Expansion of Store Openings Under a Dominant-Store Strategy Including Suburban Areas
First written in FY2017. 21 of 29 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2020-Q1. Latest entry: 2026-10-14.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2021: 1 of 7 companies on the "Worse" side.
3 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2027-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「Regarding new openings, we opened HUB TOKYO DREAM PARK店 in March, while closing 82新宿西口大ガード店 in April due to the rebuilding of the building. Subsequently, we opened HUBアスティ静岡店 in a commercial facility directly connected to JR Shizuoka Station in July, and HUB道頓堀中座くいだおれビル店 in the Nakaza Kuidaore Building in Chuo Ward, Osaka, in August, bringing the total number of stores to 112 at the end of the interim accounting period. Under this fiscal year's opening plan, HUBアミュプラザおおいた店 was scheduled to open in October at a commercial facility at Oita Station, followed by HUB広島中央通り店（仮称）, our first location in the Chugoku region, in December. Openings are also scheduled for the area around Takasaki Station in winter 2026 and the area around Okayama Station in spring 2027, both tentative, with the latter planned for the next fiscal year.」
The company opened new stores in Shizuoka and Osaka, while advancing openings in commercial facilities directly connected to stations, around stations and in regional cities. Openings in Oita, Hiroshima, Takasaki and Okayama have also been decided, and the nationwide rollout of SmasH47 is progressing. - FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「Both stores are located within JR commercial facilities, and we are steadily advancing our SmasH47 store-opening strategy. We have also decided to open new stores around Shizuoka Station and Oita Station in the next fiscal year.」
SmasH47 was given concrete form through the opening of 3 stores in JR stations and commercial facilities, and the company also decided to open stores around Shizuoka Station and Oita Station in the next fiscal year. - 2026-05-01AdvancedGeneral Meetings of Shareholders
「いずれもJR商業施設内への出店であり、当社の出店戦略「SmasH47」を着実に推進しております。また、来期には静岡駅周辺および大分駅周辺への新規出店を決定しております。」
SmasH47に基づく駅・商業施設内出店が実績化し、来期の静岡駅周辺・大分駅周辺への出店も決定された。 - FY2026-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「For new store openings, we opened the HUB JEF UNITED PUB Perie Chiba Station store in April, bringing the total number of stores to 108. This is our first store inside the ticket gates of a JR station and is a collaboration store with J.League team JEF United Ichihara Chiba. We also plan to open the HUB Amu Plaza Miyazaki store, our first store in Miyazaki Prefecture, in September, and the HUB Toyama MAROOT store (tentative name), our first store in Toyama Prefecture, in December. Both stores will be located within JR commercial facilities, representing steady progress under our SmasH47 store-opening strategy.」
In line with SmasH47, the company opened stores inside JR station ticket gates and commercial facilities, and has also set out concrete plans for its first stores in Miyazaki and Toyama prefectures. - FY2025RaisedAnnual report
「We have adopted a new strategy, SmasH47, to promote store openings at stations, airports and commercial facilities, and aim to build a network of 200 carefully selected stores across all 47 prefectures.」
The company clarified and expanded its store-opening target from its traditional core regions and regional cities to all 47 prefectures, primarily at stations, airports and commercial facilities, under the SmasH47 strategy, with the aim of building a 200-store network. - FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「For new openings, we opened HUB Hakata Chikushiguchi Deitos Annex in March in front of Hakata Station, the gateway to Kyushu, our third store in Fukuoka Prefecture, and HUB Echigo Beer PUB CoCoLo Niigata in May, a collaboration store with Echigo Beer Co., Ltd., which brews our original HUB ALE beer, and our first store in Niigata Prefecture. In addition, we have decided to open HUB Osaka West Exit (provisional name) in Eki Marche Osaka UMEST, which JR West Daily Service Net Co., Ltd. plans to open at the west exit of JR Osaka Station in February 2025.」
The company opened its third store in Fukuoka Prefecture and its first store in Niigata Prefecture, giving concrete form to its policy of opening stores, including in regional areas. In addition, it has decided to open a store at the west exit of Osaka Station in February 2025. - FY2025-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「For new openings, we opened HUB Hakata Chikushiguchi Deitos Annex in March, our third store in Fukuoka Prefecture, and HUB Echigo Beer PUB CoCoLo Niigata in May, our first store in Niigata Prefecture, bringing the number of stores to 106.」
The company opened its third store in Fukuoka Prefecture and its first store in Niigata Prefecture, increasing the total number of stores from 104 at the end of the previous fiscal year to 106. The policy of opening stores, including in regional cities, is progressing to concrete store openings. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「During the fiscal year, we opened 3 stores: HUB Sakuragicho Cross Gate in July, HUB Haneda Airport Terminal 2 in September and HUB COCONO SUSUKINO in January. The number of stores stood at 104 as of the end of the fiscal year.」
Following the resumption of new store openings after approximately 3 years, 3 stores were opened in Sakuragicho, Haneda Airport and Sapporo, increasing the total number of stores to 104. The policy of opening stores in suburban areas and regional cities is progressing to concrete store openings. - FY2024-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「During the third quarter accounting period, we opened the HUB Haneda Airport Terminal 2 store, bringing the total number of stores to 103. Going forward, we have decided to open the HUB COCOON SUSUKINO store in Sapporo, Hokkaido, in January 2024, and stores in Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, and Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, in the fiscal year ending February 2025.」
In addition to opening the Haneda Airport Terminal 2 store, the company decided to open stores in Sapporo in January 2024 and in Niigata and Fukuoka in the fiscal year ending February 2025, providing concrete details of its store-opening regions and future plans. - FY2024-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「We opened HUB Sakuragicho Cross Gate, our first new store in approximately 3 years」
The HUB Sakuragicho Cross Gate store opened as the first new store in approximately 3 years, giving concrete form to the resumption of store expansion. - FY2023ReframedAnnual report
「We have primarily opened stores in the centers of major metropolitan areas, but going forward we will expand into suburban areas outside city centers and regional cities in order to achieve our store-opening and profit plans steadily and continuously.」
The policy on expanding potential store locations states that the company will extend its coverage from city centers and traditional core regions to suburban areas and regional cities. - FY2022RaisedAnnual report
「We have primarily opened stores in the Tokyo metropolitan area, Kansai, Chubu, Tohoku and Kyushu, but we will expand the regions under consideration for new stores to all 47 prefectures and consider opening stores there.」
The company announced a policy of expanding the regions under consideration for new stores from its traditional core regions to all 47 prefectures. - FY2022-Q2SoftenedAnnual report
「As a result of closing 7 stores whose closure had been decided in the previous fiscal year in order to concentrate management resources, the number of stores stood at 102 at the end of the second quarter accounting period.」
As store expansion and the establishment of a dominant presence progressed, 7 stores were closed to concentrate management resources, resulting in a reduction in the store network. - FY2021-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「As for new stores, we opened the HUB Fukuoka Daimyo store, our second location in Fukuoka, and the HUB GRAMPUS PUB Nagoya TV Tower store, a tie-up location bearing the name of J.League team Nagoya Grampus, on the site directly below Nagoya TV Tower, a landmark in Nagoya, within the recently renovated Hisaya-odori Park.」
We opened our second store in Fukuoka and a new store in Nagoya. In addition to expanding in existing regions, we demonstrated concrete progress toward establishing a dominant presence in Fukuoka through actual store openings. - FY2021-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「As a result of the spread of the novel coronavirus, HUB Fukuoka Daimyo, whose opening had originally been scheduled for 18 April, was postponed and is now set to open on 3 June,」
The delayed HUB Fukuoka Daimyo store opened on 3 June, providing concrete progress toward establishing a dominant presence in Kyushu. At the same time, 3 stores were closed for the same reason. - FY2021-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「HUB Fukuoka Daimyo, whose originally scheduled opening on 18 April was postponed, is now set to open on 3 June,」
For HUB Fukuoka Daimyo, whose opening was postponed from the original schedule, an opening date of 3 June was set, marking concrete progress in developing a dominant-store network in Kyushu. - FY2020AdvancedAnnual report
「We also opened HUB Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome, Japan's first British-style pub inside a stadium and our first store in Kyushu, a large-format store more than twice the usual size, renamed HUB Fukuoka PayPay Dome on 29 February 2020.」
We established our first store in Kyushu as Japan's first British-style pub inside a stadium and a large-format store more than twice the usual size, giving concrete form to a foothold for developing a dominant-store network in Kyushu. - FY2020-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「In addition, to further develop a dominant-store network in existing areas, we opened HUB Shibuya No. 3 in Shibuya, a district attracting many of our core target customers, young people, and HUB LINKS UMEDA inside LINKS UMEDA, a much-discussed new commercial facility recently opened in Osaka's Umeda district,」
As part of building a dominant-store network in existing areas, we opened Shibuya No. 3 and the LINKS UMEDA store, expanding our store footprint. - FY2020-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「As this is also our first opening in Fukuoka, we are highly honored to be able to open our first store inside the home stadium of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, a symbolic presence for the people of Fukuoka, and believe this has major significance as a foothold for developing a dominant-store network in Kyushu going forward.」
In addition to our existing main regions, we opened our first stores in Fukuoka and the Kyushu region, positioning them as a foothold for developing a dominant-store network in Kyushu going forward. - FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「We have primarily opened stores in the centers of major metropolitan areas, but going forward we will expand candidate locations to the suburbs outside city centers and develop a dominant-store network to ensure the steady, continuous achievement of our store-opening and profit plans.」
We continue to pursue a policy of expanding candidate locations from the centers of major metropolitan areas to suburban areas and developing a dominant-store network. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「For the time being, we will focus on opening stores in the Tokyo metropolitan area, Kansai, Chubu and Tohoku, while also considering openings in other regional ordinance-designated cities.」
We continue to pursue a policy of considering other regional ordinance-designated cities as candidate locations in addition to our existing main regions. - FY2017First statedAnnual report
「We have primarily opened stores in the centers of major metropolitan areas, but going forward we will expand candidate locations to the suburbs outside city centers and develop a dominant-store network to ensure the steady, continuous achievement of our store-opening and profit plans.」
We have indicated a store-opening policy of expanding candidate locations from the centers of major metropolitan areas to suburban areas and developing a dominant-store network.