Furniture billionaire weighs buying way into Japan apparel
Tokyo
NITORI Holdings Co is considering buying an apparel chain in Japan, a move that would pit the furniture seller against rivals including Fast Retailing Co, Asia's largest clothier.
The home furnishing retailer would look for a company with 100 to 200 stores as cash from operations has been increasing by as much as 30 billion yen (S$376 million) a year, Nitori chief executive officer Akio Nitori, 72, said in an interview last Wednesday. Nothing specific has been decided, he said.
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