2021 High Conviction Call: Seven & I Completes the Speedway Acquisition, But Not Without Trouble
Investors cannot completely ignore legal ramifications, but the probability of occurrence of such seems somewhat slim in our opinion. On the other...
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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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Asia Shorts: Sunny Optic, CMB, Ping An, 7&I, Keihan, Celltrion, Shinpoong, KCC, China Steel, Novatek
The Insight looks at large short interest movements across HK, Japan, Korea and Taiwan stocks and highlights large increases/decreases in shorts to...
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Activist Investor Requests Seven & I to Focus on 7-Eleven Convenience Store Business
Seven & I is better off focusing on the capital-light 7-Eleven convenience store business. The disposal of department stores, speciality stores and...
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Japan Drugstores: Growing Leadership in Food, Household, Cosmetics – and the Odd Medicine Too
The Japanese drugstore sector has seen a big merger but there will be more as the sector not only consolidates down to a few leaders but also...
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