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Full-scale entry into the beauty appliances business and conversion of Japan Gals into a wholly owned subsidiary

First written in FY2024-Q1. 7 of 9 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2024-Q2. Latest entry: FY2026.

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ProgressHeldSoftenedWorseAdvancedFY2024-Q2 – 2026-08-142023: 120232024: 220242025: 220252026: 42026
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  1. FY2026AdvancedAnnual report

    「株式会社ジャパンギャルズ had previously operated by dividing manufacturing and sales functions within its group. Through this merger, it will absorb its sales subsidiary, 株式会社ジャパンギャルズSC, thereby establishing an integrated structure from manufacturing through sales.」

    Following the absorption of ジャパンギャルズSC effective 1 January 2026, the beauty business is establishing an integrated structure from manufacturing through sales and advancing the elimination of duplication, cost reductions and faster product development.
  2. FY2026-H1AdvancedAnnual report

    「株式会社ジャパンギャルズ had previously operated by dividing manufacturing and sales functions within its group. Through this merger, it will absorb its sales subsidiary, 株式会社ジャパンギャルズSC, thereby establishing an integrated structure from manufacturing through sales. This will enable the effective use of human resources, funds and information across the Group, cost reductions by improving operational efficiency and eliminating duplication in administrative functions, and the promotion of product development and sales strategies that quickly reflect customer needs.」

    ジャパンギャルズ absorbed ジャパンギャルズSC effective 1 January 2026, progressing its beauty business toward an integrated structure from manufacturing through sales, cost reductions from eliminating duplication, and faster product development and sales.
  3. FY2025AdvancedAnnual report

    「The consolidated subsidiary ジャパンギャルズ newly began selling beauty appliances such as facial lifters and hair dryers. It also focused on expanding the number of wholesale customer stores carrying beauty masks containing skin-whitening ingredients, with the aim of increasing sales.」

    The entry into the beauty field through the acquisition of ジャパンギャルズ progressed to the launch of beauty appliance sales and the expansion of wholesale customers for beauty masks.
  4. FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report

    「The Company also launched the new beauty brand BRUNO BEAUTY and began selling its first products: the EMS facial device Warm & Cool EMS Facial Lift and the medicated whitening beauty mask Medicated Shiratama Whitening Sheet Mask.」

    The entry into the beauty field through the acquisition of ジャパンギャルズ progressed to the launch of BRUNO BEAUTY and the sale of specific products.
  5. FY2024AdvancedAnnual report

    「In the lifestyle goods manufacturing and wholesale business for the home, ジャパンギャルズ exceeded the plan, while domestic sales in the Company's wholesale business declined year on year because kitchen appliance sales failed to grow following the reversal of COVID-related special demand.」

    The Company explained that ジャパンギャルズ's post-acquisition business exceeded the plan, indicating that its entry into the beauty-related field has progressed to the stage of being incorporated into consolidated results.
  6. FY2024-Q2AdvancedAnnual report

    「In the lifestyle goods manufacturing and wholesale business for the home, sales exceeded the plan at the subsidiary ジャパンギャルズ. However, domestic sales in the Company's wholesale business declined among customers focused on e-commerce sales and customers with specialty stores as stay-at-home demand eased.」

    The Company explained that ジャパンギャルズ's business exceeded the plan in the cumulative second-quarter period, indicating that post-acquisition business performance can now be assessed.
  7. FY2024-Q1First statedAnnual report

    「During the cumulative first quarter period, our Group (the Company and its affiliated companies) acquired all shares of 株式会社ジャパンギャルズ, a company with extensive experience in the manufacture and sale of beauty appliances, and made it a consolidated subsidiary on 31 July 2023, with the aim of entering the beauty-appliance field. The Group will now make a full-scale entry into this field.」

    The Company made ジャパンギャルズ, which has extensive experience in manufacturing and selling beauty appliances, a wholly owned subsidiary as of 31 July 2023, and identified full-scale entry into the beauty appliance field as a new business area. The acquisition cost was ¥3,000 million, and ジャパンギャルズ and its 3 subsidiaries have been included in the scope of consolidation since the acquisition.
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  2. 1Strengthening the development of products with strong sales potential and narrowing the range of items developed6×
  3. 2Pursuit of the Optimal Sales Channel and Product Mix Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic5×
  4. 3Expanding e-commerce sales4×
  5. 4Development of New Sales Channels for Kitchen and Travel Products4×
  6. 5Excess inventory caused by misjudging demand4×
  7. 6Dependence on borrowings and funding risk4×

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