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Walmart depart Japan – What Went Wrong?

Nelson Blackley

is selling most of Japanese retailer Seiyu to KKR & Co. giant retreats from its two-decade attempt to crack Japan’s retail market. The world’s biggest retailer first entered the Japanese market in 2002 by buying a 6% stake in Seiyu, and gradually built up its stake before a full takeover in 2008.

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