Article: BRIEFING - ASIA RETAIL - MAY 27, 2005.

An executive briefing on retail for May 27, 2005, prepared by Asia Pulse (http://www.asiapulse.com), the real-time, Asia-based wire with exclusive news, commercial intelligence and business opportunities.

8 JAPANESE LIQUOR WHOLESALERS PLAN JOINT-PURCHASE NETWORK

TOKYO - Nihon Shurui Hanbai Co. and seven other independent alcohol wholesalers will team up for joint purchasing so that they will be able to better compete with their bigger rivals.

On Friday, they will create a joint-purchase union and aim to invite 10 more firms to join them by next spring, creating an alliance that will have estimated annual sales of 1 trillion yen (US$9.3 billion). ...

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