Increase logistics capacity and continue the stable supply of essential goods during the COVID-19 pandemic

「Amid these conditions, the Group implemented measures to expand transactions by strengthening cooperation with business partners, anticipating social trends as the COVID-19 pandemic appeared to be coming to an end, in order to achieve further growth. Since our founding, we have always focused on the “storefronts” of individual retailers. By leveraging our proprietary information analysis, a key strength, and identifying changes in consumers’ lifestyles and purchasing attitudes, we strengthened proposals designed to support richer and more comfortable lives, including proposals responding to growing demand for pet-related products and continued proposals for cosmetics-related products whose demand had declined during the COVID-19 pandemic.」

「To fulfill our mission of reliably delivering essential goods to everyone, our sales and procurement divisions have identified changes in consumers’ lifestyles and purchasing attitudes and linked them to sales. At our distribution centers, we have prioritized employees’ safety and health and continued operations while implementing measures to prevent the spread of infection. At each location, we have introduced staggered working hours and remote working to prevent infection and maintain business continuity during the COVID-19 pandemic, while working to improve productivity, including by controlling logistics expenses.」

「To fulfill our mission of reliably delivering essential goods to everyone, our sales and procurement divisions have identified changes in consumers’ lifestyles and purchasing attitudes and linked them to sales. At our distribution centers, we have prioritized employees’ safety and health and continued operations while implementing measures to prevent the spread of infection. At each location, we have introduced staggered working hours and remote working to prevent infection and maintain business continuity during the COVID-19 pandemic, while working to improve productivity, including by controlling logistics expenses.」

「To fulfill our mission of reliably delivering daily necessities to everyone, our sales and procurement divisions identified changes in consumers’ lifestyles and purchasing attitudes at an early stage, secured products and converted them into sales. At our distribution centers, we treated employee safety and health as the highest priority, continued operations while implementing measures to prevent the spread of infection, and introduced staggered working hours and remote work at each location to prevent infection and maintain business continuity during the COVID-19 pandemic. These efforts also contributed to improved productivity.」

「このような経営環境が大きく変化する中で、当社グループは生活必需品を安定的に皆さまへお届けするという使命を果たすために、営業部門や仕入部門においては消費者の生活様式の変化、購買意識の変化を一早く察知し、商品を確保し積極的な販売へつなげ、物流センターでは感染拡大防止策を講じながら業務を継続し、また、各拠点においては時差出勤や在宅勤務なども取り入れながら感染防止と生産性向上を図ってまいりました。」

「このような環境において、当社グループは生活必需品を安定的に皆さまへお届けするという使命を果たすために、営業部門や仕入部門においては消費者の生活様式の変化、購買意識の変化をいち早く察知し、商品を確保し積極的な販売へつなげ、物流センターでは感染拡大防止策を講じながら業務を継続し、また、各拠点においては時差出勤や在宅勤務なども取り入れながら感染防止と生産性向上を図ってまいりました。」

「このような急激な需要増大により売上高が増加しておりますが、一方では物流が逼迫する状況を打開するための物流センターの稼働時間延長や人手の増強、および臨時配送車両の確保による経費が増加しており、業績への影響が起きております。」