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Analysis: A Japanese retailer with Lofty overseas prospects

Inside Retail

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. The name Loft inspires thoughts of furnishing an edgy urban apartment, but it turns out not to be very much like that.

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Vietnam’s Vincom shifts focus from expansion to upgrades

Inside Retail

Vincom is easily the largest mall developer and operator in Vietnam, and wants to focus less on new development this year and more on a trifecta of objectives aimed at its existing mall fleet: driving rental growth, upgrading its market positioning, and strengthening the shaky operating metrics of elements of its far-flung portfolio.

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No, retail-landlord relationships need not be combative: collaboration can work

Inside Retail

The era of combative relationships between retailers and landlords has passed according to experienced retail property specialist Elizabeth Corr. The future should be about collaboration, especially in an era where online is taking a growing share of total retail sales, she says. The customer, absolutely.

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Opinion: Welcome to Walmart, where boring is beautiful

Inside Retail

It stays out of trouble by not taking sides on issues that don’t concern its business directly, and by not falling for trendy marketing ideas that will alienate its core customer base. Walmart believes it achieved market share gains among higher-income brackets, suggesting that more affluent households have been trading down.