Japanese Department Stores Catch the Flu
Some retailers and brands would like February accounts to evaporate along with the virus that caused this unprecedented downturn. Department stores...
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Convenience Stores: Saturation but Still Growth for Some
The convenience store sector is today the single largest channel in Japanese retailing. Combining both merchandise and digital services, e-commerce...
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Japan: Higher Consumption Tax Slides Smoothly into Place
The consumption tax was raised from 8% to 10% at the beginning of October, five years after the government reluctantly raised it from 5% to 8%.This...
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Seven & I's Sogo Seibu Loses Kansai Branches, Converting More Stores to SCs
Seven & I sent in a team of senior executives to sort out Sogo Seibu three years ago resulting in recommendations that included handing off the...
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🇰🇷 🇯🇵 Smartkarma North Asia • That Was The Week That Was - 18th-24th March 2019
- TW3 NORTH ASIA - This week in North Asia the Smartkarma team Insights were more Bearish than Bullish. Close Outs or Sales were recommended on:...
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