Expansion of Direct Purchasing Channels from Customers
First written in FY2016-Q2. 32 of 35 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2016-Q3. Latest entry: 2026-10-05.
10 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- 2026-10-05AdvancedEarnings
「We opened Nerima store as a standalone purchase outlet in June 2026, and Edogawa store and Moriguchi-Dainichi store in August.」
Opened 3 standalone purchase outlets, expanding direct procurement channels from customers. - FY2026-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「In addition to opening 3 vehicle-purchase stores alongside newly opened stores, we opened the Ueda and Adachi stores as standalone vehicle-purchase stores.」
Three attached and 2 standalone vehicle-purchase stores were opened, expanding direct procurement channels from customers. - 2026-04-06AdvancedEarnings
「In addition, we opened 1 purchase outlet adjacent to a newly opened store and Ueda store as a standalone purchase outlet.」
Opened 1 purchase outlet adjacent to a newly opened store and 1 standalone purchase outlet. - FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「In addition to opening 2 vehicle-purchase stores alongside newly opened stores, we opened the Kamata and Showabashi stores as standalone vehicle-purchase stores, together with the Tokushima store, the group's first store in Tokushima Prefecture.」
Two attached and 3 standalone vehicle-purchase stores were opened, expanding direct procurement channels from customers. - FY2024-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「We opened 2 vehicle-purchase stores alongside newly opened stores.」
Two vehicle-purchase stores were added alongside newly opened stores, expanding direct procurement channels from customers. - FY2024-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「In addition to opening 3 vehicle-purchase stores alongside newly opened stores, we opened the Nishiakashi store as a standalone vehicle-purchase store.」
Three attached and 1 standalone vehicle-purchase store were opened, expanding direct procurement channels from customers. - FY2023-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「In addition to opening 5 vehicle-purchase stores alongside newly opened stores, we opened the Fujiidera, Ageo and Kitami stores as standalone vehicle-purchase stores.」
Five attached and 3 standalone vehicle-purchase stores were opened, expanding direct procurement channels from customers. - FY2023-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「In addition to opening 3 vehicle-purchase stores alongside newly opened stores, we opened the Saga Hokubu Bypass store, the group's first store in Saga Prefecture, together with the Hamamatsu Jidoshagaitori, Isahaya, Toyota Higashi and Kushiro stores as standalone vehicle-purchase stores.」
Three attached and 5 standalone vehicle-purchase stores were opened, expanding direct procurement channels from customers. - FY2023-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「In addition to opening 4 vehicle-purchase stores alongside newly opened and existing stores, we opened the Kyoto Fushimi and Kurashiki stores as standalone vehicle-purchase stores.」
Four attached and 2 standalone vehicle-purchase stores were opened, expanding direct procurement channels from customers. - FY2022AdvancedAnnual report
「Through active expansion of this business, we have sought to increase the proportion of vehicles sourced directly from customers and develop diversified procurement channels that do not depend on auctions. Like the maintenance and insurance agency businesses, this business is important to acquiring lifetime customers and maximizing the used-car business cycle, so we plan to continue investing capital in it.」
The company opened 19 attached and 14 standalone vehicle-purchase stores, increasing direct procurement and diversifying sourcing channels. It also indicated that capital investment in the vehicle-purchase business would continue. - FY2022-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「In addition to opening 2 vehicle-purchase stores alongside newly opened stores, we opened the Yaizu, Koriyama, Hofu and Hitachi stores as standalone vehicle-purchase stores.」
Two attached and 4 standalone vehicle-purchase stores were opened, expanding direct procurement channels from customers. - FY2022-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「In addition to opening 7 vehicle-purchase stores alongside newly opened stores, we opened the Kodaira, Konosu, Togitsu, Shizuoka, Obihiro and Kobe-Kita stores as standalone vehicle-purchase stores.」
Seven attached and 6 standalone vehicle-purchase stores were opened, expanding direct procurement channels from customers. - FY2022-Q1Explicitly identified the contribution of vehicle purchases and trade-insAnnual report
「Although the gross profit margin increased by 0.7 percentage points due to an increase in the number of vehicles sold sourced through purchases and trade-ins, the application of the revenue recognition accounting standards and other changes reduced the gross profit margin by 0.8 percentage points.」
The increase in sales sourced through vehicle purchases and trade-ins was explicitly identified as a factor driving the higher gross profit margin. - FY2021AdvancedAnnual report
「Through active expansion of this business, we have sought to increase the proportion of vehicles sourced directly from customers and develop diversified procurement channels that do not depend on auctions. Like the maintenance and insurance agency businesses, this business is important to acquiring lifetime customers and maximizing the used-car business cycle, so we plan to continue investing capital in it.」
The company plans to continue investing capital in the vehicle-purchase business while expanding direct procurement from customers. - FY2021-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「In addition to opening 2 vehicle-purchase stores alongside newly opened stores, we opened the Katsushika store in Tokyo and the Hiroshima Misasa store in Hiroshima Prefecture, the group's first store there, in July 2021, followed by the Ikebukuro store in Tokyo in August.」
Two attached and 3 standalone vehicle-purchase stores were opened, expanding direct procurement channels from customers. - FY2021-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「In addition to opening 4 vehicle-purchase stores alongside newly opened stores, we opened the Nagakute Green Road, Hamamatsu, Akishima, Saitama Chuo and Ishioka stores as standalone vehicle-purchase stores.」
Four attached and 5 standalone vehicle-purchase stores were opened, expanding direct procurement channels from customers. - FY2021-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「We opened the Iwaki store in Fukushima Prefecture in February 2021 as a standalone vehicle-purchase store.」
The standalone Iwaki vehicle-purchase store was opened in Fukushima Prefecture, expanding direct procurement channels from customers. - FY2020RestatedAnnual report
「Through active expansion of this business, we have sought to increase the proportion of vehicles sourced directly from customers and develop diversified procurement channels that do not depend on auctions.」
The company continued its policy of increasing direct procurement from customers and developing non-auction sourcing channels. - FY2020-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「We opened 3 vehicle-purchase stores alongside existing stores.」
Three vehicle-purchase stores were opened alongside existing stores, expanding direct procurement channels from customers. - FY2020-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「In addition to opening 1 vehicle-purchase store alongside an existing store, we opened the Tomigusuku store as a standalone vehicle-purchase store.」
One attached and one standalone vehicle-purchase store were opened, expanding direct procurement channels from customers. - FY2020-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「We opened 2 vehicle-purchase stores alongside existing stores.」
Two vehicle-purchase stores were opened alongside existing stores, expanding direct procurement channels from customers. - FY2019AdvancedAnnual report
「Through active expansion of this business, we have sought to increase the proportion of vehicles sourced directly from customers and develop diversified procurement channels that do not depend on auctions.」
The company continued efforts to increase direct procurement, opening 11 attached vehicle-purchase stores and 7 standalone locations. - FY2019-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「In addition to opening 4 vehicle-purchase stores alongside existing stores, we opened the Kasukabe store in July 2019 and the Konandai store in August 2019 as standalone vehicle-purchase stores.」
Four attached vehicle-purchase stores and 2 standalone stores were opened in July and August 2019, expanding direct procurement channels. - FY2019-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, our group invested capital in vehicle-inspection and maintenance facilities and the vehicle-purchase business to improve profitability and capture more opportunities to provide services. In January 2019, we opened UNIVERSE Nagoya as a large dealership specializing exclusively in imported cars, and opened 2 standalone vehicle-purchase stores alongside existing stores.」
Capital investment in the vehicle-purchase business continued, alongside the opening of a large imported-car dealership and 2 attached vehicle-purchase stores in January 2019. - FY2018AdvancedAnnual report
「Through active expansion of this business, we have sought to increase the proportion of vehicles sourced directly from customers and develop diversified procurement channels that do not depend on auctions.」
The company continued actively expanding the vehicle-purchase business to increase direct procurement from customers. - FY2018-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「In addition to opening 3 vehicle-purchase stores alongside existing stores, we opened the Nishio store as a standalone vehicle-purchase store.」
The company opened 3 attached vehicle-purchase stores and the standalone Nishio vehicle-purchase store, expanding direct procurement channels from customers. - FY2018-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「We opened 3 standalone vehicle-purchase stores alongside existing stores.」
Three vehicle-purchase stores were opened alongside existing stores, further expanding direct procurement channels from customers. - FY2018-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, our group invested capital in vehicle-inspection and maintenance facilities and the vehicle-purchase business to improve profitability and capture more opportunities to provide services. We opened the Hikone and Kariya stores as comprehensive stores in January 2018, and opened 5 standalone vehicle-purchase stores alongside existing stores.」
Capital investment in the vehicle-purchase business continued, with 5 standalone vehicle-purchase stores opened alongside existing stores in January 2018. - FY2017AdvancedAnnual report
「We have continued to actively expand the vehicle-purchase business, seeking to increase the proportion of vehicles sourced directly from customers and develop diversified procurement channels that do not depend on auctions.」
The company continued expanding direct procurement and non-auction sourcing channels, including 11 vehicle-purchase stores attached to existing stores. - FY2017-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, our group opened the Amagasaki vehicle-purchase store alongside an existing store in June 2017, followed in August 2017 by the Saitama Toda and SUV LAND Kobe vehicle-purchase stores, with the aim of reducing reliance on auctions for procurement and maximizing profits.」
A total of 3 vehicle-purchase stores were opened in June and August 2017, continuing the expansion of direct procurement from customers. - FY2017-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「We have also been actively opening stores to reduce our reliance on auctions for vehicle procurement, and in April 2017 we opened the SUV LAND Chiba vehicle-purchase store alongside an existing store.」
SUV LAND Chiba vehicle-purchase store was opened in April 2017 to reduce reliance on auctions. - FY2017-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, our group opened the Kumamoto store in January 2017 as a large comprehensive store, seeking to secure vehicle-inspection bookings and expand the vehicle-purchase business. We also opened Volvo Car Sakai and Volvo Car Toyama as authorized imported-car dealerships to expand the new-car sales business.」
The opening of the Kumamoto store expanded the vehicle-purchase business and continued the rollout of procurement locations supporting direct sourcing from customers. - FY2016AdvancedAnnual report
「During the fiscal year, we actively expanded our purchasing-store network, seeking to increase the proportion of vehicles sourced directly from customers and developed for sale, while establishing diverse procurement channels that do not depend on auctions.」
The Company’s policy and progress in increasing the proportion of vehicles sourced directly from customers through the active opening of purchasing stores was described. - FY2016-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「As purchasing stores, we opened 3 stores in Aichi Prefecture and 1 store in Gifu Prefecture alongside existing stores in May 2016, followed by 1 additional store in Aichi Prefecture in July 2016, for a total of 5 stores.」
A total of 5 purchasing stores were opened alongside existing stores in Aichi and Gifu prefectures, demonstrating concrete progress toward expanding direct purchasing channels from customers. - FY2016-Q2First statedAnnual report
「Securing new procurement channels is a major challenge for the Company, which relies on auto auctions for vehicle sourcing. Against this backdrop, dedicated purchasing stores, which enable vehicles to be sourced directly from customers, are highly significant. Going forward, we plan to invest management resources not only in stores attached to existing locations but also in standalone purchasing stores.」
Dependence on auto auctions was identified as a challenge, and investment in direct purchasing through both co-located and standalone stores was outlined.