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Retail Asia14/07/2020

Lush has taken a positive approach to its future in Hong Kong following the closure of its Central flagship store at the end of last month. But it has criticized the city’s landlords generally for failing to share the burden of a decimated retail market in the wake of the pandemic. The beauty products company […]

Retail Asia26/11/2019

FamilyMart Japan is reducing its operational costs by letting go 800 employees. The redundancies equate to about one in 10 of the convenience-store operator’s total staff count, and will be offered with severance packages for volunteers who opt to leave the firm. Moves will also be made to allow the brand’s franchisees to operate shorter […]

Retail Asia24/10/2019

Having now run for more than 100 days, the scale and impact of the South Korean boycott movement against Japanese products is unprecedented. It is costing retailers, importers, airlines and travel companies millions of dollars as a largely volunteer group of consumers rally citizens to their cause, popularised by its slogan ‘I Will Not Buy, […]

Retail Asia22/03/2016

The South Korean manufacturer launched the Ioniq in its home market two months or so ago, yet Hyundai had to recall the electric drive hatchback after a video was published on YouTube. That particular video can be found at the end of this story. Just skip to the 4-minute, 4-second mark and observe what happens. […]

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Lush calls out Hong Kong landlords after flagship closing

FamilyMart Japan culls staff as store network shrinks

‘Unprecedented’ South Korean boycott damaging Japan’s retailers

Hyundai Ioniq Recalled in South Korea over Rolling Backwards Problem