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Timberland opens its first concept store in Japan
Timberland has opened its first concept store in Japan, in Tokyo’s Daikanyama neighborhood. The store offers footwear, limited-edition items and products created in collaboration with both domestic and international brands and artists, as well as the Japan-only premium line, Timberland +81 3. “With the launch of the Timberland +81 ...
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Japan prolongs state of emergency to June 20
The Japanese government has extended a state of emergency in Tokyo and other areas of the country due to the Covid-19 pandemic to June 20, just over a month before the planned start of the Toyko Olympics on July 23. The restrictive measures currently in place, which are less ...
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Stuart Weitzman exits Japan
Stuart Weitzman , the luxury footwear brand that is part of the Tapestry group, will close all of its three directly operated stores in Japan before the end of August. The American brand, which opened its first Japanese shop in 2018 at Isetan’s department store in Tokyo, does not ...
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Japanese department stores hit by coronavirus and tourism slump
Japan was already in recession before the coronavirus crisis, with GDP down by an annualized 7.1 percent in the last quarter of 2019, and by 2.2 percent from January to March 2020. The country stayed under a state of emergency between April 6 and May 25, however with lighter restrictions ...