Japanese Savings Rates Soar in 2018: A Blow to Abe's Plans but a Boon for Discount Retailing
Average monthly savings rates and total savings stocks have long been high in Japan, but savings rates broke all records in June 2018. In one...
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Japan: Fortnightly Update - Nidec Leads the Way
“I’ve been a manager for almost half a century, but this is the first time I’ve seen such a large single-month drop in orders for us. What we...
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Japan: Moving Average Outliers - New Year Rally
MARKET COMPOSITE NEW YEAR RALLY - From the December 25th's lows of 8% by number and 11% by value, the percentages of Japanese stocks above the...
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Japan Retail Review 1H2018: Top Retailers Outperform
Leading Japanese retail chains across all the major formats had a strong 1H2018 with surprisingly few exceptions. Although some saw operating...
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Don Quijote: Potential Earnings Impact from Conversion of UNY Stores
Earlier in October, Don Quijote Holdings (7532 JP) and FamilyMart UNY came to an agreement for the former to acquire all of FamilyMart’s holdings...
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