Japan home accessory chain loses investors as China push falls apart

Nitori shows little progress in plan to open 200 Chinese stores by 2022

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A Nitori store in Tokyo's Ginza district. The company has struggled to expand in China, a market it had tapped for growth. 

TOSHIHIRO SATO, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Nitori Holdings, Japan's answer to Ikea, dropped to a new multiyear low during trading Wednesday after institutional investors vented frustration toward the lack of progress in a proposed China expansion.

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