TOKYO -- Japanese drugstore operator Cocokara Fine intends to pursue merger talks with rival Matsumotokiyoshi Holdings, Nikkei has learned, in a move that could create a new market leader with total sales of nearly 1 trillion yen ($9.4 billion).
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Japan drugstore chain Cocokara to pursue Matsumotokiyoshi merger
Seventh- and fifth-ranked players would leap to top with nearly $9.4bn sales
Drugstore operator Matsumotokiyoshi, which led Japan's market for 22 years before slipping to fifth, appears to have the inside track for a merger with rival Cocokara Fine.
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