Store Network Expansion and Regional Development
First written in FY2016. 18 of 37 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2017-Q2. Latest entry: FY2026.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2025: 1 of 7 companies on the "Worse" side.
5 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「In March 2026, the company relocated and reopened Yellow Hat Chikusei Shimodate in Chikusei, Ibaraki Prefecture, formerly Yellow Hat Shimodate.」
The company relocated and reopened a Yellow Hat store in Chikusei, Ibaraki Prefecture, continuing to reallocate its store network. - FY2026-H1SoftenedAnnual report
「At the end of the interim period, we had 124 stores in total, down 1 year on year: 90 Yellow Hat stores; 6 TSUTAYA stores, down 2; 8 Up Garage stores; 3 Car Seven stores; 6 Daiso stores; 5 lottery-ticket outlets; 1 Komeda Coffee store; 4 Chateraise stores; and 1 KAITORI DAIKICHI store, up 1.」
While the new Kaitori Daikichi format had 1 store, TSUTAYA decreased by 2 stores year on year, and the total store count was 124, down 1 year on year. - FY2025Organizing the store-opening strategy into multiple categoriesAnnual report
「A. M&A strategy, including the acquisition of franchise stores operated by other companies B. Multi-format store-opening strategy centered on Yellow Hat stores C. Dominant store-opening strategy」
The company disclosed its approach to expanding and reallocating the store network by organizing it into 3 strategic categories: M&A, multi-format openings and dominant openings. - FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「In May 2024, the company opened Chateraise Minamisoma in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture; the grand opening was held in June. It also relocated and reopened Daiso Minamisoma Haramachi, formerly Daiso Haramachi, within the same store. In June, it relocated and newly built and opened Yellow Hat Takahagi Inter, formerly Yellow Hat Takahagi, in Takahagi, Ibaraki Prefecture, and opened a new Chateraise Kakuda store in Kakuda, Miyagi Prefecture; the grand opening was held in July. In July, the operation of UP GARAGE Akita in Akita, Akita Prefecture, was transferred to UP GARAGE GROUP Co.,Ltd., and UP GARAGE Miyagi Furukawa was newly opened in Osaki, Miyagi Prefecture.」
The company opened Chateraise stores in Minamisoma and Kakuda, relocated and newly built a Yellow Hat store in Takahagi, relocated a Daiso store in Minamisoma, and opened a new UP GARAGE store in Osaki, expanding the store network to 125 stores. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「In February 2024, the company opened the new-build relocated Yellow Hat Sendai Rokuchonome store in Wakabayashi Ward, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, to improve convenience for local residents. In March, it relocated and opened UP GARAGE Sendai at the site of the former Yellow Hat Sendai Rokuchonome store, and relocated and reopened its Koriyama store in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, changing its name from Yellow Hat Festa Koriyama to Yellow Hat Koriyama Nishinouchi.」
The company relocated and newly built a Yellow Hat store in Sendai Rokuchonome, relocated an UP GARAGE store to the former store site, and relocated and renamed the Koriyama store. This was a reallocation of stores intended to improve local convenience rather than a net increase from new openings, and the period-end store count was 123, down 1 from the previous fiscal year-end. - FY2024-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「The main facility plans newly finalized during the cumulative third quarter are as follows.」
Facility plans for Yellow Hat stores in Sendai and Takahagi and an UP GARAGE store in Osaki continued to progress, with total planned investment of ¥1,343.7 million and completion scheduled from February through June 2024. Amounts already paid increased to ¥298.1 million, ¥212.539 million and ¥194.301 million, respectively. - FY2024-Q2Closures coexisting with future store-opening and capital investment plansAnnual report
「The TSUTAYA Yamato-machi store in Wakabayashi Ward, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, was closed in August 2023. At the end of the second quarter, the store network comprised 123 stores: 90 Yellow Hat stores, 8 TSUTAYA stores, down 1 year on year, 8 UP GARAGE stores, 3 Car Seven stores, 6 Daiso stores, 5 lottery-ticket outlets, 1 Komeda Coffee store and 2 Chateraise stores, up 1 year on year. Reporting company Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture Yellow Hat Store facilities (Note 2) 475,000 152,900 Internal funds Borrowings August 2023 February 2024 Takahagi, Ibaraki Prefecture Yellow Hat Store facilities (Note 3) 468,900 109,900 Internal funds Borrowings November 2023 June 2024 Osaki, Miyagi Prefecture UP GARAGE Store facilities (Note 4) 399,800 87,500 Internal funds Borrowings November 2023 May 2024」
While the closure of a TSUTAYA store reduced the total number of stores, new capital investment plans were finalized for Yellow Hat stores in Sendai and Takahagi and an UP GARAGE store in Osaki, with completion scheduled from February through June 2024. - FY2024-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「We held the grand opening of our second Chateraise store, Chateraise Tsukidate, in Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture, in April 2023; the pre-opening was held in March of the same year. At the end of the first quarter, we had 124 stores in total, up 2 year on year: 90 Yellow Hat stores; 9 TSUTAYA stores; 8 Up Garage stores; 3 Car Seven stores; 6 Daiso stores, up 1; 5 lottery-ticket outlets; 1 Komeda Coffee store; and 2 Chateraise stores, up 1.」
Following the grand opening of Chateraise Tsukidate in Kurihara, the company reconfirmed a total store network of 124 stores. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「In April 2022, the company opened Chateraise Minami-Sendai in Taihaku Ward, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. In August of the same year, it relocated and newly built Yellow Hat Haramachi across the road in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, and opened a new Daiso store on the second floor of the same building. In March 2023, it opened Chateraise Tsukidate in Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture, its second Chateraise store; the grand opening was held in April of the same year. At fiscal year-end, the store network comprised 124 stores: 90 Yellow Hat stores, 9 TSUTAYA stores, 8 UP GARAGE stores, 3 Car Seven stores, 6 Daiso stores, up 1 from the previous fiscal year, 1 Komeda Coffee store, 2 Chateraise stores, up 2, and 5 lottery-ticket outlets.」
In addition to the openings and relocation in Minami-Sendai and Haramachi, the company opened Chateraise Tsukidate in Kurihara, expanding the store network to a total of 124 stores. - FY2023-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「We opened the Chateraise Minami-Sendai store in Taihaku-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, in April 2022. In August of the same year, we newly relocated the Yellow Hat Haramachi store in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, to a newly constructed building across the road and opened a Daiso store on the second floor. At the end of the third quarter, we had 123 stores in total, up 2 year on year: 90 Yellow Hat stores; 9 TSUTAYA stores; 8 Up Garage stores; 3 Car Seven stores; 6 Daiso stores, up 1; 5 lottery-ticket outlets; 1 Komeda Coffee store; and 1 Chateraise store, up 1.」
The company reconfirmed a total network of 123 stores following the opening of Chateraise Minami-Sendai, the new-build relocation of Yellow Hat Haranomachi and the opening of Daiso Haranomachi, all reported in the previous quarter. - FY2023-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「We opened the Chateraise Minami-Sendai store in Taihaku-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, in April 2022. In August of the same year, we newly relocated the Yellow Hat Haramachi store in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, to a newly constructed building across the road and opened a Daiso store on the second floor. At the end of the second quarter, we had 123 stores in total, up 2 year on year: 90 Yellow Hat stores; 9 TSUTAYA stores; 8 Up Garage stores; 3 Car Seven stores; 6 Daiso stores, up 1; 5 lottery-ticket outlets; 1 Komeda Coffee store; and 1 Chateraise store, up 1.」
The company opened a new Chateraise store, relocated and newly built Yellow Hat Haranomachi, and opened a new Daiso store, increasing the total number of stores from 122 in the previous quarter to 123. - FY2023-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「We opened the Chateraise Minami-Sendai store in Taihaku-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, in April 2022. At the end of the first quarter, we had 122 stores in total, up 2 year on year: 90 Yellow Hat stores, up 1; 9 TSUTAYA stores; 8 Up Garage stores; 3 Car Seven stores; 5 Daiso stores; 5 lottery-ticket outlets; 1 Komeda Coffee store; and 1 Chateraise store, up 1 year on year.」
The opening of a new Chateraise store in Taihaku Ward, Sendai, expanded the store network to a total of 122 stores. - FY2022-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Filing company Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, Haramachi-ku Yellow Hat/Daiso Store facilities 380,000 184,279 Internal funds and borrowings April 2022 Undecided」
Newly finalized facility plans were established for Yellow Hat and Daiso stores in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture. Total planned investment was ¥380 million, with work scheduled to begin in April 2022. - FY2022-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「We opened the Daiso Tagajo store in Tagajo, Miyagi Prefecture, in June 2021 and the Yellow Hat Kitakami Inter store in Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture, in July of the same year. At the end of the second quarter, we had 121 stores in total, up 4 year on year: 90 Yellow Hat stores, up 2; 9 TSUTAYA stores; 8 Up Garage stores, up 1; 3 Car Seven stores; 5 Daiso stores, up 3; 5 lottery-ticket outlets; and 1 Komeda Coffee store.」
New Daiso Tagajo and Yellow Hat Kitakami Inter stores were opened in Tagajo and Kitakami, respectively. Yellow Hat had 90 stores, Daiso had 5 stores, and the total number of stores was 121. - FY2022-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「We opened the Daiso Tagajo store in Tagajo, Miyagi Prefecture, in June 2021. At the end of the first quarter, we had 120 stores in total, up 3 year on year: 89 Yellow Hat stores, up 1; 9 TSUTAYA stores; 8 Up Garage stores, up 1; 3 Car Seven stores; 5 Daiso stores, up 3; 5 lottery-ticket outlets; and 1 Komeda Coffee store.」
The opening of Daiso Tagajo in Tagajo increased the total number of stores from 119 to 120. Daiso had 5 stores, up 3 year on year. - FY2021AdvancedAnnual report
「The Sega World Furukawa store in Osaki, Miyagi Prefecture, was closed in September 2020. In November of the same year, the company opened UP GARAGE Aizu Inter in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, and Daiso Furukawa Bypass in Osaki, Miyagi Prefecture. In March 2021, UP GARAGE Sendai Natori in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, was relocated to a second-floor warehouse in the same building, and Yellow Hat Natori Minami was opened on the first floor. Daiso Mizusawa was opened in Oshu, Iwate Prefecture. Jiyu Kukan Tagajo in Tagajo, Miyagi Prefecture, was closed to change its business format to Daiso.」
New stores were opened, stores were relocated and business formats were changed in multiple regions, resulting in a network of 119 stores, including 89 Yellow Hat stores and 4 Daiso stores. - FY2021-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「We closed the Sega World Furukawa store in Osaki, Miyagi Prefecture, in September 2020 and opened the Up Garage Aizu Inter store in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, and the Daiso Furukawa Bypass store in Osaki, Miyagi Prefecture, in November of the same year. At the end of the third quarter, we had 118 stores in total, up 1 year on year: 88 Yellow Hat stores; 9 TSUTAYA stores; 8 Up Garage stores, up 1 year on year; 3 Car Seven stores; 3 Daiso stores, up 1 year on year; 1 Jiyu Kukan store; 5 lottery-ticket outlets; and 1 Komeda Coffee store.」
Following the closure of the Sega business and the transition to new business formats and stores, the company added 1 UP GARAGE store and 1 Daiso store, bringing the total to 118 stores. - FY2021-Q2Shift from expanding the store network to restructuring involving changes in business formatsAnnual report
「The Sega World Furukawa store in Osaki, Miyagi Prefecture, was closed in September 2020. At the end of the second quarter, the store network comprised 116 stores, down 1 year on year: 88 Yellow Hat stores, 9 TSUTAYA stores, 7 UP GARAGE stores, 3 Car Seven stores, 2 Daiso stores, 1 Jiyu Kukan store, 5 lottery-ticket outlets and 1 Komeda store. Company name Location Segment Facilities Planned investment Funding Scheduled start and completion Reporting company Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture UP GARAGE Store facilities (Note 2) 28,000 11,000 Internal funds and borrowings August 2020 November 2020 Osaki, Miyagi Prefecture Other (Daiso) Store facilities (Note 3) 20,000 － Internal funds and borrowings October 2020 November 2020」
The closure of the Sega World Furukawa store reduced the store count from 117 to 116, while new specific plans were disclosed for UP GARAGE facilities in Aizuwakamatsu and Daiso facilities in Osaki, both scheduled for completion in November 2020. - FY2021-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「There were no store openings or closures during the first quarter. At the end of the first quarter, we had 117 stores in total: 88 Yellow Hat stores, up 1 year on year; 9 TSUTAYA stores; 7 Up Garage stores, up 1 year on year; 3 Car Seven stores; 2 Daiso stores; 1 Jiyu Kukan store; 5 lottery-ticket outlets; 1 Komeda Coffee store, up 1 year on year; and 1 Sega store.」
There were no store openings or closures during the quarter, and the company maintained a network of 117 stores, including 88 Yellow Hat stores and 1 Komeda Coffee store. - FY2020ReframedAnnual report
「① As a community-based megafranchisee, the company has adopted a store-opening strategy focused on attracting customers efficiently, starting with automotive-parts sales and media rentals. To capture synergies across its businesses, it continuously gathers M&A information, site information and other data from a wide range of sources.」
In addition to its track record of expanding its store network, the company explicitly describes its collection of M&A and site information and its store-opening strategy focused on synergies across businesses. - FY2020-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「We closed the TSUTAYA Tago store in Miyagino-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, in July 2019. In September of the same year, we opened new Yellow Hat Rifu, TSUTAYA Rifu and Komeda Coffee Rifu stores in Rifu, Miyagi District, Miyagi Prefecture. At the end of the third quarter, we had 117 stores in total: 88 Yellow Hat stores, up 1 year on year; 9 TSUTAYA stores; 7 Up Garage stores; 3 Car Seven stores; 2 Daiso stores; 1 Jiyu Kukan store; 5 lottery-ticket outlets; 1 Komeda business store, up 1 year on year; and 1 Sega store.」
Following the closure of the TSUTAYA Tago store and the opening of 3 stores in Rifu, the company had a total network of 117 stores, including 88 Yellow Hat stores and 1 Komeda business store. - FY2020-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「The TSUTAYA Tago store in Miyagino Ward, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, was closed in July 2019. In September of the same year, new Yellow Hat Rifu, TSUTAYA Rifu and Komeda Coffee Rifu stores were opened in Rifu, Miyagi District, Miyagi Prefecture. At the end of the second quarter, the store network comprised 117 stores: 88 Yellow Hat stores, up 1 year on year; 9 TSUTAYA stores; 7 UP GARAGE stores; 3 Car Seven stores; 2 Daiso stores; 1 Jiyu Kukan store; 5 lottery-ticket outlets; 1 Komeda business store, up 1 year on year; and 1 Sega store.」
While the TSUTAYA Tago store was closed, new Yellow Hat, TSUTAYA and Komeda Coffee stores were opened in Rifu, increasing the total number of stores from 115 to 117. - FY2020-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「There were no store openings or closures during the cumulative first quarter. At the end of the first quarter, the store network comprised 115 stores: 87 Yellow Hat stores, 9 TSUTAYA stores, 7 UP GARAGE stores, 3 Car Seven stores, 2 Daiso stores, 1 Jiyu Kukan store, 5 lottery-ticket outlets and 1 Sega store.」
There were no store openings or closures, and the total of 115 stores at period-end maintained the scale of the previous fiscal year-end. - FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「In June 2018, we acquired the Yellow Hat Ishioka store in Ishioka, Ibaraki Prefecture, from 東神電池工業㈱. At the end of the fiscal year, we had 115 stores in total: 87 Yellow Hat stores, up 1 from the previous fiscal year-end; 9 TSUTAYA stores; 7 Up Garage stores; 3 Car Seven stores; 2 Daiso stores; 1 Jiyu Kukan store; 5 lottery-ticket outlets; and 1 Sega store.」
Confirms the store composition following the acquisition of the Ishioka store and the full-year total of 115 stores. - FY2019-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Filing company Rifu, Miyagi District, Miyagi Prefecture Yellow Hat/TSUTAYA/Other Store facilities 450,000 112,226 Internal funds and borrowings March 2019 August 2019」
A new store facilities plan in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture, was finalized. The planned investment was ¥450,000 thousand, with work scheduled to begin in March 2019 and be completed in August 2019, setting out a concrete facilities plan to expand the store network. - FY2019-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「In June 2018, we acquired the Yellow Hat Ishioka store in Ishioka, Ibaraki Prefecture, from 東神電池工業㈱. At the end of the second quarter, we had 115 stores in total: 87 Yellow Hat stores, up 2 year on year; 9 TSUTAYA stores; 7 Up Garage stores; 3 Car Seven stores; 2 Daiso stores; 1 Jiyu Kukan store; 5 lottery-ticket outlets; and 1 Sega store.」
Reiterates the acquisition of the Ishioka store and the total of 115 stores, confirming the scale following the store-network expansion reported in the previous quarter. - FY2019-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「In June 2018, we acquired the Yellow Hat Ishioka store in Ishioka, Ibaraki Prefecture, from 東神電池工業㈱. At the end of the first quarter, we had 115 stores in total: 87 Yellow Hat stores, up 2 year on year; 9 TSUTAYA stores; 7 Up Garage stores; 3 Car Seven stores; 2 Daiso stores; 1 Jiyu Kukan store; 5 lottery-ticket outlets; and 1 Sega store.」
Acquired the Yellow Hat Ishioka store, bringing the number of Yellow Hat stores to 87, up 2 year on year, and the total number of stores from 114 to 115. - FY2018AdvancedAnnual report
「In March 2018, we opened the Yellow Hat Date Hobara store in Date, Fukushima Prefecture. At the end of the fiscal year, we had 114 stores in total: 86 Yellow Hat stores, up 1 from the previous fiscal year-end; 9 TSUTAYA stores; 7 Up Garage stores; 3 Car Seven stores; 2 Daiso stores; 1 Jiyu Kukan store; 5 lottery-ticket outlets; and 1 Sega store.」
The new store opening in Date, Fukushima Prefecture, increased the number of Yellow Hat stores by 1 and the total number of stores from 113 to 114. - FY2018-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「There were no store openings or closures during the second quarter. At the end of the second quarter, we had 113 stores in total: 85 Yellow Hat stores; 9 TSUTAYA stores; 7 Up Garage stores; 3 Car Seven stores; 2 Daiso stores; 1 Jiyu Kukan store; 5 lottery-ticket outlets; and 1 Sega store.」
There were no store openings or closures, and the filing reconfirms the store composition by business and the period-end total of 113 stores. - FY2018-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「There were no store openings or closures during the first quarter. At the end of the first quarter, we had 113 stores in total: 85 Yellow Hat stores; 9 TSUTAYA stores; 7 Up Garage stores; 3 Car Seven stores; 2 Daiso stores; 1 Jiyu Kukan store; 5 lottery-ticket outlets; and 1 Sega store.」
There were no store openings or closures, and the period-end store count was 113 in total. - FY2017RestatedAnnual report
「At the end of the fiscal year, we had 113 stores in total: 85 Yellow Hat stores; 9 TSUTAYA stores; 7 Up Garage stores; 3 Car Seven stores; 2 Daiso stores; 1 Jiyu Kukan store; 5 lottery-ticket outlets; and 1 Sega store.」
No increase in the total number of stores through new openings was reported; the filing confirms 113 stores at period-end and the store composition by business. - FY2017-Q3SoftenedAnnual report
「At the end of the third quarter, we had 113 stores in total: 85 Yellow Hat stores; 9 TSUTAYA stores, down 1 year on year; 7 Up Garage stores; 3 Car Seven stores; 2 Daiso stores; 1 Jiyu Kukan store; 5 lottery-ticket outlets; and 1 Sega store.」
The period-end store count was 113 in total, with TSUTAYA down 1 store year on year. - FY2017-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「In August 2016, as part of a scrap-and-build strategy, we closed the TSUTAYA Okino store in Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai, and opened the TSUTAYA Sendai Arai store in the same ward in September. At the end of the second quarter, we had 114 stores in total: 85 Yellow Hat stores; 10 TSUTAYA stores, including Tsutaya Bookstore, a consolidated subsidiary; 7 Up Garage stores; 3 Car Seven stores; 2 Daiso stores; 1 Jiyu Kukan store; 5 lottery-ticket outlets; and 1 Sega store.」
Implemented a scrap-and-build strategy by closing the TSUTAYA Okino store and opening the largest TSUTAYA store in the same region, TSUTAYA Sendai Arai. The total number of stores was 114. - FY2017-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「There were no store openings or closures during the first quarter. At the end of the first quarter, we had 114 stores in total: 85 Yellow Hat stores, up 1 year on year; 10 TSUTAYA stores, including Tsutaya Bookstore, a consolidated subsidiary; 7 Up Garage stores, up 1; 3 Car Seven stores; 2 Daiso stores; 1 Jiyu Kukan store; 5 lottery-ticket outlets; and 1 Sega store.」
There were no new store openings or closures during the quarter, and the period-end store count remained at 114. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「In April 2015, we opened 1 Yellow Hat store each in Motomiya, Fukushima Prefecture, and Azumino, Nagano Prefecture, and withdrew from the Gulliver business, comprising 3 stores, following the termination of the franchise agreement. From May of the same year, we began the Car Seven business with 3 stores, opened 1 Yellow Hat store in Ueda, Nagano Prefecture, in July, and opened 1 Up Garage store in Akita, Akita Prefecture, in September.」
Describes new store openings, relocations and business launches in multiple regions, together with store counts.