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Lindsay Whipp ...
  • Pelham Smithers
  • Thao Nguyen

PSA Today Sep 3: Thin day / Monetary base shrinkage - again / istyle's successful store format strategy / NTT Data and cashier-less stores – Nikkei +0.37%

Japan Market Comment by Pelham Smithers, Thao Nguyen and Lindsay Whipp
Nikkei ¥20,625.16 (+¥4.97 / +0.02%); Topix ¥1,510.79 (+¥5.58 / +0.37%); ¥/$106.25
Tags: Digital Garage (4819 JT), Daiwa Securities (8601 JT), SBI Holdings (8473 JT), istyle (3660 JT), NTT Data (9613 JT), CloudPick (prv.), Intel Corp (INTC US), Amazon (AMZN US), NEC (6701 JT), Seven & i Holdings (3382 JT), Signpost (3996 JT)
Main Points
• Equities marginally higher in thin trading
• Monetary base shrinks for second month
• istyle’s @cosme LUMINE Ikebukuro store reopens
• NTT Data working on cashier-less stores
Provider
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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Lindsay Whipp

Pelham Smithers

Thao Nguyen

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