Posts tagged Japan

  • Area News

    Nike shuts international stores but China, Japan and Korea are open

    Nike was the latest company at the weekend to issue an update regarding coronavirus and the sports giant is also the latest big name to shut its shops.

    2020 - Media Team Retailp.com

  • Area News

    Cath Kidston rolls out major store in Japan

    The British brand on Monday announced the opening of its first store in Japan after the purchase of its Japanese franchise from Sanei International in July. The new 154 m² store at Landmark Tower shopping centre in Yokohama is the largest Cath Kidston store in the country.

    2015 - Media Team Retailp.com

  • Area News

    Nike opens new Nike Live locations in Long Beach and Tokyo

    Nike is growing its Nike Live concept with the opening of two new Nike Live stores in Long Beach, California and Tokyo, Japan.

    2019 - Media Team Retailp.com

  • Area News

    Uniqlo innovates in Australia with a mood reader

    Japan's Uniqlo has launched a new platform featuring neuroscience technology which creates a t-shirt to match a buyer's mood based on brain wave readings.

    2015 - Media Team Retailp.com

  • Area News

    Asics To Open Largest Store In Japan

    Asics Harajuku Flagship is located at the intersection of Meiji Street and Takeshita Street, popular amongst fashion-conscious shoppers in Japan and from around the world

    2017 - Media Team Retailp.com

  • Reports & Studies

    Uniqlo January same-store sales increase 14.6 percent

    The company declared, same-store sales rose year on year in January thanks to strong New Year bargain sales and buoyant sales of winter items, which were supported by persistent cold weather throughout the month

    2016 - Media Team Retailp.com

  • Area News

    Ikea to open first urban store in trendy Tokyo district

    Inter IKEA, the owner of the IKEA furniture brand, reported a drop in annual underlying profit on Monday, hit by higher wood and metal prices.

    2018 - Media Team Retailp.com

  • Area News

    Hamleys opens doors to first Japanese stores

    Hamleys has marked its entry into the Japanese retail market with the opening of two large, theme park-style outlets.

    2018 - Media Team Retailp.com

  • Area News

    Perry Ellis launching heritage brand Farah in Japan with Itochu

    Perry Ellis International, Inc. has inked a license agreement with Itochu Corporation to expand the American group’s premium heritage brand Farah into Japan.

    2020 - Media Team Retailp.com

  • Area News

    Tamjai SamGor Mixian to launch in Japan

    Hong Kong noodle chain Tamjai SamGor Mixian is to expand its international reach with its Japanese debut early next year.

    2021 - Media Team Retailp.com

  • Area News

    Fendi opens giant pop-up in Tokyo

    Fendi treats Japan to an oversize pop-up store for one whole year. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of its presence in the country, the Roman fashion label owned by the LVMH group has set up a "huge recreational pop-up store" in Tokyo's luxury Ginza district.

    2015 - Media Team Retailp.com

  • Area News

    “Picard Aoyama Kottodori Store” the first PIicard store in Japan to open

    Aeon Saveur Co opens “Picard Aoyama Kottodori Store,” the first Picard store in Japan on November 23,

    2016 - Media Team Retailp.com

  • Area News

    Alexa Chung expands in Asia

    Alexa Chung’s eponymous premium womenswear label is stepping up its presence in Japan, Seoul and Taiwan, marking the beginning of its Asian expansion with a series of Tokyo pop-ups.

    2018 - Media Team Retailp.com

  • Area News

    Nintendo to open its first official store in Japan

    Nintendo is preparing to open an official Nintendo Tokyo shop in Japan, the company announced on Friday during a corporate briefing.

    2019 - Media Team Retailp.com

  • Area News

    UK beauty brand Molton Brown makes Asia push

    Molton Brown, a British bath and body care brand owned by Kao, has set its sights on Japan as it ramps up its Asian expansion strategy.

    2019 - Media Team Retailp.com

  • Area News

    Forever 21 continues heavy restructuring, exits Japan

    American fashion chain Forever 21 announced on Wednesday its exit from Japan, scheduled for late October, which will include 14 store closures and the exit of its local online store.

    2019 - Media Team Retailp.com

  • Area News

    Japan department stores see sales ease

    Department-store sales in Japan fell 1.4 per cent last month on a same-store basis because of weak clothing and food sales, reports the Japan Department Stores Association.

    2017 - Media Team Retailp.com

  • Area News

    Intimissimi plans to expand to new markets

    The lingerie brand currently has a number of stores in Hong Kong and Japan, but it has set its sights on the US.

    2015 - Media Team Retailp.com

  • Area News

    BCBG Max Azria to withdraw from the Japanese market

    American lifestyle brand BCBG Max Azria announced on Friday that it will be withdrawing from the Japanese market. It will shutter all of its Japanese stores by the end of January 2018.

    2017 - Media Team Retailp.com

  • Area News

    Walmart partners with Rakuten to open first Japanese e-commerce store

    Walmart has partnered with Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten, Inc. to bring the first Walmart e-commerce store to Japan.

    2018 - Media Team Retailp.com