Japan’s inflation came in as expected in June, data showed on Friday, boosted by the consumption tax hike that took effect in April.
Nationwide core consumer price index (CPI) rose 3.3 percent i…
Japan’s inflation came in as expected in June, data showed on Friday, boosted by the consumption tax hike that took effect in April.
Nationwide core consumer price index (CPI) rose 3.3 percent i…
Japan’s core consumer prices rose 3.4 percent in May from a year earlier, data on Friday showed, rising at their fastest pace since April 1982.
The rise in the core consumer price index (CPI), w…
Sales at supermarkets in Japan fell 2.2 percent in May from a year earlier on a same-store basis – the second consecutive monthly drop following the 1 April tax hike, an industry body said on Mo…
The retail industry is entering into a period of major transformation. In addition to traditional entities such as department stores, supermarkets and convenience stores, new retail business forms are…
Japan needs people spending with confidence if a radical strategy adopted by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is to succeed in breaking the economy free of two decades of deflation and sub-par growth.
Govern…
Japan’s retail sales tumbled 4.4 percent on year in April as a rise in the country’s consumption tax weighed on spending, data on Thursday showed.
The number compared with analyst expectat…
South Korea’s composite consumer sentiment index in May slipped to its lowest in eight months, dampening hopes for a firm recovery in domestic consumption in Asia’s fourth-largest economy,…
In ageing Japan, retailers are waking up to a hot new demographic: foreign visitors.
Driven by government tourism promotions and lately a weaker yen, the number of inbound travellers has quietly doubl…
Japanese consumer sentiment worsened in April for the fifth straight month to hit its lowest since August 2011, according to a Cabinet Office survey.
The seasonally adjusted index for households’…
Sales at department stores, electronics shops and auto dealers in Japan sank in the first month after the 1 April consumption tax hike after spiking ahead of the deadline.
Four major department store …