JAPAN: International Trading Corp To Focus On Sales
Shoe manufacturer and wholesaler International Trading Corp is looking to boost growth within the company with the development of its small retailing arm ABC-Mart shoe stores. The company opened its first shoe retailer back in 1990 and by March 2000 was operating a total of 21 stores. It is now hoping that by developing its trading arm it will be able to increase sales at the stores to about 13.5bn yen ($116m) in fiscal 2000 from the 10bn yen ($86m) recorded the previous year.