Establishing a Medium-Term Growth Platform and Strengthening Profitability

「Against this backdrop, the Group formulated a new medium-term management plan focused on achieving sustainable growth as a consolidated subsidiary of the AEON Group, staying close to customers’ lives, improving customer satisfaction, meeting the expectations of stakeholders and becoming the Can★Do customers choose. The plan is built around “fundamental structural reform” and “execution of growth strategies.” Based on this plan, the Group will pursue 3 growth strategies: “expanding sales channels,” “differentiating products and brands,” and “enhancing corporate value.” During the current fiscal year, toward “fundamental structural reform,” the Group will work to further improve productivity and strengthen its corporate structure, establishing a solid foundation for achieving the medium-term management plan.」

「Based on this plan, the company will pursue three growth strategies: expanding sales channels, differentiating products and brands, and enhancing corporate value. During the current fiscal year, it will work to improve productivity further and strengthen its corporate structure toward fundamental structural reform, establishing a strong foundation for implementing the new medium-term plan.」

「In this environment, our group formulated a new medium-term plan focused on “Fundamental Structural Reform” and “Executing a Growth Strategy” in order to achieve sustainable growth as a consolidated subsidiary of the AEON Group. Under the new medium-term plan, we aim to achieve consolidated net sales of ¥100 billion, operating profit of ¥2.5 billion (operating margin of 2.5%), ordinary profit of ¥2.5 billion (ordinary profit margin of 2.5%), net income of ¥1 billion (net income margin of 1.0%), and 1,605 stores in the fiscal year ending February 2031, the final year of the plan.」

「Amid this business environment, the Group focused on acquiring new customers and reforming systems for stores as its company-wide policies for the fiscal year, centered on expanding sales channels, differentiating products and brands, and enhancing corporate value, in pursuit of maximum customer satisfaction through collaboration with the AEON Group.」

「Under these circumstances, our group continued to pursue the maximisation of customer satisfaction through collaboration with the AEON Group. As our company-wide policy for the current fiscal year, we adopted “Securing Profit through Growth and Improved Productivity” and focused on “Expanding Sales Channels,” “Differentiating Products and Brands,” and “Enhancing Corporate Value.”」

「Our medium-term targets are an operating margin of 5% or higher and ROE of 10% or higher. During the consolidated fiscal year, the operating margin was 0.3% and ROE was negative 4.0%.」

「Under these circumstances, our group has continued to build better relationships with stakeholders by fulfilling its social responsibilities as a publicly listed company, achieving its target management indicators, and maintaining stable growth.」

「Under these circumstances, our group has continued to build better relationships with stakeholders by fulfilling its social responsibilities as a publicly listed company, achieving its target management indicators, and maintaining stable growth.」

「Our medium-term targets are an operating margin of 5% or higher and ROE of 10% or higher. During the consolidated fiscal year, the operating margin was 0.6% and ROE was negative 2.8%.」

「Under these circumstances, our group has continued to build better relationships with stakeholders by fulfilling its social responsibilities as a publicly listed company, achieving its target management indicators, and maintaining stable growth.」

「Under these circumstances, our group has continued to build better relationships with stakeholders by fulfilling its social responsibilities as a publicly listed company, achieving its target management indicators, and maintaining stable growth.」

「Under these circumstances, our group has worked to build better relationships with stakeholders by fulfilling its social responsibilities as a publicly listed company, achieving its target management indicators, and maintaining stable growth.」

「Our medium-term targets are an operating margin of 5% or higher and ROE of 10% or higher. During the consolidated fiscal year, the operating margin was 1.3% and ROE was 1.6%.」

「The operating margin for the consolidated fiscal year was 2.1%, and ROE was 3.6%.」

「Our medium-term targets are an operating margin of 5% or higher and ROE of 10% or higher. During the consolidated fiscal year, the operating margin was 1.7% and ROE was 2.7%.」

「Through a strategy of selection and concentration, our group will rapidly adapt to changes in the external environment and work to continuously enhance corporate value and contribute to local communities. We have adopted operating margin and return on equity (ROE) as management indicators of profitability and operating efficiency. Our medium-term targets are an operating margin of 5% or higher and ROE of 10% or higher.」

「We also worked to rejuvenate the organisation in order to build a structure capable of sustaining growth over the medium to long term.」

「We aim to establish a medium-term growth platform and strengthen our earnings capacity. During the consolidated fiscal year, we developed product and sales strategies, including measures to respond to changes in the business environment. Going forward, in line with our management plan, we will address management priorities including further strengthening our product offering, improving gross profit, promoting more efficient store operations, strengthening our store development capabilities, and rebuilding our information systems.」