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FamilyMart, Japan’s widely recognized retailer, has launched its first Famima flagship store in Tokyo, marking a significant reimagining of the conventional convenience store as the company gears up for its 45th anniversary. FamilyMart’s Next Generation…
FamilyMart, a renowned convenience store chain, is stepping up its growth strategy in Taiwan. The company has announced plans to inaugurate 100 new outlets this year, a significant step towards their long-term objective of establishing 5000 stores by 2029.…
In a remarkable twist for the retail landscape, Japan’s convenience store giant FamilyMart is making waves with its ambitious expansion plans across Asia. Aiming to capture the growing consumer market in the region, the company has set its sights on a…
In a statement shared today (May 10) by FamilyMart Malaysia, the convenience store chain announced that its FamiCafé in Menara U, Shah Alam, has obtained halal certification from Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (JAKIM). This makes it the first convenience…
Japan’s FamilyMart is making strong inroads into Malaysia, offering a new concept in retail with the focus on fresh food, ruffling the convenience store sector which has been largely dominated by 7-Eleven and MyNews. The world’s second-largest convenience…
Family Mart, one of Japan’s most common convenience store chains, will now be offering apparel. Dubbed “Convenience Wear,” Family Mart will be launching 68 different articles of clothing, designed by FACETASM designer Hiromichi Ochiai. Spanning essentials…
Japanese department-store chain Tokyu is to exit Thailand, the third Japanese retailer to withdraw from the country this year. Tokyu aims to close its last store at Bangkok’s MBK shopping center next January, ending 35 years of trading in the city. The…
FamilyMart will this month deploy a robot that vaguely resembles a kangaroo to stack sandwiches, drinks and ready meals on shelves at a Japanese convenience store. The robot’s maker, Telexistence, hopes the trial will help trigger a wave of retail automation.…
Japanese convenience-store chain FamilyMart will be sold outright to local trading company Itochu, according to reports. The buyer, which currently holds 50 percent of FamilyMart business, made the decision to fully purchase the chain last Wednesday in a…
Central Retail has taken full control of the FamilyMart Thailand business, a precursor to expanding the network in the country. Currently, FamilyMart has just 1000 convenience stores, largely centered in the capital city of Bangkok. That’s a fraction of the…
FamilyMart Taiwan is partnering with the food-delivery platform Foodpanda to launch a delivery service. Starting Wednesday next week, the firm plans to offer delivery services from its 1000 outlets nationwide by June, with initial services commencing out of…
FamilyMart Thailand has opened its first ‘FamilyMart Corner’ stores where beverages, snacks and convenience foods are sold from automatic vending machines. Central Food Retail, which operates FamilyMart Thailand and the Tops supermarket chain, created the…
Familymart Taiwan is aiming to open 220–230 new stores in the territory this year, as the Japanese convenience-store chain franchise, emerges unaffected by the coronavirus turmoil. The firm’s takings in this year’s first financial quarter are anticipated to…
A trial to reduce business hours has resulted in a 59 percent drop in operating profits for FamilyMart Japan.The trial by the traditionally 24-hour convenience-store chain operator was conducted from October to December at around 600 FamilyMart outlets to…
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…
The world’s largest FamilyMart is to open in Manila. The 400sqm outlet will launch in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, on the ground floor of the Udenna Towers, operated by Philippine FamilyMart CVS. The store will be designed to appeal to “a youthful and…
