Reborn Resource Tycoon

Chapter 921 The same goal (seeking a monthly pass)

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Klinsmann Thomas Rodman, President of Wal-Mart Asia, is indeed negotiating with Seibu Group Corporation on the shareholding of its subsidiary Seiyu Corporation.

Wal-Mart, the largest global supermarket chain company in the world, has always been coveting the retail market of Japan, the second largest economy in the world.However, the lessons learned from the past have also made Wal-Mart hesitate. It is not difficult for foreign-funded retail companies to enter the Japanese retail market, but it is not easy to successfully gain a foothold and make profits.

In the 70s, a total of nearly 27 large-scale foreign-funded retail companies entered Japan, and 80 of them withdrew later; in the 24s, 21 foreign-funded retail companies entered Japan, and 70 of them withdrew, including the batch that entered Japan in the 90s Two of the foreign-funded retail companies have been struggling to support; and 37 of the 2000 foreign-funded retail companies that entered Japan in the [-]s withdrew.The world's second largest retailer, Carefour Group, entered Japan in mid-[-], but up to now, Carefour Group, which has been operating in the Japanese market for nearly three years, is still hopeless of making a profit.

Among the foreign-funded supermarket chain companies entering the Japanese market, the most successful one is Carrefour from China!This supermarket chain company, which entered the Japanese market with the aftermath of the Kobe Earthquake, now has more than 3000 stores of various sizes in Japan.More than [-] employees.

But the success of Carrefour supermarkets is not so easy to replicate. First, the owner of Carrefour supermarkets is no stranger to Japanese, and even has a large number of fans of "Fang", which makes those young people accept it naturally.Secondly, many stores in Carrefour supermarket cooperate with sogo0 Co., Ltd., sogo0 Co., Ltd. is a long-established enterprise in Japanese department stores, which also makes many Japanese people accept it.The third is that just like many people in Japan understand Chinese people.There are also many people in China who understand Japan as well.The operation of Carrefour supermarket in Japan can be said to be completely in line with the consistent style of the Japanese retail industry.

And it is so easy for those foreign-funded retail companies to adapt to the Japanese market.But no matter how difficult it is.As the world's second largest economy.It is also the second most densely populated country in the world.Once it successfully enters this market, it means huge profits, which foreign-funded retail enterprise.Are you willing to give up the Japanese market?

Rodman is no stranger to Carrefour supermarkets, not only because, in the Chinese market, Carrefour Group can be said to be Wal-Mart's biggest competitor, but also a well-deserved leading enterprise in the Chinese supermarket chain industry, but also because the relationship between Carrefour Group and Wal-Mart There is also a relationship between them.Back then, Wal-Mart cooperated with Carrefour Group for a period of time in order to prevent its biggest competitor, Carefour Group, from entering China.

In those few years, Carrefour Group sent dozens of people to Wal-Mart to study every year. The prototype of Carrefour Group’s overseas procurement channels was also established with the help of Wal-Mart, especially the internal quality inspection organization of Carrefour Group. A simplified version of Wal-Mart.Although the cooperation between the two parties has only been carried out for four to five years, and with the entry of Wal-Mart into the Chinese market, all cooperation between the two companies has completely stopped-the development speed of the Carrefour Group is too fast. It has become a leader in the industry of Huaxia supermarket chains.

Although Wal-Mart has stopped further cooperation with Carrefour Group, this has not prevented Carrefour from reaching the top among its counterparts in China.

Therefore, Wal-Mart has learned from the lessons learned by many foreign retail companies and decided to enter the Japanese market steadily.

Its first goal is not to open its own stores in Japan as a sole proprietorship, but to acquire shares in Japanese local supermarket chain companies first, and to be familiar with the local characteristics of the Japanese chain supermarket industry.Klinsmann Thomas Rodman chose to choose, and finally selected Seiyu Corporation, a subsidiary of Seibu Group, as the object of Wal-Mart's shareholding.

Seiyu Corporation mainly operates supermarket chains and grocery stores in Japan, and is the fourth largest supermarket chain enterprise in Japan.In Japan, it has a total of more than 390 large and small stores, distributed throughout Japan.In terms of the number of stores, Seiyu is the largest retailer in Japan!

But so far, the negotiations between Rodman and Seibu Group have been in progress for half a year, and the progress has not been so smooth. Although the overall profits of Seibu Group have been declining in recent years, although Seiyu It is also facing many problems such as insufficient working capital and dilapidated stores, but Seibu Group Corporation refuses to easily agree to Wal-Mart's shareholding request.The conditions put forward can be said to be quite harsh.

After the SARS epidemic broke out in Japan, the Japanese economy, which had been on the rise in [-], suffered a severe setback. Many companies under the Seibu Group Corporation were deeply affected, and Seiyu Corporation was naturally no exception. Rhodes Man thinks Wal-Mart's opportunity is coming!

But... Rodman heard a piece of news that made him very uncomfortable today. A Japanese newspaper broke the news that Masaki Fukuda, the president of the Japanese branch of the Carrefour Group, and Takeo Hansawa, the vice president of Seiyu Corporation, had a We met for two hours at a coffee shop in Ginza, Tokyo!Although the content of the conversation between the two is unknown, judging from their expressions when they left the coffee shop, it is obvious that the communication between the two was friendly and successful.A photo was attached to the report, from which it is not difficult to see that both of them are smiling and relaxed.

Rodman doesn't think that Takeo Hansawa and Masaki Fukuda are exchanging their experience in reading women in the cafe in Ginza!After the outbreak of SARS, the Japanese have reduced their time outside as much as possible. There is no major event, and generally they will not stay in public places too much.Moreover, Masaki Fukuda and Takeo Hansawa, with this energy, it is better to think about how to restore the company's declining performance!

Obviously, Carrefour Group is also eyeing Seiyu's fat!This made Rodman immediately feel a sense of crisis. Compared with Wal-Mart, the Japanese seem to be more able to accept the Carrefour Group, which has established a firm foothold in Japan. (To be continued..)