising Incomes Boosting Retailers but a Lot Going Into Savings Too
Much has been made of gradually rising wages in Japan, and this is indeed good news after 20 years of stagnation and negative growth. But while...
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Smartkarma's Week That Was in JP/KR: Telcos, Cosmetics, Retail, Semi Wafers, and Korean LCCs
Something perhaps of a "slow week" in the midst of July doldrums as "only" 160 insights were published on the Smartkarma platform from mid-day July...
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Japan Retail: Who Owns Who in 2018: Never Have so Many Been Owned by so Few
When your home country population is shrinking, and the number of active consumers falling even faster, there are just four options to...
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