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Japanese beauty brand SK-II will launch new Magnetic Booster, part of its Radical New Age Power (R.N.A) line, exclusively with The Shilla Duty Free at Changi Airport on 1 July. The Magnetic Booster will be sold in sets with the R.N.A Power Cream (80g) in the…
Blackstone has offered to buy a listed owner of retail assets in Asia-Pacific, valuing the Singapore-based Croesus Retail Trust at SGD901m (€572m). Blackstone has agreed to pay SGD1.17 per unit for all of the company’s issued units and intends to privatise it…
Japan’s NTT DoCoMo will this week launch a new prepaid SIM service for foreign visitors to Japan providing access to its network for 15 days. The Japan Welcome SIM offering will launch on July 1. It will allow travelers to apply for the service online prior…
Japan’s Takata Corp decided on Monday to file for bankruptcy protection in Japan with liabilities of more than 1 trillion yen (US$9 billion), Japanese media reported, as the auto parts supplier has struggled due to its defective air bag inflators at the…
Starbucks Coffee Japan plans to open new outlets at an accelerated pace while shifting its focus from urban centers to suburban areas. Over the next three years, the company will spend roughly 15 billion yen ($146 million) to open 260 new coffee shops, which…
Japanese cosmetic brand Nars has landed in Vietnam, opening a brand new store in Ho Chi Minh City. Located on Dong Khoi Street inside Vincom Center mall, Nars’ debut store offers Vietnamese customers all of the makeup brand’s newest and most popular items.…
Japanese banks will lower the fees on money transfers to South Korea by 90% as early as 2018 in an effort to remain competitive and prevent customers from switching to foreign rivals. The plan was revealed Wednesday by the Japanese Bankers Association at a…
Global fashion brand MCM said that it offered made-to-order designs of its most popular products for the first time at its pop-up store in Isetan department store in Tokyo. The store, located in the luxury Isetan Shinjuku department store in Tokyo, Japan,…
Japan’s NTT DoCoMo will adopt the SAP HANA platform as the foundation of its data needs to improve customer service. Large volumes of data, as large as 18TB, will be collected from various touch points, including nationwide DoCoMo Shops, for processing and…
KBank and JCB International (JCBI), the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., have introduced the “KBank JCB Credit Card” to accommodate Japanese culture and lifestyles. A wide range of attractive privileges are offered, with first-year…
We interviewed exclusively Sébastien Béal, French founder & CEO of Locarise, company based in Tokyo, Japan that offers solutions for retailers. 1. Could you briefly introduce your business? Locarise’s mission is to make physical spaces intelligent to raise…
Japan’s Takata, facing bankruptcy over the biggest recall in automotive history, would stop making air-bag inflators after completing a global recall, under a restructuring plan under consideration by its steering committee, sources told Reuters on Friday.…
Japanese beauty and retail group Aube is opening its first Australian store, bringing its unique brand of Japanese style to Sydney. Located in Sydney’s CBD, the retail space covers 75 square metres on the ground floor of 28 Market Street, a heritage building…
Since entering the e-commerce market in January 2017 with the site AeonEshop.com, the Japanese supermarket Aeon has quickly gained the attention of customers thanks to its unique selling point compared to other e-commerce websites – high quality Japanese…
A four-year-old retail company which claims to be headquartered in Japan and has branches in South Korea and the United States recently opened the first ever foreign brand chain outlet in North Korea confirm. A branch of Miniso, a Uniqlo-style…
Japan’s Porter Stand has opened up a temporary store in Osaka. The new Porter Stand pop-up will open for a limited-time at the Hankyu Umeda head office in Osaka. It is the first time the brand will open a store in the western Japan area. Inside the new pop-up…
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