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Retail Asia29/11/2022

Japanese ¥100 shop operator Daiso Industries aims to increase the number of its stores in the United States more than 10-fold in the long-term, as soaring inflation has spurred more American consumers to look for high-quality products on a budget. The value retailer, which has won over customers in Japan during the country’s decadeslong deflation, […]

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Retail Asia13/04/2021

Japanese retailer Daiso has launched its first directly operated Canada store in downtown Vancouver. Taking over a former bookstore space, the debut Daiso Canada spans 4700sqft and features a selection of 12,000 products, ranging from seasonal items, stationery and cosmetics to homewares – mostly imported from Japan. JLL Canada will be responsible for Daiso’s further […]

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Retail Asia24/06/2020

Daiso Singapore has established an online service to let customers know in advance which of its outlets are crowded. The new website service – which builds on the brand’s previous crowding updates posted via Instagram – now allows customers to assess crowd levels before visiting any Daiso or Threeppy branch , allowing them to plan […]

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Retail Asia22/08/2019

Casual-clothing chain Uniqlo says its sales have been affected as the consumer boycott of Japanese goods intensifies in South Korea. Uniqlo, owned by Fast Retailing, will close a downtown Seoul store soon, but says this is due to a decision not to renew a lease rather than the Japan boycott as reported by Japanese news […]

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Retail Asia06/08/2019

Budget Japanese retailer Daiso will launch its first New Jersey store in Edgewater. The store will open on August 3 as the second Daiso store in the Tri-State area. Daiso is quickly expanding its presence on the East Coast, with this location opening within just five months of the very first store in Flushing, New […]

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Retail Asia01/08/2019

Japanese discount retailer Daiso will launch its Threeppy store at Funan mall on Sunday. Japanese discount retailer Daiso will launch its Threeppy retail store at Funan mall on Sunday (July 14). Known as the ‘premium’ version of Daiso, the first Threeppy outlet in Singapore and Southeast Asia will offer kitchenware, household goods, and stuffed toys, […]

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Retail Asia04/02/2019

PKT every24 Logistics Sdn Bhd (PKT) signed a service agreement with Daiso Industries Co Ltd (Daiso) to operate the latter’s regional distribution centre (RDC) located in Port Klang, commencing in the second quarter of this year. PKT is a joint venture company between PKT Logistics Group Sdn Bhd and Daisei every24 Co Ltd. Incorporated in […]

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Retail Asia18/12/2018

Japanese discount retailer Oomomo has launched in Canada with plans for stores in most major cities. The first store opened in West Edmonton Mall in Alberta last month and was followed by another in Toronto this week, which attracted queues of customers to check out its eclectic mix of homewares, stationery, snacks and beauty products. […]

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Retail Asia25/09/2018

Daiso stores will be forced to stop selling individual items of stationery in a bid to try and help struggling small and medium enterprises, Korea Commission for Corporate Partnership (KCCP) said Thursday. The KCCP is set to hold a final vote on Oct. 10 on adding the franchise to the list of major companies that […]

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Retail Asia14/06/2018

Japanese retail chain Daiso Taiwan is expecting to face a second import ban. It was earlier slapped with a six-month ban for illegally importing food products from areas affected by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster and selling them with falsified labels of origin in Taiwan in 2015. Known for selling food and discounted consumer products, […]

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Retail Asia30/05/2018

Robinsons Malls has strengthened its presence in the Visayas region with the opening of Robinsons Place Ormoc, a three-level, full-service mall in Ormoc City. It offers a variety of national and global brands along with the chains of Daiso Japan, Handyman, Robinsons Department Store and Robinsons Supermarket. Its products and services extend to health and […]

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Retail Asia01/02/2018

Japanese “dollar store” chain Daiso is about to enter the Israeli retail market, to be run by the Union Group, the franchise holder for Cos and H&M in Israel and the official importer for Toyota and Lexus. Founded in 1977, Daiso will be competing in Israel with chains such as Hastock and Max Stock. It […]

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Retail Asia04/03/2017

Kuala Lumpur has a new mall, KL Gateway, with a gross floor area of about 500,000 sqft (46,451 sqm). Connecting with corporate office towers, KL Gateway has a 10,000 sqft outdoor landscaped garden and offers free Wi-Fi internet access in its common areas. A 100m link bridge connects the mall to the KL Gateway-Universiti LRT […]

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Retail Asia14/12/2016

Korean fashion retailer The Twee will open its first Southeast Asia flagship store at the new KL Gateway Mall in Kuala Lumpur. Set to open on January 12, the mall is part of the KL Gateway mixed development by Suez Capital in Bangsar South, Jalan Kerinchi. Along the Federal Highway, it offers a net lettable […]

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Retail Asia16/06/2016

Controversies continue to hound Miniso, a retail chain in mainland China that projects the image of a Japanese fashion brand. Critics have accused it of piggybacking on Japanese retail giants Daiso, Muji and Uniqlo, reports the Hong Kong Economic Journal Monthly. Also, the Guangzhou-based vendor of household and consumer items, which has already penetrated the Hong […]

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Retail Asia12/08/2015

Japanese discount retailer Daiso has won the right to use its name in the Philippines after a hearing in the Supreme Court. In a final ruling just issued, the court has blocked Filipino company Japan Home Center from using the trademark Daiso, confirming an earlier ruling by the Court of Appeals. The judges ruled that […]

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Retail Asia07/04/2015

Well-known Japanese store, DAISO Japan (大創), was raided by investigators yesterday for failing to report its mislabeled Japanese food products back to the government, according to the Taipei District Prosecutors Office. Taipei City’s Health Bureau sent officials to investigate DAISO Japan headquarters yesterday, after Taoyuan’s Health Burearu discovered restricted products in the city’s Luchu District […]

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