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PSA Today Aug 25: CPI / Sq Enix, Sony Tie-up on Smartphone Games / Nintendo's SNES Revamp, Switch Sales / Pioneer's Bendable OLED / Daifuku, Yaskawa/ HCM - Nikkei +0.51%

PSA Today Aug 25th: Japan Market Comment by Pelham Smithers and William Nestuk 
Nikkei ¥19,452.61 (+¥98.84 / +0.51%); Topix ¥1,596.99 (+¥4.79 / +0.30%); ¥/$109  
Tags: Square Enix (9684), Sony (6758) ForwardWorks, Amazon (AMZN US), Best Buy (BBY US), Pioneer (6773), Daifuku (6383), Yaskawa (6506), Hitachi Construction Machinery (6305)  

  • Market higher on CPI figure
  • Square Enix and Sony to tie-up on smartphone games
  • Nintendo’s Super NES Classic Edition revamp sold-out on pre-order
  • Switch sales back down to 20K mark in Japan
  • We spoke to Pioneer today about its bendable OLED
  • Daifuku’s share price momentum, Yaskawa’s retrenchment
  • HCM getting its stock market mojo back
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Pelham Smithers Associates Ltd
Pelham Smithers Associates Ltd

Founded in 2009, Pelham Smithers Associates (PSA) provides market intelligence on Asian technology, focusing in particular on Japan. The industries covered by our team of specialists are: consumer electronics, telecomms, pharmaceuticals, internet, electronic parts and materials, automotive technology, retail and capital goods. 

PSA produces both company and sector reports. The focus of PSA’s research is to identify winners and losers as new technologies impact the top and bottom lines of corporations. Critical to our research is the clear explanation of how these new technologies work and how they impact companies and industries. 

The founding partners have worked closely together for twenty years and the team has more than doubled in size since 2012. 

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