Look don't buy: Japan reinvents the department store

Marui Group transforms its business model to focus on delivering experiences

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For decades now, department store operator Marui has succeeded by catering to new generations of the hip, young and fashionable. (Photo by Kohei Fujimura)

KOHEI FUJIMURA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- One of Japan's big department store operators is reinventing its business model by converting prime real estate in its stores into showrooms where customers look but don't buy.

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