In the spotlight: Japanese food retail
By: Katy Humphries | 8 January 2010
For many of Japan's largest food retailers, the current fiscal year has become the stage for a tale of woe. The weakness in the Japanese economy has translated into declining consumer spending in what elsewhere in the world has proven a relatively resilient sector - food. Nevertheless, there are those who have been able to buck the trend. Katy Humphries reports.
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For many of Japan's largest food retailers, the current fiscal year has become the stage for a tale of woe. The weakness in the Japanese economy has translated into declining consumer spending in what elsewhere in the world has proven a relatively resilient sector - food. Nevertheless, there are those who have been able to buck the trend. Katy Humphries reports.
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