TOKYO -- Orix has acquired Luluarq, a leading capsule toy retailer, the Japanese financial services group said Thursday, marking its first investment in the amusement sector in about two decades.
Finance group buys vending machine shops in a sector that grew 20% last year
Orix is playing the toy capsule game to tap into the market’s surging growth. (Nikkei photo collage)
TOKYO -- Orix has acquired Luluarq, a leading capsule toy retailer, the Japanese financial services group said Thursday, marking its first investment in the amusement sector in about two decades.