After Covid: The Future for Japanese Retail: Winners & Losers
No one really knows what will happen after the initial shock of the coronavirus fades away. Many observers in Japan, expert and otherwise, are...
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Historical TOPIX Inclusions: What Flavor Performs Best?
When Stocks listed on JASDAQ, MOTHERS, and the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange aim at the big leagues and apply for reassignment to the...
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TOPIX Inclusion: Retail Partners (8167 JP)
On 17th April 2020, Japanese supermarket chain operator Retail Partners (8167 JP) announced (J-only) it had received approval to move from the...
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Japanese Retailing: The Big Disruption – and Opportunity – in the Next 5 Years
Retailing in Japan is about to enter a period of unprecedented change – the biggest disruption in its history. The causes are threefold: population...
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Drug-Fuelled Marriages and Macho Shachos* in Japan
The Japanese drugstore sector has been consolidating fast for a decade led by Aeon's (8267 JP) Welcia subsidiary, Tsuruha Holdings (3391 JP) and...
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