Ailing retailer Daiei Inc. on Wednesday announced a plan to open its first new outlets in more than two years and strengthen ties with an affiliate chain.
The scheme, for the fiscal year to February, came just over a year after the firm unveiled its three-year revival plan and is viewed by many industry watchers as further indication of the chain’s deepening troubles.
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