Family Mart

Retail Asia25/05/2018

Property developer Henderson Land plans to acquire the Hong Kong unit of FamilyMart UNY, Japan’s second-largest convenience store chain, for HK$300 million (US$38 million) through its investment subsidiary, it announced on Thursday. UNY (HK) owns and operates three outlets in the city – described as hybrids of merchandise stores and supermarkets – under the brand names […]

Retail Asia26/08/2016

Convenience store growth is surging, bucking the trend of weakening physical retail store sales. 7-Eleven is the market leader, though FT Confidential Research’s latest consumer brands survey found that other foreign chains were increasingly popular. This is, however, a highly fragmented market and foreign chains will struggle to expand into lower-tier cities, where domestic operators […]

Retail Asia19/08/2016

According to retail analyst IGD, the Philippines is one of the fastest-growing countries in Southeast Asia, with its GDP growth hitting 6.9% in the first quarter of 2016, and further strong expansion predicted on the back of robust domestic consumption, rapid urbanisation and rising wages. A young and increasingly skilled workforce also has a major […]

Retail Asia25/07/2016

Vietnam retail is on the brink of a convenience store boom as multinationals muscle up against fast-expanding local players. The increasing pace of life in urban Vietnamese cities is fuelling demand for convenience stores which, until three to four years ago, seemed few and far between on the streets of Ho Chi Minh City and […]

Retail Asia13/07/2016

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Global food and grocery specialist IGD visited Manila during the May 2016 presidential elections. Here IGD’s senior retail analyst, Jenny Li, examines what is giving the country’s retail sector such a positive outlook. The Philippines is one of the fastest growing countries in Southeast Asia, with its GDP growth hitting 6.9 per cent in the […]

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Henderson to buy Japanese retailer FamilyMart’s Hong Kong stores for US$38 million

Foreign convenience stores in China to face lower-tier challenge

Philippines grocery retail market ‘stands out in Asia’

Vietnam retail on brink of convenience store boom

Philippines: the rising star of Asian retailing