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Retail Asia28/08/2017
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Living

Japan to make Olympic medals from old cellphones

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Japan will make the medals for the 2020 Olympic Games using recycled consumer electronic devices such as cellphones and home appliances. “Japan is undertaking an interesting project,” Nakagawa Masaharu, Japan’s environment minister, said during an environmental ministers’ meeting for China, Japan and Korea in Suwon, south of Seoul, Friday. “This is very meaningful in that […]
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Retail Asia28/08/2017
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Fashion

Belstaff Japan opens in Hankyu Men’s Tokyo

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Belstaff Japan has opened its fifth store, in Hankyu Men’s Tokyo, 18 months after the British fashion brand’s arrival in the nation. As well as the men’s AW 17 collection, the new outlet features a limited-edition leather jacket, and from next month will offer a limited-edition capsule collection in collaboration with Japanese street label Sophnet. […]
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Retail Asia25/08/2017
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General

Japan department stores see sales ease

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Department-store sales in Japan fell 1.4 per cent last month on a same-store basis because of weak clothing and food sales, reports the Japan Department Stores Association. Sales at 229 stores run by 80 companies totalled ¥547 billion (US$5 billion), says the association. Sales decreased as most of the stores had moved their summer sale […]
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Retail Asia23/08/2017
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Food

Beard Papa’s plans to puff up Asia presence

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Japan’s Beard Papa’s chain of cream-puff shops is expanding with a target of 150 outlets before year’s end in Asia beyond its home market. Run by Muginoho Holdings, the brand is known for adding fillings to its freshly baked choux pastries in front of customers, as well as its trademark, a bearded fellow in a […]
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Retail Asia21/08/2017
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General

Japan economy posts longest expansion in over a decade

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Economy expansion was driven by robust domestic demand and capital spending. Japan’s economy grew 1.0 percent in the April-June period, notching up its sixth straight quarter of growth and its longest economic expansion in over a decade, government data showed Monday. The growth in Japan’s GDP — 4.0 percent at an annualized rate — blew […]
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Retail Asia18/08/2017
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Food

Sombre reflection on noticeboard of Nagasaki Starbucks

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Usually, the handwritten message of the day at Starbucks cafes are light-hearted, but to mark the anniversary of Japan’s surrender that ended World War II, a Nagasaki Starbucks outlet decided to take a more serious tone. Nagasaki was one of two Japanese cities destroyed by a nuclear bomb near the end of the conflict. “Almost […]
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Retail Asia16/08/2017
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General

Muji Japan adds groceries, mini-house to flagship

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In a redesign, housewares company Muji Japan has added groceries and even a miniature house to its global flagship store in Tokyo. It draws its inspiration from the core necessities of survival: food, shelter, clothing and food, reports Curbed.com. “Among the basic lifestyle needs, food is the most fundamental and indispensable aspect,” says the store’s opening […]
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Retail Asia14/08/2017
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Living

Miniso Philippines opens two more outlets

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Japanese lifestyle brand Miniso Philippines has opened two more outlets in Manila, with four to follow soon. Its first store in the Philippines, at Robinsons Place Manila, opened in June, with the latest stores in SM City San Lazaro and SM City Manila. Miniso has more than 1400 retail stores in more than 40 countries and regions. The grand opening […]
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Retail Asia14/08/2017
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E-Tailing

SoftBank invests $2.5b in Flipkart to stop Amazon

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SoftBank has just announced its biggest investment in India: a whopping US$2.5 billion in Indian ecommerce company Flipkart. With this latest funding round, Flipkart boasts of over US$4 billion in cash on its balance sheet and SoftBank has become its largest shareholder. It’s the biggest ever private investment in an Indian technology company. “This is […]
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Retail Asia08/08/2017
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Telecom

SoftBank developing Twin Access mobile service

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Japan’s SoftBank is developing a new Twin Access mobile network service for enterprises using equipment from NEC. The Twin Access service provides two simultaneous mobile network connections to maintain a state of constant, active connectivity between NEC line terminal equipment and devices employing virtualization technology. It uses the packet copy capsuled (PCC) technology jointly developed […]
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Retail Asia04/08/2017
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Automotive

Honda motorcycle sales boost quarterly net profit

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Motorcycle sales volume grew in India and Vietnam. Japanese vehicle maker Honda on Tuesday said net profit for the second quarter rose by double digits boosted by strong motorcycle sales, revising up its full-year forecast. The Tokyo-based company said “solid sales of two-wheel vehicles in Asia and cost reduction efforts” contributed to increased profits. Motorcycle […]
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Retail Asia04/08/2017
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Automotive

Japan’s Subaru posts higher profit as car sales jump

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Subaru on Thursday posted a better-than-expected rise in its quarterly operating profit, buoyed by higher sales in the United States, its biggest market, where other Japanese automakers are struggling with slower demand. Operating profit at Japan’s No.6 automaker came in at 119.3 billion yen ($1.08 billion) in the first quarter ended June, up 17.5 percent […]
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Retail Asia04/08/2017
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Telecom

SoftBank taps Cisco to optimize mobile IP core

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Japan’s SoftBank has contracted Cisco to optimize network operations in its next-generation mobile IP core network. SoftBank will adopt Cisco high-density 100GE routing and segment routing technology to help meet demand for greater mobile traffic capacity and enable faster and more flexible provisioning of new services. Traffic demand is forecast to increase at a rate […]
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Retail Asia03/08/2017
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Finance

AEON and Thai Airways Offer Business Class of travel to Japan

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Mr. Kiyoyasu Asanuma (Centre), Managing Director of AEON Thana Sinsap (Thailand) Public Company Limited has coorporated with Thai Airways International Public Company Limited to provide special offers to AEON Royal Orchid Plus Platinum Cardmembers (VISA payWave and JCB) under the campaign “Ultimate Happiness in Japan with AEON Royal Orchid Plus Platinum Card”. Card members will […]
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Retail Asia01/08/2017
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Food

Delayed launch for Pablo Singapore

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After a delayed launch, cheese-tart chain Pablo Singapore is set to open in Wisma Atria in the next couple of weeks. The Japanese brand had originally been scheduled to open this month. On sale will be the chain’s signature 15cm-wide tarts, plus two other flavours – the matcha cheese tart with shiratama mochi and azuki or […]
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Retail Asia31/07/2017
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Food

KFC Japan to launch new healthy dining retail concept

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KFC Japan is to open a new healthy food retail concept called The Table by KFC in Sendai City on August 5. The Table by KFC aims to offer deli-style foods, including salads, along with versions of its traditional favourites – like a full-size KFC chicken – targeting commuters passing through railway stations and shopping […]
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Retail Asia31/07/2017
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General

AirAsia to take wing in Japan after long layover

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Low-cost carrier AirAsia Japan will ply this country’s skies again as early as September, flying a domestic route from its home base of Chubu Airport near Nagoya, in a move likely to shake up the budget air travel market here. The unit of Malaysia-based AirAsia, Southeast Asia’s biggest low-cost carrier, will fly between Chubu and the […]
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Retail Asia27/07/2017
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Living

Muji opens its 423rd store in Singapore

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Muji has just opened its 423rd store outside of Japan, officially beating the number of stores it has in its domestic market. The milestone was reached as it cut the ribbon on its Southeast Asia regional flagship, in Singapore’s Plaza Singapura mall on key shopping street Orchard Road. The new store, its largest in Southeast Asia, […]
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Retail Asia27/07/2017
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General

Japan’s department stores see June uplift

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Japan department stores saw higher sales in June, which was welcome news after they had fallen in the previous month, the sector’s industry body has said. Japanese department stores saw a welcome sales rise last month. Sales rose 1.4% year-on-year on a comparable basis at the 229 stores operated by the 80 companies that are part […]
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