Selection and focus in product strategy
First written in FY2016. 13 of 32 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2018-Q1. Latest entry: 2026-10-22.
1 other company's latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2027-H1RestatedAnnual report
「With respect to our merchandise policy, we will continue to strengthen our diverse procurement channels and improve our overall procurement capabilities, while continuing to develop specialty-store formats. In October, we plan to open a specialty trading-card store inside the 買取王国 Komaki store.」
The company is continuing to strengthen its diverse procurement channels and overall procurement capabilities and develop specialty-store formats, and plans to open a specialty trading-card store inside the 買取王国 Komaki store. - 2026-07-14AdvancedEarnings
「With respect to our merchandise policy, we continued strengthening diverse procurement routes to raise our company-wide procurement capability, while further refining our specialization and working together across the company to develop stores that customers choose.」
The company continues to strengthen diverse procurement routes while developing stores chosen by customers through a focus on specialization. - FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「With respect to our merchandise policy, we are continuing to strengthen diverse procurement routes to raise the Group-wide procurement capability, while accelerating the shift to specialized formats.」
In addition to managing the existing product portfolio, the Company explicitly identifies strengthening diverse sourcing channels and shifting to specialised business models as central product-policy initiatives. - FY2026-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「In our product policy, we have continued to strengthen diverse sourcing channels and improve our overall sourcing capabilities, while making substantial progress in developing specialised store formats. As part of this initiative, we fully renovated 買取王国高畑店, a 買取王国 general reuse store in Nakagawa-ku, Nagoya, and reopened it as a specialist hobby store on 13 June 2025.」
In addition to continuing to strengthen product sourcing capabilities, the Company fully renovated 買取王国高畑店 and opened it as a specialist hobby store, making its development of specialised store formats more specific. - FY2025ReframedAnnual report
「For merchandise handled, we will further strengthen fashion and hobby products, beginning with tools, which have high growth potential; maintain branded goods and trading cards; and develop home appliances and household goods by applying 良品買館’s expertise.」
The Company has updated its product portfolio categories, positioning tools, fashion and hobby products as strengthening targets, brands and trading cards as maintenance targets, and consumer electronics and household goods as development targets using the expertise of 良品買館. - FY2025-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「Regarding revenue, fashion, hobby products and tools, our main product categories, all grew steadily as a result of enhancing the sales floors, offsetting the decline in trading card sales, which fell sharply due to market conditions, and revenue exceeded the same period of the previous year. The gross margin improved as the sales mix changed.」
The Company states that fashion, hobby products and tools grew as a result of enhancing the sales floors, while trading cards declined due to market conditions, but total revenue exceeded the same period of the previous year and the gross margin also improved. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「In addition, trading cards grew significantly after we strengthened the category across all stores in our general reuse format.」
The Company strengthened trading cards across all stores in its general reuse format, and sales increased significantly to 177.1% of the same period of the previous year. - FY2024-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「In addition, for trading cards as a supplementary product category, we have gradually begun to see results from introducing TAY TWO CO.,LTD.'s trading card AI scanning system "TAYS (テイズ)" at 22 stores.」
Regarding efforts to strengthen trading card sales, the number of stores with TAYS implemented increased from the previous 11 to 22, and the Company states that it has begun to see results from the implementation. - FY2023-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「We will continue to focus on reviewing the in-store purchasing system and aim to improve efficiency. As part of this initiative, we are progressively introducing TAY TWO CO.,LTD.'s trading card AI scanning system "TAYS (テイズ)." As of the end of November 2022, 11 stores had completed implementation.」
As a measure to strengthen the purchasing and handling of trading cards, the number of stores that had completed TAYS implementation increased from the previous 7 to 11. - FY2023-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「In our product policy, we are working to strengthen our overall product sourcing capabilities. We will continue to focus on reviewing our in-store purchasing system and aim to improve efficiency. As part of this initiative, we entered into a business alliance with TAY TWO CO.,LTD. and began introducing its trading card AI scanning system "TAYS (テイズ)." As of the end of August, 7 stores had completed implementation.」
In addition to reviewing the in-store purchasing system, implementation of TAYS through the business alliance with TAY TWO CO.,LTD. has progressed, with implementation completed at 7 stores as of the end of August. - FY2023-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「As part of this initiative, we entered into a business alliance with TAY TWO CO.,LTD. and introduced the trading card AI scanning system "TAYS (テイズ)." Going forward, we will determine which products to grow together and work to strengthen the alliance.」
For trading cards in the product portfolio, the Company is moving to strengthen its handling through a business alliance and the introduction of an AI scanning system. - FY2022ReframedAnnual report
「Regarding the products we handle, we will focus on tools, which have high growth potential, as well as fashion, hobby products and brands, as areas to pursue aggressively, maintain smartphones and household goods, and develop trading cards and consumer electronics.」
The Company has revised the pursue, maintain and develop categories in its product portfolio, positioning trading cards and consumer electronics as development targets and smartphones and household goods as maintenance targets. - FY2021RestatedAnnual report
「Regarding the products we handle, we will focus on tools, which have high growth potential, as an area to pursue aggressively, thoroughly maintain fashion, hobby products and brands, among others, and develop consumer electronics, smartphones and household goods.」
The Company continues its product portfolio policy of prioritising tools, maintaining fashion, hobby products and brands, among others, and developing consumer electronics, smartphones and household goods. - FY2020ReframedAnnual report
「Regarding the products we handle, we will focus on fashion, hobby products and tools, which have high growth potential, as areas to pursue aggressively, thoroughly maintain brands, trading cards and outlet clothing, and develop consumer electronics, smartphones and household goods.」
While continuing the pursue, maintain and develop product classification, the Company has positioned tools as a high-growth priority product and included household goods among its development targets. - FY2020-Q3ReframedAnnual report
「Regarding the products we handle, we have focused on fashion, hobby products and tools, which account for a high proportion of sales, thoroughly maintained brands, trading cards and outlet clothing, and promoted operational standardisation in our store policy. In particular, to expand the number of stores, we are building a standardisation system so that anyone can purchase, sell and manage tools. As a result, store openings lagged behind the initial plan.」
The consumer electronics, smartphones and household goods previously listed as development targets are not included this time. The focus is now on pursuing fashion, hobby products and tools, and building a standardisation system for tools. - FY2020-Q2Making the tools strategy more specificAnnual report
「Regarding the products we handle, we will focus on fashion, hobby products and tools, which account for a high proportion of sales, as areas to pursue aggressively, thoroughly maintain brands, trading cards and outlet clothing, and develop consumer electronics, smartphones and household goods. In particular, for tools, we will build a standardisation system so that anyone can purchase and sell them.」
In addition to the existing pursue, maintain and develop product portfolio policy, the Company has presented a specific measure to build a standardisation system for tools. - FY2020-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Regarding the products we handle, we have focused on fashion, hobby products and tools, which account for a high proportion of sales, thoroughly maintained brands, trading cards and outlet clothing, and developed consumer electronics, smartphones and household goods.」
The Company continues its product portfolio policy of prioritising fashion, hobby products and tools, maintaining brands and other products, and developing consumer electronics, smartphones and household goods under the pursue, maintain and develop framework. - FY2019-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In our product policy, we have focused on fashion, hobby products and tools, which account for a high proportion of sales, thoroughly maintained brands, trading cards and outlet clothing, and developed consumer electronics, mobile phones and household goods.」
The Company continues its product portfolio policy of prioritising fashion, hobby products and tools, maintaining brands and other products, and developing consumer electronics, mobile phones and household goods. - FY2019-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「In our product policy, we will focus on fashion, hobby products and tools, which account for a high proportion of sales, as areas to pursue aggressively, thoroughly maintain brands, trading cards and outlet clothing, and develop consumer electronics, smartphones and household goods.」
The Company continues its product portfolio policy of prioritising fashion, hobby products and tools, maintaining brands and other products, and developing consumer electronics, smartphones and household goods. - FY2019-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「In our product policy, we have focused on fashion, hobby products and tools, which account for a high proportion of sales, as areas to pursue aggressively, thoroughly maintained brands, trading cards and outlet clothing, and developed consumer electronics, smartphones and household goods.」
The Company continues its product portfolio policy of prioritising fashion, hobby products and tools, maintaining brands and other products, and developing consumer electronics, smartphones and household goods. - FY2018ReframedAnnual report
「Regarding the products we handle, we will establish priorities and clearly define what to pursue, maintain and develop. We will focus on fashion, hobby products and tools, which account for a high proportion of sales, as areas to pursue aggressively, thoroughly maintain brands, trading cards and outlet clothing, and develop consumer electronics, smartphones and household goods.」
While continuing to classify products as pursue, maintain and develop, the Company has positioned tools as an area to pursue aggressively and consumer electronics, smartphones and household goods as development targets. - FY2018-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Regarding revenue, sales at existing stores remained firm because fashion and hobby products, our core merchandise, as well as consumer electronics and tools, which we recently began to emphasise, performed well.」
The Company states that the effects of its product policy, centred on fashion and hobby products and including consumer electronics and tools, where it has begun to focus efforts, have remained firm at existing stores. - FY2018-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「Regarding revenue, sales at existing stores have remained firm because fashion and hobby products, our core merchandise, as well as consumer electronics and tools, which we recently began to emphasise, have performed well. However, revenue fell below the same period of the previous fiscal year as a result of scrapping underperforming stores in the previous fiscal year.」
The Company states that, in addition to consumer electronics, which had previously been a development target, it is also focusing on tools, both of which have performed well at existing stores. - FY2017ReframedAnnual report
「Regarding the products we handle, we will establish priorities and clearly define what to pursue, maintain and develop. We will focus on fashion and hobby products, which account for a high proportion of sales, as areas to pursue aggressively, thoroughly maintain brands, trading cards and outlet clothing, and develop women's fashion, tools, consumer electronics and household goods.」
The previous selectivity and concentration strategy has been made more specific by classifying products according to priorities: pursue, maintain and develop. - FY2017-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In our product policy, we clarified our selectivity and concentration strategy, reduced floor space for CDs, DVDs, books and TV game packaged media, where the market is shrinking significantly, and proceeded to convert that space to fashion and hobby products, which account for a high proportion of sales.」
The Company continues its selectivity and concentration strategy, reducing floor space for products in shrinking markets and converting it to fashion and hobby products. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「Regarding the products we handle, we will define selectivity and concentration more clearly, focusing on fashion and hobby products, which account for a high proportion of sales, while improving the accuracy of purchasing through buybacks, strengthening purchasing promotions and thoroughly managing the freshness of products displayed in stores.」
The Company plans to focus its merchandise offering on fashion and hobby products while strengthening purchasing and product-freshness management.