Intensifying Competition Driven by Cost Competition, Shorter Product Life Cycles and Increasingly Borderless Markets
First written in FY2017-Q1. 9 of 17 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2022.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2026: 31 of 91 companies on the "Worse" side.
121 other companies' latest entry also says "Restated".
- FY2022RestatedAnnual report
「Although competition with rival companies over prices and services has become fierce, our group is working to secure appropriate profits by providing products and services with added value.」
The company continues to describe intensifying competition over prices and services and its response through value-added products and services. - FY2021ReframedAnnual report
「Although competition with other companies in the coffee-related business has become fierce amid deflationary market conditions, our group is working to secure appropriate profits by providing products and services with added value.」
The discussion has been reorganized from a list including price competition and market globalization to a structure focused on intensifying competition with industry peers amid deflation and the response through value-added products and services. - FY2020DroppedAnnual reportThe risk disclosures in this filing do not explicitly present the previous combination of intensifying competition from price competition, shorter product life cycles and market globalization.
- FY2020-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In the coffee industry, we expect competition among companies to intensify further due to fiercer price competition, greater product and service diversification, shorter life cycles and the removal of market boundaries.」
The company continues to present the risk of intensifying competition from price competition, product and service diversification, shorter life cycles and the removal of market boundaries. - FY2020-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「In the coffee industry, we expect competition among companies to intensify further due to fiercer price competition, greater product and service diversification, shorter life cycles and the removal of market boundaries.」
The company continues to present the risk of intensifying competition from price competition, product and service diversification, shorter life cycles and the removal of market boundaries. - FY2020-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「In the coffee industry, we expect competition among companies to intensify further due to fiercer price competition, greater product and service diversification, shorter life cycles and the removal of market boundaries.」
The company continues to present the risk of intensifying competition from price competition, product and service diversification, shorter life cycles and the removal of market boundaries. - FY2019MaterialisedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, consumers remain firmly inclined toward thrift and low prices, and competition with rival companies has intensified further. In addition, the chronic labor shortage has driven up labor, logistics and procurement costs, leaving the operating environment challenging.」
Intensifying sales competition with rival companies is described as an actual operating condition, alongside higher labor, logistics and procurement costs, contributing to a challenging environment. - FY2019-Q3MaterialisedAnnual report
「In the coffee industry, green coffee bean prices, which have a significant impact on business performance, generally remained stable against a backdrop that included expectations of increased supply from a strong harvest in Brazil, the world's largest coffee-producing country. At the same time, the challenging operating environment continued, with fiercer competition to acquire customers from rival companies and higher labor, logistics and procurement costs amid labor shortages.」
Fiercer competition to acquire customers from rival companies is explicitly identified as part of the challenging operating environment, along with the impact on performance from lower selling prices and other factors. - FY2019-Q2MaterialisedAnnual report
「On the earnings front, lower selling prices, changes in the product mix and higher purchase prices for sourced products are reducing sales margins as competition intensifies.」
Lower selling prices resulting from intensifying competition have emerged as an actual factor reducing sales margins. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「In the coffee industry, we expect competition among companies to intensify further due to fiercer price competition, greater product and service diversification, shorter life cycles and the removal of market boundaries.」
The company continues to present the risk of intensifying competition from price competition, product and service diversification, shorter life cycles and the removal of market boundaries. - FY2018-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In the coffee industry, we expect competition among companies to intensify further due to fiercer price competition, greater product and service diversification, shorter life cycles and the removal of market boundaries.」
The company continues to present the risk of intensifying competition from price competition, product and service diversification, shorter life cycles and the removal of market boundaries. - FY2018-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「In the coffee industry, we expect competition among companies to intensify further due to fiercer price competition, greater product and service diversification, shorter life cycles and the removal of market boundaries.」
The company continues to present the risk of intensifying competition from price competition, product and service diversification, shorter life cycles and the removal of market boundaries under the same framework as the previous quarter. - FY2018-Q1ReframedAnnual report
「In the coffee industry, we expect competition among companies to intensify further due to fiercer price competition, greater product and service diversification, shorter life cycles and the removal of market boundaries.」
The company has recast the risk of intensifying competition by replacing the previous reference to cost competition with price competition and adding product and service diversification. - FY2017DroppedAnnual reportThe risk disclosures and business environment discussion in this filing do not explicitly present the previous combination of intensifying cost competition, shorter product life cycles and market globalization.
- FY2017-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「We expect the market environment to become even more challenging as competition intensifies further due to fiercer cost competition, shorter product and service life cycles, and the removal of market boundaries.」
The company continues to recognize intensifying competition resulting from cost competition, shorter life cycles and the removal of market boundaries. - FY2017-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「We expect the market environment to become even more challenging as competition intensifies further due to fiercer cost competition, shorter product and service life cycles, and the removal of market boundaries.」
The company continues to recognize intensifying competition resulting from cost competition, shorter life cycles and the removal of market boundaries. - FY2017-Q1First statedAnnual report
「We expect the market environment to become even more challenging as competition intensifies further due to fiercer cost competition, shorter product and service life cycles, and the removal of market boundaries.」
The company recognizes costs, product cycles and the disappearance of market boundaries as factors intensifying competition.