Mitsubishi Selling off Stake in Aeon, Ministop in Limbo
Mitsubishi has finally given up its hope of convincing Aeon to merge Ministop (9946 JP) with Lawson and is selling its stake in the largest retail...
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FamilyMart Tender Done - Proration Results In - What Next?
Itochu Corp (8001 JP) and the BOJ bought ~9.6% of shares out and 25% of float of Familymart Uny Holdings (8028 JP) shares in the 13 months prior...
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Did Itochu & BOJ Buying of FamilyMart-UNY in the Past Year Squeeze It Vs Comps?
On April 19th, Itochu Corp (8001 JP) announced that it intended (after all the requisite approvals were in place) to purchase up to 8.65% of...
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Itochu Tender For FamilyMart - Winnie Sees a Hunny Pot But Greedy Bears Get Stuck
A bit over three years ago, FamilyMart (then 8028 JP) and UNY (then 8270 JP) agreed to consider a merger. The two companies took their sweet time...
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Japan Moves Towards RFID Scanning at Checkout
It is over a decade since the IBM RFID shopping advert came out (still well worth a watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGuXOuQOe18) and this...
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