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T Card company to sell customer data of 40 million people. Is your "consent" valid?
Culture Convenience Club (CCC) will start full-scale sales of personal data of T Card users. What is used is our usage history collected fro
Sep 4, 20221 min read


UNIQLO opens "virtual store", 360-degree browsing via shooting inside the actual store
Fast Retailing, which operates the casual clothing brand Uniqlo, opened a "virtual store" for a limited time on the 1st, reproducing a part
Sep 2, 20221 min read


Asahi Breweries to build new factory Tosu city industrial park
Approximately 17.5 hectares on the south side of the approximately 27 hectares of the "New Industrial Cluster Area Tosu" industrial complex
Sep 1, 20221 min read


Hybrid Cup Noodles brand "Super Gattai" hit amongst Nissin Foods' fans
Nissin Foods will strengthen the lineup of hybrid products of the popular instant noodle brand "Cup Noodle", which has a history of more tha
Sep 1, 20221 min read


New wooden exterior building on the site of Fukuoka Tenjin "IMS", to be completed by March 2026
On the 30th, Mitsubishi Estate announced the outline of a new building to be constructed on the site of the commercial facility "IMS" in Ten
Aug 30, 20221 min read


Final business day of Odakyu Department Store Shinjuku has been fixed
Odakyu Department Store has decided on October 2nd as the last business day at the main building of the Shinjuku store. From May 25th, a sal
Aug 28, 20221 min read


Don Quijote hits record high profit for 12 consecutive years
Pan Pacific International Holdings (PPIH), which operates the discount store Don Quijote, posted consolidated sales for the fiscal year endi
Aug 25, 20221 min read


Life Supermarkets: Opening 3 new stores in September in Toyosu, Kyoto, and Higashi-Osaka
On August 24th, Life Corporation opened "Life Toyosu Store" (Koto Ward, Tokyo) in the Tokyo metropolitan area, "Life Hanazono Chuo Park Stor
Aug 25, 20221 min read


Osaka City to issue 30% premium gift vouchers, application starts September 16th
Osaka City announced on the 22nd that it will issue "premium gift certificates" that can be used at retail stores in the city as a measure t
Aug 23, 20221 min read


Yahoo! Mart, which delivers food in as little as 15 minutes, starts operation in Yoyogi Uehara
Yahoo! Corporation, ASKUL Corporation, and Demae-can Co., Ltd. will utilise the quick commerce (immediate delivery service) Yahoo! Started o
Aug 20, 20221 min read


Soaring prices for vintage domestic electric guitars, doubling the listing price
Domestically produced electric guitars manufactured decades ago are gaining popularity. It is said that copy models of long-established Amer
Aug 19, 20221 min read


Maru Building and Shin-Maru Building to be renovated by spring 2023
Mitsubishi Estate and Mitsubishi Jisho Property Management announced on August 18 that they will renovate the Maru Building on the occasion
Aug 19, 20221 min read


Denny's raises the price of 40 items by 10 to 80 yen, drink bar to 470 yen
Seven & i Food Systems, which operates the family restaurant "Denny's", announced on the 17th that it will raise the price of some menu item
Aug 17, 20221 min read


Showa retro furniture popular with young people, recycle shop in Komaki, Aichi-prefecture
"Nostalgic" becoming "cute". Recycle shop "BANUL" (Komaki City, Aichi Prefecture), which specializes in antique and vintage furniture, celeb
Aug 17, 20221 min read


Cainz DIY Chain conducts proof-of-concept of cash register-free store "CAINZ Mobile Store" at HQ
Cainz (Honjo City, Saitama Prefecture) will set up an unmanned cashier-less "CAINZ Mobile Store" in the lobby on the 1st floor of Cainz Head
Aug 17, 20221 min read


Amazon invests 14 billion yen in "@cosme" operating company, becoming the largest shareholder
istyle, which operates the cosmetics and word-of-mouth site @cosme portal site, announced on August 15 that it has entered into a capital an
Aug 16, 20221 min read


Tonkatsu chain "Matsunoya" promoting refreshing new menu yuzu pepper fried chicken in summer
Tonkatsu specialty stores "Matsunoya (hiragana)" and "Matsunoya (kanji)" will be serving a new summer menu "fried chicken with the scent of
Aug 14, 20221 min read


Skylark Holdings to close 100 stores Gusto ao due to steeply rising costs
Skylark Holdings (HD), a major restaurant operator, announced on the 12th that it will close about 100 stores, including family restaurants
Aug 13, 20221 min read


The reason why Square chose "PayPay" for their first bar code payments in Japan
The payment service "Square" now supports PayPay. The company will be the first in Japan to support QR bar code payments, and PayPay will be
Aug 12, 20221 min read


FamilyMart introduces AI robots that automatically replenish drinks in 300 stores
FamilyMart announced on August 10 that it will start introducing the AI robot "TX SCARA" and the store work analysis system "TX Work Analyti
Aug 10, 20221 min read
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