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A Takashimaya department store employee brandishes hand sanitizer at the entrance of an outlet in Osaka in May. | KYODO
Jiji Jan 15, 2021
Four major Japanese department store operators saw their sales in the March-November period last year drop by around 30% to 40% from a year before, according to their earnings reports released by Thursday.
The sales declines are due chiefly to temporary store closures last spring and a significant decrease in the number of foreign travelers to Japan amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.
12 01 2021
Robinsons, which shut down over the weekend, had a long association with Christmas and had Singapore dreaming of its very first white Christmas in 1949.
Robinsons’ last Christmas, 2020.
For a while, Christmas in Singapore wouldn’t be Christmas without a visit to Robinsons. The store a long time Singaporean retail institution, which had a strong link with the year end season of cheer, had its long and eventful history brought to a sad end when it shut its doors for good on 9 January 2021 – just a few weeks short of its 163 birthday.
Robinsons – building it occupied at Raffles Place from 1891 to 1941, prior to moving across the square to Raffles Chambers.