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• JAPANESE RETAILERS TO OPEN STORES IN BEIJING

  - 2007-04-20

  AsiaInfo Services 04-20-2007 Japanese Retailers to Open Stores in Beijing BEIJING, Apr 20, 2007 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Japan's famous department store retailers Aeon Group and Isetan Co., Ltd. (TYO: 8238) will open their first stores in Beijing Zhongguancun International Mall...

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• Japan Department-Store Operator's Net Profit Drops 10.8 Percent for April-June.

  - 2003-08-01

  Kyodo News International, Tokyo Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 1--TOKYO--Major department store operator Isetan Co. said Friday its group net profit for the April-June ...uarter dropped 10.8 percent from a year earlier to 2.29 billion yen amid the protracted economic slump that...

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• 2 banks agree to shoulder 90% of Iwataya's debt waiver+.

  - 2002-03-04

  FUKUOKA, Feb. 26 Kyodo (EDS: UPDATING WITH BANK OF FUKUOKA HEAD PRESS CONFERENCE) The head of the Bank of Fukuoka said Tuesday the lender and Fuji Bank will together shoulder 90% of about 28 billion yen in a debt waiver sought by Iwataya...

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• A Bath at Barneys

  - 2000-12-20

  Isetan Co., which was among the largest losers in the Barneys turmoil, is cutting its last major ties with the high-class retailer by selling all the real estate it wound up with in a bankruptcy settlement. The Japanese company is hiring CB Richard Ellis to market its Barneys stores in...

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• BRIEFS.

  - 1999-02-22

  Kennedy Promoted to Chief Merchant at Stage Stores HOUSTON -- Gregg Kennedy has been promoted to executive vice-president and chief merchandising officer for Stage Stores Inc. Kennedy succeeds Harry Brown, who resigned his post at Stage last November...

  Tags: Barneys New York Inc., Isetan Co. Ltd., Olympus Corp., Stage Stores Inc.

• It ain't over until it's over: many hurdles to jump before Dickson-Barneys deal is finalized.(Brief Article)

  - 1997-09-17

  NEW YORK -- Dickson Concepts Ltd. on Monday began flashing a caution signal over its definitive agreement with Barneys Inc. just a day after Barneys said it signed the pact to be acquired by the Hong Kong-based concern. The two retailers struck the agreement last...

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• Saks/Isetan bids $290M for Barneys; reduced-rent considerations bring total deal to $350M. (Isetan Company Ltd., Saks Holdings Inc.)

  - 1997-04-23

  NEW YORK -- In a move that tops the Dickson Concepts offer by $50 million, Saks Holdings Inc. and Isetan Co. Ltd. signed an agreement Tuesday afternoon to buy Barneys Inc. for $290 million, subject to adjustments. Robert Brundige of Hughes Hubbard & Reed, attorney for...

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• Poon still optimistic about Barneys takeover; believes store is a solid investment that can be turned around.(Dickson Poon of Dickson Concepts Ltd.)

  - 1997-04-09

  NEW YORK -- Dickson Poon, chairman of Dickson Concepts Ltd., is still very keen on acquiring Barneys and insists his $240 million offer is realistic. In an interview in Hong Kong, Poon said, "We believe our offer is a fair offer that would allow...

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• Judge hits Pressmans in pocketbooks; Barneys execs personally liable for $197 million debt.

  - 1997-03-26

  New York State Supreme Court Justice Herman Cahn has ruled that co-chairmen Gene and Robert Pressman of Barney's Inc are both personally liable for the Barney's $197 mil. debt to Isetan Company Ltd. The amount includes $30 mil. of interest payments starting from Mar 23, 1996, in addition to personal...

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• Judge reserves decision on $177M Isetan loan dispute; Japanese firm seeks payment from Robert and Gene Pressman. (of Barneys)(Brief Article)

  - 1996-12-09

  NEW YORK -- Justice Herman Cahn has reserved decision in a suit by Isetan Co. Ltd. to collect $177 million from Barneys Inc.'s co-chairmen Robert and Gene Pressman. The Pressmans had made personal guarantees on loans to a Barneys' real estate affiliate. Oral argument was held...

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