Developing Aeon Bike as a Specialty Store and Improving Specialist Services

「As new store openings, we opened 1 general merchandise store (GMS), 6 supermarkets (SM), 1 home center (HC) and 1 AEON Bike specialty bicycle store」

「In the cycle business, we opened AEON Bike Yahata-Higashi (Yahata-Higashi-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka) inside our GMS store in April. On the product side, we focused on selling our original hygge brand. From February, we also began offering the Bianchi and Khodaa-Bloom branded sports bicycles at selected stores.」

「In the cycle business, we continued opening AEON Bike stores inside GMS stores and opened AEON Bike Yahata-Higashi inside the renovated AEON Yahata-Higashi (Yahata-Higashi-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka) in April. We also strengthened sales of sports-type and electric bicycles, and existing-store sales performed well, exceeding the prior-year period.」

「In the cycle business, we continued opening AEON Bike stores inside GMS stores and opened 6 new stores during the fiscal year. On the product side, we focused on selling our original hygge brand, designed to be enjoyed by children and adults alike, and Free Power, a battery-free assist gear.」

「In the cycle business, we continued opening AEON Bike stores inside GMS stores and added 4 stores during the cumulative second-quarter period. We also introduced our original hygge brand, designed to be enjoyed by children and adults alike.」

「In the cycle business, bicycle use increased under the new lifestyle, while heightened health awareness supported strong sales of sports bicycles, electric-assist bicycles and children's bicycles, for which we had strengthened the product range. Continued openings of AEON Bike stores inside GMS stores also contributed, bringing fiscal-year sales to 120.4% of the prior fiscal year.」

「In the cycle business, we strengthened sales of sports bicycles, which benefit from strong commuting and school-commuting demand, and enhanced lifestyle proposals under the Enjoy! Cycle concept. As a result, third-quarter sales rose to 107.3% of the prior-year period.」

「Sports and electric bicycles, for which we had strengthened the product range as a specialty cycle retailer, performed well. In addition, the continued opening of AEON Bike stores inside GMS stores helped lift cumulative second-quarter sales to 128.3% of the prior-year period.」

「We continued opening AEON Bike stores inside GMS stores from the prior fiscal year. During the quarter, we opened AEON Bike Ozu (Ozu Town, Kikuchi District, Kumamoto) in March and AEON Bike Sanko (Nakatsu, Oita) in May. In March, we also reopened AEON Bike Kagoshima as a street-front store.」

「We opened 6 new stores during the fiscal year. At AEON Bike, we expanded highly specialized products such as children's, sports and electric bicycles, introduced the popular Free Power battery-free assist gear, and developed personnel with specialist knowledge, including cycle advisers. As a result, sales rose substantially to 127.5% of the prior fiscal year.」

「In the cycle business, we continued converting directly operated cycle sections at GMS stores into the highly specialized AEON Bike format and opened AEON Bike Kashii-hama in October.」

「In the cycle business, we continued converting directly operated cycle sections in general merchandise stores into AEON Bike specialty stores. During the fiscal year, in conjunction with the renovation of AEON Mall Fukuoka Ito, we reviewed the existing product range and customer-service structure and opened AEON Bike Fukuoka Ito in March. In addition, we opened AEON Bike specialty stores at 4 general merchandise stores.」

「In the cycle business, we continued converting cycle sections in general merchandise stores into AEON Bike specialty stores. In March, in conjunction with the renovation of AEON Mall Fukuoka Ito, we reviewed the product range and customer-service structure and opened AEON Bike Fukuoka Ito. In May, we opened AEON Bike Amagi.」

「In the cycle business, we promoted the conversion of in-store cycle sections at GMS stores into AEON Bike specialty bicycle stores to provide highly specialized products and customer service. We opened AB Omura (Omura, Nagasaki), AB Hayato-Kokubu (Kirishima, Kagoshima) and AB Marinatown (Nishi-ku, Fukuoka). As a result, cycle-business sales rose to 139.8% of the prior fiscal year.」

「In the cycle business, we are converting GMS cycle sales areas to Aeon's bicycle specialty-store format, Aeon Bike (AB), in order to provide a highly specialized product range and customer service. AB Omura (Omura, Nagasaki Prefecture) opened in June, AB Hayato-Kokubu (Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture) in July and AB Marina Town (Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture) in September.」

「We are converting cycle sections at GMS stores into AEON's specialty bicycle store, AEON Bike (AB), to provide highly specialized products and customer service. In June, we opened AB Omura (Omura, Nagasaki), and in July, AB Hayato-Kokubu (Kirishima, Kagoshima).」

「In the cycle business, we are converting cycle sales areas in GMS stores to Aeon's bicycle specialty-store format, Aeon Bike (AB), in order to provide a highly specialized product range and customer service. During the fiscal year, 7 stores were newly converted.」

「We opened AB Ogori in October and AB Chikushino in November. To meet the needs of a broad range of customers, we expanded the product range from children's bicycles to electric-assist bicycles and highly specialized products such as sports bicycles, while working to improve customer service and sales capabilities.」

「During the cumulative period through the quarter, we opened AB Kumamoto Chuo in May, AB Kagoshima in June, AB Nogata in July and AB Miyazaki in August.」

「In May, we opened AEON Bike Kumamoto Chuo, the third store converted to the new format, inside AEON Kumamoto Chuo, operated by AEON Store Kyushu Co., Ltd. Sales at the 3 converted stores rose to 152% of the prior-year period.」

「We converted cycle sections at GMS stores into AEON Bike specialty bicycle stores to expand product ranges and improve customer service. In August, we opened AEON Bike Shimooori inside AEON Shimooori, and in October, AEON Bike Kumamoto inside AEON Kumamoto. Improved product ranges and service levels at the specialty stores resulted in sales growth of more than 30% from before the conversions.」