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Why these retailers are teaming to open Japanese-style drugstores in Apac

Inside Retail

Low Swee Siong, the CEO of Alpro Pharmacy, Malaysia’s largest prescription pharmacy chain, has been quoted as saying that the group aims to evolve into a new type of pharmacy that delivers health, trust, security and safety to consumers. The joint venture is expected to bring additional made-in-Japan brands to the Malaysian market.

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Walmart depart Japan – What Went Wrong?

Nelson Blackley

With a population of 127 million, an extremely high per capita income and still one of the world’s largest economies, Japan has been an attractive overseas market for retailers since the 1990’s. giant retreats from its two-decade attempt to crack Japan’s retail market. Walmart Inc. and Rakuten Inc. billion yen ($1.6 Walmart Inc.

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