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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 20, 2022
Mitsukoshi opens first store in Philippines to promote Japanese lifestyle products
The new Mitsukoshi BGC shopping mall, which opened Friday in an upscale district of Manila, offers a range of Japanese products including pastries and cosmetics.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
Jan 29, 2022
NFT fashion collaborations: Virtual fashion, real demand
Consumers experiment with an NFT project that taps into Harajuku nostalgia from the 1990s.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 25, 2020
Isetan app brings in-store shopping experience online amid pandemic
About 15,000 items such as clothing and cosmetics sold at the Isetan Shinjuku department store can now be purchased using the app.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Feb 24, 2020
Behind the mask: The show must go on
As the impact of COVID-19 leads to the postponement or cancelation of various fashion events, the industry faces a quandary — it is unseemly to focus on the relatively trivial business of style at a time of great concern?
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Women of Taste
Dec 7, 2019
Tokiko Iino: Appetizing tales begin with the plate
In the past four years, if you've stepped into Isetan Shinjuku and checked out one of its in-store displays, chances are you've seen Tokiko Iino's food styling designs.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 3, 2019
Three of Japan's top four department stores saw sales grow in August
Three of the nation's four major department store chains posted year-on-year growth in same-store sales in August, backed by brisk demand for such summer products as sandals and parasols following the end of the rainy season.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
May 12, 2019
Can a new era prepare Japanese style to let go of Heisei trends?
It's early days of Reiwa, but so far, Japan's fashion industry looks set to continue playing it safe in the new era.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 7, 2019
Tough online competition forces Isetan Mitsukoshi to shutter one of its Singapore outlets
Leading department store operator Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. will shut one of its five outlets in Singapore due to tough competition from online retailers.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 25, 2018
Isetan Mitsukoshi fell into red in FY 2017 for first loss in 8 years
Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. said Wednesday it expects to book a group net loss of ¥1 billion ($9.16 million) in fiscal 2017, which ended last month, marking the company's first red ink in eight years.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Jan 21, 2018
The 2018 fashion cycle is just beginning
The "new year, new you" cliche that tempts consumers to spend more on style at this time of the year often has even the most cynical admitting that an excuse to indulge feels good. But when it comes to genuinely new fashion, it's actually always lacking at the very start of the year, given that the lion's share of shops are still trying to shift autumn and winter stock, which in the case of autumn was probably on the shelves in mid summer.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 30, 2017
Japanese retailer Isetan pursues fusion with Malaysian culture at Kuala Lumpur branch
The Kuala Lumpur branch of Isetan, a Japanese retail outlet specializing in lifestyle products and services, is fusing its brand with local styles after celebrating its first anniversary in October.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
Jul 9, 2016
Tokyo fashion faces some backstage changes
Vintage graduation
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
May 7, 2016
Reviving the old and promoting the new
A new hope for traditional menswear
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Feb 13, 2016
Give me chocolate: Japan's growing obsession with the 'food of the gods'
People with a sweet tooth can get a glimpse of how Charlie Bucket felt when he first stepped into Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory in Roald Dahl's popular 1964 tale by popping into Musee du Chocolat Theobroma in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 7, 2015
Woman indicted over department store fund scam
A Saitama woman has been indicted for swindling a man out of ¥3 million by getting him to join a nonexistent fund scheme for the Isetan Mitsukoshi department store chain.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 16, 2015
Accused accomplice in husband's suicide served another warrant for investment fraud
A woman under arrest in connection with her husband's suicide has been served a fresh warrant for allegedly swindling a man out of ¥3 million by getting him to join a nonexistent scheme involving a major department store's membership reserve fund service, police said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 30, 2015
Mitsukoshi to target language barrier during Lunar New Year holidays
Department store Isetan Mitsukoshi will step up support for foreign customers over the Lunar New Year at its flagship store in central Tokyo.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 1, 2014
New store set to bring duty-free buyers to Ginza
An airport terminal, duty-free shops and a department store chain are teaming up to open an airport-style duty-free store in Tokyo's ritzy Ginza district.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
Feb 10, 2014
Great collaborations — Etro x Ninagawa; sumo x Sasquatchfabrix; Common Sleeve x almost everyone — plus Valentine's tips
Mika Ninagawa updates Etro's paisley, sumo stable Kokonoe-beya branches out to street fashion, while Common Sleeve mix and matches with more than 30 brands.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 22, 2014
Osaka Isetan department store to be scaled down
West Japan Railway Co. and Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. plan to sharply scale down their struggling department store, JR Osaka Mitsukoshi Isetan, and manage it together with JR's adjacent specialty shop mall as part of a restructuring plan.

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