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Daiso, Muji, Moshi Moshi? Why this Japanese-inspired chain is taking off

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Following in the tradition of Japanese retailers like Loft, Daiso and Muji that bring chic to everyday items and are consummate visual merchandisers, Thailand’s Moshi Moshi has gone into full expansion mode with a concept that uses the same template. Some stores also sell pet accessories.

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Walmart Creates Five New-Look Flagships

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into flagship stores featuring upgraded visual merchandising, CNBC reports. The move is designed to spur sales of higher-margin, discretionary items such as apparel, beauty products and home furnishings. Mass merchant Walmart (Bentonville, Ark.) has remodeled five of its SuperCenters in the Eastern U.S.

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Analysis: A Japanese retailer with Lofty overseas prospects

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In each case, the arrival of these brands in new markets has generally been greeted with huge enthusiasm. Loft, a dubiously classified ‘home furnishings’ concept is an idea that should have travelled but hasn’t. And even in the smallish space it occupies in those locations, the range of merchandise is formidable.

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Why international stores are key to Costco’s future growth

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Thailand’s Central Retail is also going to have a go, quite literally, at the wholesale market. per cent, with big-ticket items in the home furnishing and electronics categories taking a significant hit. This, too, will be member-based. Sales of non-food items decreased 0.4

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Meet Big C: The Thai hypermarket chain thriving in small cities

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The company did its best by improving product sourcing and curation to meet the needs of the day, such as higher demand for cleaning and hygiene products, home furnishings, appliances and computers. Big C is concentrating resources on better use of customer data to merchandise these stores. Keeping up with expectations.

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Why Shopee is optimistic about the long-term rise of e-commerce in SEA

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Earlier this year, Shopee released its annual consumer trends report with insights about the way online shopping behaviour has changed across its five key markets in Southeast Asia, namely Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines. We have also noticed an increase in younger shoppers on our platform.