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Japan Retail and Consumer Specialist, JapanConsuming

Michael Causton

Japan Retail and Consumer Specialist

Real Insight on Japanese Consumer Markets

JapanConsuming

JapanConsuming is a specialist research firm producing intelligence on Japanese retail and consumer markets. Founded in 2000, JapanConsuming has become the leading provider of insights on Japanese retailers and consumer trends to retailers, brands, government agencies and investors. As well as a highly regarded monthly report on the market, JapanConsuming produces in-depth reports on retail sectors, seminars on key trends and telephone consulting to investors on trends and retailers.

JapanConsuming was founded by Michael Causton and Roy Larke. 

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Uniqlo is such a mainstay of Japanese retailing, and indeed life, that its dominance seems inevitable and unchanging. </li>
<li>Yet it has morphed from a mess of poorly judged acquisitions and failed overseas experiments into Japan’s biggest retail export – and still manages to pull off 20% growth.</li>
<li>Its latest target of ¥10 trillion in 10 years is far-fetched but its history of persistent determination suggests continued expansion is a certainty.</li>
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Uniqlo is such a mainstay of Japanese retailing, and indeed life, that its dominance seems inevitable and unchanging. 
Yet it has morphed from a mess of poorly judged acquisitions and failed overseas experiments into Japan’s biggest retail export – and still manages to pull off 20% growth.
Its latest target of ¥10 trillion in 10 years is far-fetched but its history of persistent determination suggests continued expansion is a certainty.


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