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Daiso, a well-known Japanese retail chain offering a variety of economical household items, is preparing to shutter its second store in a span of four months after a lengthy 18 years of operation. The Daiso Sembawang Shopping Centre location is scheduled to…
Japanese ¥100 shop operator Daiso Industries aims to increase the number of its stores in the United States more than 10-fold in the long-term, as soaring inflation has spurred more American consumers to look for high-quality products on a budget. The value…
Japanese retailer Daiso has launched its first directly operated Canada store in downtown Vancouver. Taking over a former bookstore space, the debut Daiso Canada spans 4700sqft and features a selection of 12,000 products, ranging from seasonal items,…
Daiso Singapore has established an online service to let customers know in advance which of its outlets are crowded. The new website service – which builds on the brand’s previous crowding updates posted via Instagram – now allows customers to assess crowd…
Casual-clothing chain Uniqlo says its sales have been affected as the consumer boycott of Japanese goods intensifies in South Korea. Uniqlo, owned by Fast Retailing, will close a downtown Seoul store soon, but says this is due to a decision not to renew a…
Budget Japanese retailer Daiso will launch its first New Jersey store in Edgewater. The store will open on August 3 as the second Daiso store in the Tri-State area. Daiso is quickly expanding its presence on the East Coast, with this location opening within…
Japanese discount retailer Daiso will launch its Threeppy store at Funan mall on Sunday. Japanese discount retailer Daiso will launch its Threeppy retail store at Funan mall on Sunday (July 14). Known as the ‘premium’ version of Daiso, the first Threeppy…
PKT every24 Logistics Sdn Bhd (PKT) signed a service agreement with Daiso Industries Co Ltd (Daiso) to operate the latter’s regional distribution centre (RDC) located in Port Klang, commencing in the second quarter of this year. PKT is a joint venture company…
Japanese discount retailer Oomomo has launched in Canada with plans for stores in most major cities. The first store opened in West Edmonton Mall in Alberta last month and was followed by another in Toronto this week, which attracted queues of customers to…
Daiso stores will be forced to stop selling individual items of stationery in a bid to try and help struggling small and medium enterprises, Korea Commission for Corporate Partnership (KCCP) said Thursday. The KCCP is set to hold a final vote on Oct. 10 on…
Japanese retail chain Daiso Taiwan is expecting to face a second import ban. It was earlier slapped with a six-month ban for illegally importing food products from areas affected by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster and selling them with falsified labels of…
Robinsons Malls has strengthened its presence in the Visayas region with the opening of Robinsons Place Ormoc, a three-level, full-service mall in Ormoc City. It offers a variety of national and global brands along with the chains of Daiso Japan, Handyman,…
Japanese “dollar store” chain Daiso is about to enter the Israeli retail market, to be run by the Union Group, the franchise holder for Cos and H&M in Israel and the official importer for Toyota and Lexus. Founded in 1977, Daiso will be competing in Israel…
Kuala Lumpur has a new mall, KL Gateway, with a gross floor area of about 500,000 sqft (46,451 sqm). Connecting with corporate office towers, KL Gateway has a 10,000 sqft outdoor landscaped garden and offers free Wi-Fi internet access in its common areas. A…
Korean fashion retailer The Twee will open its first Southeast Asia flagship store at the new KL Gateway Mall in Kuala Lumpur. Set to open on January 12, the mall is part of the KL Gateway mixed development by Suez Capital in Bangsar South, Jalan Kerinchi.…
Controversies continue to hound Miniso, a retail chain in mainland China that projects the image of a Japanese fashion brand. Critics have accused it of piggybacking on Japanese retail giants Daiso, Muji and Uniqlo, reports the Hong Kong Economic Journal…
