JC employes
Professor Roy Larke as Editor. Professor Larke has lived in Japan since
1985, and is currently Professor of Retailing at the University
of Marketing & Distribution Sciences in Kobe.
Professor Larke has published widely on retailing and marketing in Japan,
and has three books. He is an expert in Japanese markets and society,
and teaches in Japanese.
E-mail: editor@japanconsuming.com
The JC team
have a total of 40 years of experience analyzing Japanese consumer and
retail markets as well as distributing and operating retail here. We
combine business skills with market analysis and reporting to try to
create practical, usable data to help subscribing companies improve
sales and profit performance.
We bring
together the best combination of qualitative and quantitative research,
but above all our success rests on the experience and expertise of our
staff. Business insight as well as analytical skills, authoritative
commentary based on experience of the market and countless interviews
and meetings with Japanese and overseas companies.
Some companies
spend years accumulating this knowledge after beginning
operations in Japan. Our subscribers are able to draw on JC resources
to save years in undertaking their own research on Japan.
One of the
tenets of our business is the quality of our research. We are constantly
monitoring retail and consumer markets and trends and invest heavily
in new resources. Accuracy is vital and we continuously control quality.