Expert on Japan Retail and Consumer Markets, JapanConsuming

Michael Causton

Michael is co-founder and partner at 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 and seminars on retail sectors and consumer trends, as well as telephone consulting/meetings with investors. 

All of JapanConsuming's team are bilingual and bi-cultural, and the company's research sources are:

Direct meetings with retailers, wholesalers, distributors, trade body staff, govt., marketing firms, academics etc.
Govt. data
Trade association data
Trade Press across all consumer sectors
Unique Network of buyers/managers/marketing staff at retail, as well as wholesalers and trading firms.
Editors/Journalists at publishing houses and PR/Ad firms.


JapanConsuming was founded by Michael Causton and Roy Larke. 

Michael Causton set up and ran a consumer distribution business in Tokyo for 10 years and developed this into a business responsible for annual imports to Japan of several billion Yen, at the same time building up an inside knowledge of how Japanese distribution works and developing a network of contacts across the industry. Seeing the lack of quality market intelligence on Japanese markets, he co-founded JapanConsuming in 2000. He divides his time between Japan and Europe/US consulting for companies, governments and investors, including providing talks, seminars, and webinars as well as writing reports and books.

Expert on Japan Retail and Consumer Markets

Japan Convenience Stores Still Innovating in a Saturated Market

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Lawson Follows Seven Eleven into Promised Land of Mobile Conbini Shopping

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. 

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/1040" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1040:1">Lawson (2651 JP)</a> Fresh Pick is the convenience store operator’s new e-commerce solution for food launched earlier this year, and replacing various other less successful experiments.Unlike competing services, Lawson's service is limited to just 600 SKUs (stock keeping units), all fresh foods, and Lawson offers no home delivery, only click-and-collect.In the nine months since launch, the service has expanded from 200 to 1,200 stores, currently concentrated in west Tokyo and Kanagawa.It is a model that will expand rapidly across the rest of the country because Lawson has to invest so little to make this happen.

Lawson (2651 JP) Fresh Pick is the convenience store operator’s new e-commerce solution for food launched earlier this year, and replacing various other less successful experiments.Unlike competing services, Lawson's service is limited to just 600 SKUs (stock keeping units), all fresh foods, and Lawson offers no home delivery, only click-and-collect.In the nine months since launch, the service has expanded from 200 to 1,200 stores, currently concentrated in west Tokyo and Kanagawa.It is a model that will expand rapidly across the rest of the country because Lawson has to invest so little to make this happen.

ローソンの新しいオンラインサービスが成功、カバー範囲が倍増

Lawson Inc

ローソンの新しいオンラインサービスが成功、カバー範囲が倍増