The Polarising Pandemic in Japanese Retail
A complete review of the Japanese retail sector in the last 18 months, format by format, category by category, providing key trends and winners &...
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Aeon: All Signs Point to Higher Returns
Aeon has long been famous for low margins and an empire of diverse business units with less than stellar efficiency. The last five years have seen...
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Aeon 2020: A Year of Ups and Downs but a More Profitable Future
Aeon has for long had issues with low margins thanks to its dependence on real estate rents over actual retailing. This is changing and for the...
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(Mostly) Asia M&A: April 2020 Roundup
For the month of April, just six new deals were discussed on Smartkarma with an overall announced deal size of ~US$9.4bn. Clicking on the...
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Aeon Subs Aeon Kyushu | MaxValu Kyushu To Merge - Done Deal, Ungreat Ratio
On 10 April 2020 after the close, two subsidiaries of Aeon Co Ltd (8267 JP) based in the southernmost of Japan's four main islands - Maxvalu Kyushu...
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