Companies
Seven-Eleven to set up veggie factory for salads and sandwiches
LED-equipped indoor farm to produce lettuce for Tokyo-area stores
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Retail
Markets
IPO hopefuls forced to slash valuations as Asian listings slump
Weaker investor appetite curtails companies' fundraising ambitions
Business Trends
Asia's esports scene spawns raft of new businesses
From Singapore to Chengdu, companies edge in on a billion-dollar global market
Business Trends
Corporate Japan struggles to scale up as longevity limits dynamism
Average market cap grew 1.7 times since 2000 versus Chinese peers’ fivefold rise
Companies
Toys 'R' Us sells Asia operations and keeps Japan business alive
Japanese know-how will power emerging-market push under new top shareholder Fung
Business Deals
Godiva's East Asia chocolate business up for sale
Mitsubishi Corp. and others among potential buyers from Turkey's Yildiz
Company in focus
Bangkok's $1.6bn megamall: Masterstroke or white elephant?
Siam Piwat's Iconsiam joins crowded field facing e-commerce and tourism headwinds
Business Trends
Higher wages prod Japanese stores and restaurants to raise efficiency
Hourly pay hit record in October as personnel shortage exacted toll
Business Trends
Corporate Japan's net profits to inch up 1% in sharp slowdown
Fiscal 2018 growth will be much smaller than 34% jump of fiscal 2017
Companies
ANA and Marubeni join to build spaceport in Japan
3-km runways for airplane-style craft will open as early as 2021
