Price Competition and the Difficulty of Maintaining Market Share and Profitability
First written in FY2017-Q1. 11 of 16 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2025.
Itoham Yonekyu Holdings moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2022, 3 years after the typical company in this theme (2019).
The whole theme swung hardest in 2026: 41 of 86 companies on the "Worse" side.
33 other companies' latest entry also says "Worsened".
- FY2025WorsenedAnnual report
「Successive price increases for essential goods, including food, are raising concerns about sluggish consumption.」
In addition to the established low-price orientation and rising costs, it identifies sluggish consumption caused by price increases for essential goods as a concern for the future competitive and demand environment. - FY2023WorsenedAnnual report
「In addition to rising raw material and utility costs, packaging and logistics costs remained elevated, while the continuing depreciation of the yen added to the pressure, resulting in a persistently challenging business environment.」
It describes a situation in which low-price orientation and the competitive environment, combined with higher costs and yen depreciation, continue to pressure profitability even after price revisions. - FY2022WorsenedAnnual report
「With raw material and energy prices continuing to rise and the yen depreciating sharply, costs are expected to increase by more than product price revisions, creating a challenging outlook.」
It indicates that, in addition to the established low-price orientation and competitive environment, costs are expected to rise by more than prices and the yen is expected to depreciate sharply. - FY2022-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「In addition to soaring raw material and fuel prices, logistics and labor costs have remained elevated, creating a challenging business environment in which food manufacturers have had no choice but to revise product prices.」
It specifically describes the difficult environment of continued low-price orientation and intensifying competition, alongside soaring raw material and fuel prices, persistently high logistics and labor costs, and the need to revise product prices. - FY2020-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「As labor and logistics costs continue to rise amid labor shortages, consumers' strong preference for low prices for food and other everyday necessities remains, and difficult business conditions continue.」
The company reiterates the difficult competitive and earnings environment caused by higher personnel and logistics costs and consumers' preference for low prices. - FY2020-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「In this industry, difficult business conditions continue as labor and logistics costs rise amid labor shortages, while consumers' strong preference for low prices for food and other everyday necessities persists.」
The company reiterates the difficult competitive and earnings environment caused by higher personnel and logistics costs and consumers' preference for low prices. - FY2019-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In this industry, difficult business conditions continue as production costs, including raw materials, continue to rise and logistics costs remain high, while consumers' strong preference for low prices for food and other everyday necessities persists.」
The company reiterates the difficult competitive and earnings environment in which rising costs coexist with consumers' preference for low prices. - FY2019-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Amid continued increases in production costs, including raw materials, and persistently high logistics costs, consumers' strong preference for low prices for food and other everyday necessities remains, and difficult business conditions continue.」
The company reiterates the difficult competitive and earnings environment in which rising costs coexist with consumers' preference for low prices. - FY2019-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Amid continued increases in production costs, including raw materials, and persistently high logistics costs, consumers' strong preference for low prices for food and other everyday necessities remains, and difficult business conditions continue.」
The company reiterates the difficult competitive and earnings environment in which rising costs coexist with consumers' preference for low prices. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「As raw material prices and logistics costs rise, consumers' preference for low prices for everyday necessities such as food remains deeply entrenched, and the business environment continues to be difficult.」
The company reiterates the risks to competition and profitability arising from higher raw material and logistics costs and consumers' preference for low prices. - FY2018-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「As raw material prices and logistics costs rise, consumers' preference for low prices for everyday necessities such as food remains deeply entrenched, and the business environment continues to be difficult.」
The company continues to indicate that the business environment remains difficult against the backdrop of consumers' preference for low prices. - FY2018-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Consumers' preference for low prices for everyday necessities such as food remains deeply entrenched, and the business environment continues to be difficult as competition among companies intensifies.」
The company continues to indicate that competition among companies is intensifying against the backdrop of consumers' preference for low prices and that the business environment remains difficult. - FY2017RestatedAnnual report
「As sales competition intensifies due to consumers' preference for low prices, the consumer products business is working to strengthen its corporate brand, primarily for core products, through television commercials and other measures,」
The company continues to describe intensifying competition driven by consumers' preference for low prices and identifies brand-building through television commercials and other measures as a response. - FY2017-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「As sales competition intensifies due to consumers' preference for low prices,」
The company continues to indicate the risk of intensifying competition and difficulty maintaining market share and profitability against the backdrop of consumers' preference for low prices. - FY2017-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「As sales competition intensifies due to consumers' preference for low prices,」
The company continues to indicate the risk of intensifying competition and difficulty maintaining market share and profitability against the backdrop of consumers' preference for low prices. - FY2017-Q1First statedAnnual report
「Amid a polarization between high value-added products and low prices, the Group may be unable to maintain or expand its market share and preserve profitability against low-cost, low-price competitors.」
The company identifies intensifying competition in the food, retail and foodservice industries and the response to low-price competitors as risks.