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Published by Aroq Ltd.Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:55:49 GMTSat, 21 Nov 2009 04:55:49 GMTjust-style.com - RSS feedjust-style.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss20Aeon Co has posted a net loss for its first six months, as Japan's recession cut into consumer spending on food and clothes.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=105522Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:06:00 GMTAnother major Japanese retailer has upped the ante in the country's jeans war, with Seiyu Ltd today (1 October) launching jeans for women and men priced at just JPY850 (US$9.44) a pair.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=105476Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:24:00 GMTA jeans price war got under way with earnest today with Aeon, Japan's largest retailer, announcing that from tomorrow (Friday) it will be retailing jeans at JPY880 (US$9.2), just over a hundred yen less than the JPY990 price offered by Fast Retailing's Gu stores.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=105022Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:06:00 GMTJapanese retailer Aeon has posted a 62% drop in operating profit as falling consumer spending hit sales.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=104671Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:42:00 GMTGap Inc's Japanese unit has introduced a test low price store concept to compete with Uniqlo far to the North of the Japanese capital.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=104335Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:45:00 GMTJapanese retailer Aeon Co has confirmed to just-style reports in the Japanese press that it plans to close 100 of its casual women's apparel outlets this year as part of ongoing restructuring of its store business.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=104016Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:06:00 GMTA slowdown in consumer spending, coupled with losses at its US clothing unit Talbots Inc, have pushed Japanese retailer Aeon Co to a full-year loss.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=103871Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:52:00 GMTRetailer The Talbots is nearing a global sourcing deal with Li & Fung and has secured extra funding from its parent company as its fourth quarter losses spiralled to US$136.3m.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=103859Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:49:00 GMTTaking a leaf from the Fast Retailing business model, Japan's top supermarket chains have upped the ante by stepping up direct imports of clothing for sale at discount prices in their stores.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=103585Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:41:00 GMTJapan's biggest retailer Aeon is to roll out a new low price kids apparel range, setting its targets on the value sector.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=103525Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:00:00 GMTStruggling women's wear retailer The Talbots has suspended its quarterly dividend indefinitely and frozen the company's pension fund in a renewed bid to cut costs.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=103474Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:02:00 GMTHere is a roundup of the top five most-read stories on just-style this week. Click on each headline for the full story.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=103240Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:48:00 GMTAnother 370 jobs are to go at The Talbots Inc as part of moves by the women's wear retailer to strip more costs from its business after negotiating a new $200m loan from its majority shareholder Aeon Co.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=103230Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:25:00 GMTJapanese retailer Aeon is mulling a number of structural changes as it attempts to return to profitability, having posted its first loss in seven years earlier this month.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=103065Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:41:00 GMTWomen's wear retailer The Talbots Inc has agreed three new credit lines in a move that gives it access to an extra $150m in working capital.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=102929Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:43:00 GMTJapanese conglomerate Mitsubishi Corp is to join forces with domestic retailer Aeon Co. in a "comprehensive business alliance" taking in distribution, procurement and the supply chain.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=102854Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:59:00 GMTLosses at US retail arm Talbots are set to impact full-year profits at parent company Aeon, according to reports.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=102677Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:27:00 GMTWomen's wear retailer The Talbots Inc has widened its third quarter loss after closing its non-core Talbots Kids, Mens and UK businesses and being hit by a steep decline in consumer traffic and spending.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=102656Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:37:00 GMTFalling clothing sales sent retail group Aeon sliding to a first-half net loss of JPY16bn (US$159m), but failed to dent the company's full-year profit hopes.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=102194Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:47:00 GMTWomen's wear retailer The Talbots Inc has appointed an executive from its majority shareholder, Japanese retail conglomerate Aeon Co, as non-executive chairman of the board.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=101543Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:25:00 GMT