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Indonesia’s Alfamart has reported a healthy first half year’s performance. Alfamart sales rose by 21.5 per cent to IDR36,870 billion (US$2 billion) thanks to an aggressive store expansion program. The company’s unaudited gross profit increased 20.6 per cent.…
Look for more, but smaller, neighborhood stores, an increase in local delivery trucks and changing store layouts as retailers accommodate aging populations, says The Silver Series IV: Retail Reconfiguration for Seniors. The report is the latest in a series of…
Convenience store growth is surging, bucking the trend of weakening physical retail store sales. 7-Eleven is the market leader, though FT Confidential Research’s latest consumer brands survey found that other foreign chains were increasingly popular. This is,…
Japanese convenience store chain Lawson is cautiously planning its expansion in the Philippines, which the company considers a key market to expanding its global presence. Under pressure to keep up with rival Japanese chains 7-Eleven, Ministop and Family…
Four major convenience store chains in Japan are teaming up with a government-related body to work on expanding their businesses overseas. FamilyMart, Lawson, Ministop and 7-Eleven Japan have formed a council with the Japan External Trade Organization (Jetro)…
Convenience store operator Lawson Japan is considering a foray into banking. The company says that with more than 12,000 convenience stores operating across Japan it has the physical branch network in place to accept deposits from customers. It also has the…
Japanese retailer Lawson has installed 1000 ATMs in a new network to help Chinese tourists access their cash via UnionPay cards. And from September 24, customers will be able to pay for purchases using UnionPay credit cards at all Lawson stores in Japan –…
Japanese convenience store rivals Lawson and Three F say they are “discussing options” for a capital and business alliance. The move was announced in a statement which was short on detail. Lawson, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation, is Japan’s second…
Even though Japan’s convenience store sector faces numerous challenges, the country’s second-largest operator, Lawson, plans to open another 450 stores this year, the company’s CEO has revealed. Genichi Tamatsuka said there are 55,000 convenience stores in…
Swiss retailer Migros is to sell private label products into two Japanese retail chains. Switzerland’s largest grocer, and one of the world’s 40 largest supermarket chains, is to sell lines to Lawson’s Seijo Ishii stores and Seiyu, which is Walmart’s Japan…
Lawson Thailand, a three way partnership between the Japanese comfort retailer operator and an area Thai listed firm, says it plans to open 1000 shops throughout the nation. At present it has simply 40 buying and selling underneath the brandname Lawson 108,…
A joint venture of Thailand’s Saha Pathanapibul Pcl and Japan’s Lawson Inc aims to boost the number of ‘Lawson 108’ outlets in the Southeast Asian nation to 1,000 over the next three years from 40 now, a Saha executive said on Friday. Saha Pat, part of Saha…
Retailer Lawson Inc. and logistics company SG Holdings Co. are to begin a delivery service under a new alliance pitched at time-deprived workers and seniors. Lawson, a Tokyo-based convenience store operator, said on Tuesday that it will take a 51 percent…
The much anticipated debut of Lawson Philippines will occur today, Monday. The first store will open in the Manila suburb of Sta. Ana. Lawson Philippines is a joint venture between local operator Puregold Price Club (70 per cent) and Lawson Japan (30 per…
Lawson Philippines will launch later this month with the first of 500 stores planned in a partnership with local retailer Puregold Price Club. Puregold will own 70 per cent of the joint venture partnership with the Japanese convenience store retailer, which…
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