Seibu

Retail Asia16/01/2019

Japanese retail giant Seven & I has reported a 15.8 per cent increase in net sales for the nine months to November. Profit rose by a less impressive 2.9 per cent. The 7-Eleven parent said its overseas convenience store business achieved an impressive 15.7 per cent increase in operating profit year on year. At home, […]

Retail Asia21/11/2016

US private-equity company General Atlantic has made its first investment in Indonesia by buying into lifestyle retailer Mitra Adiperkasa (Map). It has subscribed for Rp1.08 trillion (US$80.5 million) in bonds issued by Map which are convertible into shares in its F&B subsidiary Map Boga Adiperkasa (MBA), which runs Cold Stone Creamery, Godiva, Krispy Kreme, Pizza […]

Retail Asia30/09/2016

Maison Margiela Japan has opened a new boutique in the Seibu Department Store in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. Customers of the fifth-floor store are greeted with marble flooring and walls adorned with lush cotton drapery. In between merchandise displays are silver chrome and clear glass furniture. Margiela says its latest Tokyo store combines “Ottoman architectural influences with […]

Retail Asia05/05/2016

Many customers buy imported food and wine at Hong Kong’s City’super but few would know the group of founders were closely involved with a chain of Japanese department stores. In the 1980s high-end retail fashion and food markets were dominated by those Japanese operators. In 1990 Seibu department stores under a group management led by […]

Retail Asia27/04/2016

Indonesia has welcomed Rusty Lopez into the market – and wants more Philippine fashion brands to follow. The shoe brand from Marikina City has opened its first overseas outlet in Jakarta’s Seibu Department Store in Grand Indonesia Mall. Other Philippine fashion brands that have established their names in Indonesia include Gingersnaps, Periwinkle, Penshoppe, and Karimadon. […]

Retail Asia18/03/2016

Losses have forced two Seven & I store closures in regional Japan, both outlets after 40 years of trading. Seven & I Holdings, which owns the Sogo and Seibu department store chains, is closing a Sogo store in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, and a Seibu store in Asahikawa, Hokkaido. Both are scheduled to shut their doors […]

Retail Asia01/10/2015

Japan’s Seven & I Holdings says it will open a giant online store in November, offering products sourced from across its retail store brands. By February 2019, Seven & I anticipates a range of 6 million SKUs will be available on the new store, including goods specifically created for the channel in partnership with name […]

Tag: Seibu

7-Eleven parent sales surges: Report

US investor buys into Mitra Adiperkasa

Maison Margiela Japan opens in Ikebukuro

City’super was born in Hong Kong after Japanese department store Seibu exited the market

Philippine brand Rusty Lopez heads to Indonesia

Seven & I store closures hit regions

Seven & I to launch online store