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Retail Asia05/08/2015

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Even though Japan’s convenience store sector faces numerous challenges, the country’s second-largest operator, Lawson, plans to open another 450 stores this year, the company’s CEO has revealed. Genichi Tamatsuka said there are 55,000 convenience stores in Japan but the market has not yet reached saturation point. He sees massive potential for growth because of demographic […]

Retail Asia22/07/2015

Swiss retailer Migros is to sell private label products into two Japanese retail chains. Switzerland’s largest grocer, and one of the world’s 40 largest supermarket chains, is to sell lines to Lawson’s Seijo Ishii stores and Seiyu, which is Walmart’s Japan business. According to the Nikkei Asian Review, Migros will start with 16 premium products […]

Retail Asia02/07/2015

Lawson Thailand, a three way partnership between the Japanese comfort retailer operator and an area Thai listed firm, says it plans to open 1000 shops throughout the nation. At present it has simply 40 buying and selling underneath the brandname Lawson 108, but it says it’s going to attain 1000 inside three years. Lawson Thailand […]

Retail Asia28/06/2015

A joint venture of Thailand’s Saha Pathanapibul Pcl and Japan’s Lawson Inc aims to boost the number of ‘Lawson 108’ outlets in the Southeast Asian nation to 1,000 over the next three years from 40 now, a Saha executive said on Friday. Saha Pat, part of Saha Group, Thailand’s largest consumer products conglomerate, joined hands […]

Retail Asia16/04/2015

Retailer Lawson Inc. and logistics company SG Holdings Co. are to begin a delivery service under a new alliance pitched at time-deprived workers and seniors. Lawson, a Tokyo-based convenience store operator, said on Tuesday that it will take a 51 percent stake in the new company to be created in June, with Kyoto-based SG Holdings, […]

Retail Asia31/03/2015

The much anticipated debut of Lawson Philippines will occur today, Monday. The first store will open in the Manila suburb of Sta. Ana. Lawson Philippines is a joint venture between local operator Puregold Price Club (70 per cent) and Lawson Japan (30 per cent). The two companies plan a massive network of 500 convenience stores […]

Retail Asia28/03/2015

Lawson Philippines will launch later this month with the first of 500 stores planned in a partnership with local retailer Puregold Price Club. Puregold will own 70 per cent of the joint venture partnership with the Japanese convenience store retailer, which will hold the remaining 30 per cent. The company has yet to reveal the […]

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Lawson to open 450 stores in Japan this year

Migros to sell private label in Japan

Lawson Thailand targets 1000 shops

Saha group says Japan’s Lawson stores in Thailand to rise to 1000

Lawson, SG Holdings to offer new delivery service

Lawson Philippines debuts today

Lawson Philippines set for debut