Securing Gross Profit and Sales Opportunities through Business-Specific Measures

「In its principal Yellow Hat business, the company is planning to convert stores into designated vehicle inspection facilities to improve customer convenience and further expand earnings. It is proceeding with the conversion of 4 existing stores during the fiscal year ending March 2027, while encouraging employees to obtain mechanic qualifications and focusing on education that promotes personal development.」

「In its principal Yellow Hat business, the company focused on expanding vehicle inspections and service sales, while strengthening member acquisition by actively promoting web-based service bookings, including through app members, and worked to improve operating efficiency. The increase in web-based service bookings stabilized customer visits and sales progressed favorably, but profits were substantially below the same period of the previous year, mainly because higher tire procurement prices increased the cost of sales.」

「The company has focused mainly on expanding tire sales through face-to-face customer service and expanding vehicle inspection services by promoting the conversion of stores into designated vehicle inspection facilities.」

「The company has focused mainly on expanding tire sales and vehicle inspection services through face-to-face customer service.」

「In the Yellow Hat business, the company focused on member acquisition and sales of car maintenance services centered on vehicle inspections to restore customer visits, which had declined during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, due to sluggish consumer spending on winter products, including the main seasonal product, winter tires, as a result of the mild winter, as well as lower selling prices, sales remained broadly flat during the cumulative third quarter, while the gross margin deteriorated.」

「In the Up Garage business, net sales remained broadly flat, but operating profit improved for the cumulative second quarter as we focused on improving the gross margin through a review of the earnings structure and other measures. As a result, for the cumulative second quarter, net sales were ¥452 million, down 0.2% year on year, and segment profit (operating profit) was ¥4 million, up 38.2%.」

「In the TSUTAYA business, sales were weak in the cumulative first-quarter period because of sluggish DVD rental and sell-through sales and shortened operating hours following a review of the operating structure. In the Up Garage business, the company focused on improving gross margins by reviewing its earnings structure and taking other measures, but sales and operating profit were both broadly flat in the cumulative first-quarter period.」

「The company introduced comic-book rentals at all stores and began handling new miscellaneous products, including cosmetics, to improve and increase gross margins. However, performance was weak, partly because no core titles, mainly books, were released.」

「In its principal Yellow Hat business, sales progressed favorably during the cumulative third quarter, partly because tire-related sales remained strong due to repeated price increases and the resulting rush demand, while gross profit improved as the company focused on sales of car maintenance services such as vehicle inspections.」

「Tire sales remained strong due to repeated price increases and the resulting rush demand, while gross profit also improved as the company focused on sales of vehicle inspections and other car-maintenance services.」

「In the TSUTAYA business, the company introduced comic-book rentals to improve gross margins. However, performance was weak in the cumulative first-quarter period, partly because no core titles, mainly books, were released.」

「At existing stores, gross margin improved as the company focused on vehicle inspections and other car-maintenance services. However, sales declined due to the reaction to increased demand resulting from the special fixed benefit payments made during the same period of the previous fiscal year, decreases in customer numbers and average selling prices due to the spread of COVID-19, the decline in domestic new-vehicle sales and other factors, including lower demand for tires and dashcams.」

「In the company's core Yellow Hat business, gross margin improved as the company focused on vehicle inspections and other car-maintenance services. However, sales declined because sales of hobby and leisure products stagnated following the reaction to increased demand resulting from the special fixed benefit payments made during the same period of the previous fiscal year.」

「The Up Garage business will maintain highly fluid inventory management to keep the sales floor fresh, including for used automotive products. As part of this process, the company will strengthen its purchase of used automotive products and work to increase sales opportunities.」

「Continuing from the previous fiscal year, the company has strengthened car maintenance services and expanded its house-card membership base, centered on vehicle inspections, while focusing on securing stable profits unaffected by climate change.」

「In its principal Yellow Hat business, the company continued from the previous fiscal year to strengthen car maintenance services and expand its house-card membership base, centered on vehicle inspections, while focusing on securing stable profits unaffected by climate change.」

「As in the previous fiscal year, the company continued to strengthen vehicle inspections and expand car-maintenance services and house-card memberships to secure stable profits unaffected by climate change. It also focused on sales of winter tires ahead of the tax increase, and sales remained strong.」

「The company continues and further develops the strategy used in the previous fiscal year to secure stable profits unaffected by weather.」

「In the company's core Yellow Hat business, it has focused on securing stable profits unaffected by climate change by strengthening vehicle inspections and expanding car-maintenance services and house-card memberships. It has also displayed large volumes of winter tires to maximize sales opportunities during snowfall.」

「In its principal Yellow Hat business, the company has strengthened car maintenance services centered on vehicle inspections and expanded its house-card membership base, while focusing on securing stable profits unaffected by climate change.」

「The company has focused on strengthening car maintenance services and expanding its house-card membership base, centered on vehicle inspections, to secure stable profits unaffected by climate change.」

「1. In the Yellow Hat business, the company will strengthen the following initiatives to secure gross profit: • Increase related tire sales and oil-change volumes by strengthening efforts to secure vehicle inspections. • Strengthen labor revenue from polymer coating, bodywork and other car-maintenance services. 2. In the TSUTAYA business, the company will strengthen its book assortment and sales to improve customer convenience. 3. In the Up Garage business, the company will strengthen purchases of used car accessories and increase sales opportunities by securing inventory that meets customer needs. 4. In its other businesses, the company will increase sales opportunities by enhancing its product assortment and other offerings.」

「In its principal Yellow Hat business, the company has focused on securing stable, climate-independent profits by strengthening the acquisition of vehicle inspections, increasing related tire sales and oil-change volumes, and expanding labor revenue from car maintenance services such as polymer coatings and bodywork.」

「The company has focused on securing stable, weather-independent profits by strengthening efforts to obtain vehicle inspections, increasing related tire sales and oil-change volumes, and increasing labor revenue from polymer coating, bodywork and other car-maintenance services. It has also focused on strengthening the assortment and sales of books, its core offering, to improve customer convenience and repeat-purchase rates. In the Up Garage business, it strengthened purchases of used car accessories and focused on securing inventory that meets customer needs, with sales progressing steadily.」

「1. In the Yellow Hat business, the company will strengthen the following initiatives to secure gross profit: • Increase related tire sales and oil-change volumes by strengthening efforts to secure vehicle inspections. • Strengthen labor revenue from polymer coating, bodywork and other car-maintenance services. 2. In the TSUTAYA business, the company will strengthen its book assortment and sales to improve customer convenience. 3. In the Up Garage business, the company will strengthen purchases of used car accessories and increase sales opportunities by securing inventory that meets customer needs. 4. In its other businesses, the company will increase sales opportunities by enhancing its product assortment and other offerings.」