Richard's Eye

Japan's Seasonal Factors
Seasonal income flow & impact on consumer spending
Arbitrage & Consumers
Law of "One Price" in consumer  product markets
Japan Viewed from the Outside
"Gai-jin,"  outsiders, views of Japan uncover new insights
Mobile phone usage habits -- Japan, China, U.S.
JMR study finds culturally influenced patterns
Richard May -- interview on iTV
Video clip -- marketing research
trends in Japan now
Software-as-a-Service
SaaS changes how you acquire software

2002 - 2005

2002 - 2005

1. Mobile phones with camera proliferate in Japan / interest in things Korean takes off / shochu (potato-based liquor) boom / Products with the Tokuho seal (products certified as healthy products) gain popularity / downloading music to cell phones boom /

2. Internet based marketing research takes off / Louis Vuitton's largest shop opens in Ginza /

3. JMR themes:  marketing for the digital revolution,  2010 winning marketing style, marketing in the era of smaller population growth /

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