Reporting and analysis on retail, e-commerce, and consumer trends in Japan, updated continuously by our newsroom.
Issey Miyake Japan has established a boutique in Kyoto, in a preserved traditional machiya (townhouse). Inspired by the classic japanese sumi, or ink colour, the interior has been created by designer and longtime collaborator Naoto Fukusawa. The retail…
Apple will launch a new store in the Shinjuku ward of Tokyo on Saturday, April 7. It will be the company’s eighth retail outlet in the country. Shinjuku is a special ward that’s a major commercial and administrative centre, housing the Northern half of the…
Japan Tobacco has agreed to buy Donskoy Tabak, Russia’s fourth-largest cigarette maker, for $1.6 billion in a bid to reinforce its leading position in the country. One of the world’s biggest tobacco companies, whose global brands include Winston and Camel,…
Japan, one of the global leaders in implementing the 4.0 industrial revolution, is witnessing strong investment from Vietnam’s information technology (IT) firms. Currently, there are some 20 IT companies in Vietnam with branches in Japan. The Japanese market…
Tiffany & Co worldwide has finished its latest year with solid sales growth, both geographically and across product categories, says CEO Alessandro Bogliolo. Strong sales growth in Mainland China was offset by lower sales in most other countries. “We are…
Japanese fans can step into a whole world of Pokemon in a new experiential store in Tokyo. The Pokemon Center brings the game franchise to life with a range of Pokemon merchandise on sale. This is the Japanese franchise’s third Pokemon Center, and by far its…
Korea’s It’s Hanbul Cosmetics plans to expand into Japan by partnering with a local retailer. The company has brought its flagship brand It’s Skin to Japan via two pop-up stores inside ‘Niko and…’ stores in Tokyo and Funabashi, and plans to open eight more…
Furla Asia sales soared a stunning 50 per cent last year, powering the brand’s global sales to €499 million (US$618 million). Revenue from Asia-Pacific now accounts for 24 per cent of global sales and that share is steadily rising. Sales in Japan, a separate…
Samsonite Asia sales lept 16 per cent last year, a rate slower than the Hong Kong-listed company’s global growth, and predominantly driven by the acquisition of Tumi. The world’s largest travel luggage company achieved global sales of US$3.49 billion, up 23.3…
The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) is considering funding the Block B&52/97 project of the Việt Nam Oil and Gas Group (PetrolVietnam) with loans without a government guarantee. General Director of PetroVietnam Nguyễn Vũ Trường Sơn recently…
Japanese casualwear manufacturer Fast Retailing will open a Uniqlo shop on Sumatra Island, its first outlet outside Indonesia’s most populous main island of Java. The shop will open at the Sun Plaza shopping mall in Medan this week, in the northern part of…
Fast-food chains in Japan are launching the biggest expansion wave in decades and adopting strategies that would have been unthinkable in the early 2000s, when hamburgers were a prime symbol of deflation. McDonald’s Holdings (Japan), the biggest player, is…
After stopping car exports to Việt Nam for more than a month, Japanese auto giant Honda Motor suddenly decided to import around 2,000 vehicles from Thailand in early March. This is the first batch of automobiles exempt from import tax under the ASEAN Trade in…
Việt Nam’s real estate sector has witnessed significant participation from Japanese investors through cooperation with Vietnamese businesses recently, promising to bring benefits to the real estate market. According to real estate company Savills Việt Nam,…
Asian private equity firm The Longreach Group has agreed to totally acquire Japanese coffee shop chain Kohikan Corporation from UCC Foodservice Systems (UFS) for an undisclosed amount. In a statement on its website, Longreach says it has reached an agreement…
Japan’s financial regulator will this week slap several cryptocurrency exchanges with administrative punishment notices and is considering forcing some to suspend their business. The Financial Services Agency may also tell Coincheck Inc – the exchange…
Weekly Briefing
Tuesday, Thursday and a Saturday Weekly Wrap: the retail stories, numbers and moves that mattered across Asia. Nothing else, and you can unsubscribe in one click.
Read by retail operators, investors and brand teams across Asia.