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Friday, 30 October 2026 · Tokyo
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From the Journal
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Daimaru Matsuzakaya backs a fourth artist through its in-house patronage programme at Kyoto's art fair
Daimaru Matsuzakaya is backing sculptor and performance artist Eriko Mukai (迎英里子) at Art Collaboration Kyoto under the fourth edition of its Ladder Project, an in-house artist-support programme that feeds directly into the department-store group's gallery and VIP-client business.
Hankyu Railway turns a Kyoto underpass into a student art show for the fourth year running
Hankyu Railway is staging a fourth edition of its student art exhibition in a Kyoto pedestrian underpass, a small but telling example of a landlord using its own infrastructure to shape foot traffic into the retail corridor it anchors nearby.
AEON opens its 13th general-merchandise store and supermarket in Vietnam
AEON Vietnam said it has opened AEON Thanh Hóa, its 13th general-merchandise store and supermarket in the country, as the Japanese retail group keeps building out the market it calls its most important after Japan itself.
Tokyu and Sumitomo Forestry open a timber retail complex around a 170-year-old farmhouse
L'Oréal names Philippe Archambault president of its Japan business, effective November 1
Aeon brings its first fully automated sort-to-stack logistics centre online in Saitama
Daimaru Kyoto turns its basement food hall into a rice-bowl contest for the 27th year running
Hankyu Umeda gives a Korean sweets brand its first Kansai pop-up
Hanshin Umeda stages a 15th solo show for a ceramicist honoured by the emperor
Retail & luxury earnings
See all →The big luxury groups' latest reported sales, and how each did in Japan.
Latest resultsPrada Group's Japan retail sales fell 6% in euros over nine months — at constant exchange rates, they rose 5%Prada Group's nine-month results show Japan retail sales down 6% in euros to €424m, but at constant exchange rates they rose 5%, and 2% on an organic basis -- a gap floortok's own currency data shows is almost entirely the yen, not demand, doing the work.On the Floor
On now
- Pop-upOctober 30th (Friday) New opening <JOHN SMEDLEY>Daimaru Kobe · Sannomiya, KobeOn now
- Pop-upOmotesando Hills · Omotesando, TokyoUntil 31 Oct
- Pop-upInformation on events in October and NovemberMatsuzakaya Ueno · Ueno, TokyoUntil 31 Oct
- Pop-upMatsuzakaya Nagoya · Sakae, NagoyaUntil 1 Nov
Coming up
- Pop-upHankyu Umeda Main Store · Umeda, Osaka31 Oct – 20 Nov
- SeasonalDaimaru Shinsaibashi · Shinsaibashi, Osaka31 Oct – 26 Nov
- Pop-upHankyu Umeda Main Store · Umeda, Osaka31 Oct – 20 Nov
- FestivalTakanawa Gateway City, Minato, Tokyo31 Oct
Elsewhere in retail
Headlines from the Japanese and international trade press — read each in full at the source.
Japan
- 29 Oct, 10:30
Inageya designates two seasoned meat products as 'Inageya signature items'
- 29 Oct, 10:21
'Ginidako Highball Izakaya Nakasu Branch' opens in Hakata Ward, Fukuoka on October 30
- 29 Oct, 10:10
Four stores including 'Minami-Oizumi 5-chome Branch' open simultaneously in Tokyo and Chiba
- 29 Oct, 10:00
Special Report: Why inventory piles up despite sales forecasts being on target? Inventory management and key KPIs in retail and distribution
- 29 Oct, 08:00
Can robot research change running shoes? Asics establishes research base in US, pooling insights from diverse fields
Global
- 29 Oct, 09:33
How will millennials and Gen Z shape holiday shopping this year?
Source: Inside Retail Asia ↗ - 29 Oct, 09:30
Nike Introduces a Brand-New Running Shoe Made Specifically for the Indian Market
Source: WWD ↗ - 29 Oct, 08:30
Can Offe Offer Brands a Better Way to Move Excess Inventory?
Source: WWD ↗ - 29 Oct, 08:23
‘We’re Done’: MGM Resorts Ends Merger Talks With Barry Diller’s People Inc.
Source: Skift ↗