Sales Volatility Due to Weather, Extreme Weather and Disasters

「During the interim consolidated accounting period, sales declined slightly year on year as customer numbers, including those of subsidiary サンモール, remained sluggish due to unseasonably cool and rainy weather this summer in the Kanto region, the Company's main area of store expansion.」

「In recent years, natural disasters such as unsettled weather caused by a year-round trend toward higher temperatures, major typhoons and torrential rain have occurred frequently, creating a latent risk that store operations and other activities may have to be suspended if natural disasters and other events become concentrated in the Tokyo metropolitan area.」

「In recent years, natural disasters such as unsettled weather caused by a year-round trend toward higher temperatures, major typhoons and torrential rain have occurred frequently, creating a latent risk that store operations and other activities may have to be suspended if natural disasters and other events become concentrated in the Tokyo metropolitan area.」

「In recent years, natural disasters such as unsettled weather caused by a year-round trend toward higher temperatures, major typhoons and torrential rain have occurred frequently, creating a latent risk that store operations and other activities may have to be suspended if natural disasters and other events become concentrated in the Tokyo metropolitan area.」

「In recent years, natural disasters such as unsettled weather, particularly during the summer, major typhoons and torrential rain have occurred frequently, creating a latent risk that store operations and other activities may have to be suspended if natural disasters and other events become concentrated in the Tokyo metropolitan area.」

「In the retail industry, demand for some products increased as a result of the resurgence of COVID-19 infections and record heat. However, successive increases in electricity rates and food prices have increased the burden on companies and households, and the business environment is expected to remain difficult.」

「In recent years, natural disasters such as unsettled weather, particularly during the summer, major typhoons and torrential rain have occurred frequently. In addition, the global COVID-19 pandemic has not yet subsided, and uncertainty continues, creating a latent risk that store operations and other activities may have to be suspended if natural disasters and other events become concentrated in the Tokyo metropolitan area.」

「The Group operates Jason stores, joint distribution centers and a drinking-water manufacturing plant in 1 metropolitan area and 5 prefectures, mainly in the Tokyo metropolitan area. Some stores were also damaged by the major typhoons that occurred in September and October 2019, although」

「This represents losses, including costs associated with removing assets damaged by Typhoon No. 15 in September 2019 and Typhoon No. 19 in October 2019.」

「In the retail industry, consumers remain strongly oriented toward thrift, competition across industries and business formats continues to intensify, and abnormal weather such as cool summers and extreme heat, together with a succession of major natural disasters including typhoons, is affecting customer numbers, leaving conditions challenging.」

「partly because prolonged rain and low temperatures held back customer numbers」

「The Group's sales of products to general consumers, which generate its revenue, may deviate from planned sales volumes due to adverse weather or extreme weather conditions, affecting its operating results.」

「Although sales performance remained generally solid, particularly for food products, from the summer onward due to the impact of record-breaking extreme heat」

「In the retail industry, sales performance remained generally solid, particularly for food products, due to the impact of record-breaking extreme heat, although」

「The Group's sales of products to general consumers, which generate its revenue, may deviate from planned sales volumes due to adverse weather or extreme weather conditions, affecting its operating results. The Group has established internal emergency systems for disasters and other events, but a major earthquake, storm or flood, or other natural disaster could cause significant disruption to its business activities and affect the Group's operating results and other matters.」

「The Group's sales of products to general consumers, which generate its revenue, may deviate from planned sales volumes due to adverse weather or extreme weather conditions, affecting its operating results. The Group has established internal emergency systems for disasters and other events, but a major earthquake, storm or flood, or other natural disaster could cause significant disruption to its business activities and affect the Group's operating results and financial condition.」

「In the retail industry, although spending by visitors to Japan is slowing, general consumers remain strongly oriented toward low prices and thrift, and competition across industries and business formats is becoming increasingly intense.」