JAPAN: Retailers up discounts through direct imports
By just-style.com | 13 March 2009
Taking 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.
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