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Takashimaya turns its store-design expertise into a stand-alone Vietnam interiors business
Takashimaya's interior-design subsidiary has opened a wholly owned Vietnam company selling luxury home-interior work directly to Ho Chi Minh City's wealthy homebuyers, packaging fit-out know-how built inside its own stores into a service business abroad.
Sogo & Seibu buys 51% of a small Tokyo video and branding agency
Sogo & Seibu has taken majority control of Wild Tame, a small Tokyo video-production and branding agency, in a rare acquisition for the department store operator that its own release leaves largely unexplained.
RIZAP's chocoZAP gym chain passes 2,000 Japan locations, built into airports, highways and hotels
RIZAP's convenience-gym chain chocoZAP has passed 2,000 locations across Japan, its footprint increasingly built from airports, highway service areas and hotel lobbies rather than conventional gym real estate.
Onward's WEGO opens its first mainland China store, testing Shanghai's Huaihai Road
Karuizawa Prince Hotel Ski Resort adds pickleball from 1 August, at what it calls Japan's 'holy land of tennis'
Hoshino Resorts' Unkai Terrace at Tomamu passes 2 million visitors in its 21st season
Hankyu Hanshin Real Estate begins demolishing the 56-year-old former Senri Hankyu Hotel on 3 August, with no word yet on what comes next
Conrad opens its third Japan hotel today, connected directly to Nagoya's Sakae Station
MUJI parent Ryohin Keikaku raises full-year profit guidance, lifting net income target 8% on overseas strength
Retail & luxury earnings
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On now
- Pop-up[Announcement] Saturday Afternoon H2O Santa Charity Talk Event Certified NPO FaSoLabo Kyoto (Support for children with food allergies and their families)Hankyu Umeda Main Store · Umeda, OsakaOn now
- Exhibitionダンダダン Animation Works展Matsuzakaya Nagoya · Sakae, NagoyaUntil 2 Aug
- Pop-upIsetan Shinjuku · Shinjuku, TokyoUntil 3 Aug
- Pop-up[Preview] HUG FAMILY FES LOVE & PEACE ~A journey around the world connected by hot air balloons~Hankyu Umeda Main Store · Umeda, OsakaUntil 3 Aug
Coming up
- FestivalAomori2 Aug – 7 Aug
- Exhibition士郎正宗の世界展 〜「攻殻機動隊」と創造の軌跡〜Matsuzakaya Nagoya · Sakae, Nagoya2 Aug – 16 Aug
- Pop-upHankyu Umeda Main Store · Umeda, Osaka5 Aug – 11 Aug
- Pop-up[Preview] The 23rd H2O Santa NPO FestivalHankyu Umeda Main Store · Umeda, Osaka5 Aug – 10 Aug
Elsewhere in retail
Headlines from the Japanese and international trade press — read each in full at the source.
Japan
- 01 Aug, 10:00
Street style:
- 01 Aug, 09:00
BEAMS releases collaboration collection with “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie”
- 01 Aug, 07:00
Distribution Excellent Book No. 40 “The Secret of Higuchi Business Law”
- 31 Jul, 18:07
Strategic alliance with Softbank, PayPay, and Sumitomo Mitsui Card to expand sales promotions
- 01 Aug, 08:59
Private brands go from thrifty items to designated purchases: Walmart's “smart shopping” revolution
Global
- 01 Aug, 01:01
NRF finds shoplifting stabilizing as online fraud grows
Source: Retail Dive ↗ - 01 Aug, 00:20
Amazon Prime Day details elusive as AWS takes centerstage
Source: Retail Dive ↗ - 31 Jul, 22:34
Lodging Lowdown: Viceroy Hotels to debut NYC flagship, Radisson launches app on ChatGPT
Source: Hotel Dive ↗ - 31 Jul, 13:20
Yum China bets big on expansion as KFC and Pizza Hut thrive
Source: Inside Retail Asia ↗