June 2026 — floortok Journal

June 2026

3 stories

Mon 29 Jun · 2

Daimaru Matsuzakaya plants a luxury mall in Nagoya with HAERA
Sixty-five shops across six floors of a new Sakae tower, forty of them firsts for the region. The number that matters is not the count but who it is aimed at.
Analysis · 4 min
Japan's tax-free reset moves the friction to the door
From November the instant exemption disappears and a refund desk takes its place. On paper it is procedure. On the luxury floor it is strategy.
Analysis · 5 min

Tue 23 Jun · 1

Department stores are winning the tape. The floor decides if it lasts
Retail sales are up and department stores are leading. The open question is whether the recovery is footfall or margin.
Analysis · 5 min