Improving profit margins through sales-price revisions
First written in FY2016. 9 of 19 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2021-Q3. Latest entry: FY2026.
Jichodo moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2026, 1 year after the typical company in this theme (2025).
The whole theme swung hardest in 2025: 5 of 36 companies on the "Worse" side.
0 other companies' latest entry also says "Reframed".
- FY2026ReframedAnnual report
「For the upcoming autumn/winter selling season, purchase prices continue to rise due to recent surges in material and energy prices, making it difficult to maintain prices through the company's own efforts alone. The company therefore decided to raise prices for products shipped from 1 October 2026.」
While prices continued to be held unchanged during the spring/summer selling season, the company shifted to raising prices for core products from shipments on 1 October 2026 due to rising costs. - FY2026-H1ReframedAnnual report
「When production of footwear resumed, prices for some products were increased for orders received from 21 October 2025. However, although production costs for the core uniform products continue to rise due to higher energy and raw material prices, the company strategically decided to forgo a price increase and keep prices unchanged for the current autumn/winter selling season to support the sales agents that sustain the industry.」
The pricing policy has shifted from uniform price increases to a product-by-product approach: prices for some footwear products are being raised, while prices for core uniform products are being kept unchanged to support sales agents. - FY2025RestatedAnnual report
「To support the sales agents that sustain the industry and revitalize the industry as a whole, the company is keeping selling prices unchanged while other companies in the industry continue to raise prices.」
Even amid rising costs, the company continued throughout the full fiscal year with the strategic decision to keep prices unchanged that it had announced for the first half of the previous fiscal year, citing support for sales agents as the reason for its pricing policy. - FY2025-H1ReframedAnnual report
「Production costs continue to trend upward due to higher material and energy prices and the ongoing depreciation of the yen. However, taking into account the deteriorating environment faced by the sales agents that support the workwear industry amid successive price increases across the industry, the company strategically decided to forgo a price increase and keep prices unchanged for the current autumn/winter selling season.」
The focus of the pricing strategy has shifted from improving profit margins through conventional price increases to strategically keeping prices unchanged in consideration of the environment surrounding sales agents. - FY2024RestatedAnnual report
「Following the October 2022 increase, the company raised prices for products shipped from October 2023 for the second consecutive year, addressing higher production costs resulting from soaring material and energy prices and working to secure profits.」
Following the October 2022 increase, the company also raised prices for products shipped from October 2023, continuing to address rising costs and secure profits. - FY2024-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Following the October 2022 increase, the company raised prices for products shipped from October 2023 for the second consecutive year, addressing higher production costs resulting from the yen's depreciation and working to secure profits.」
Following the October 2022 increase, the company also raised prices for products shipped from October 2023, continuing to address higher production costs and secure profits. - FY2024-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the group raised prices for products shipped from October 2023, marking the second consecutive year of price increases, to address higher production costs resulting from multiple increases in the prices of product materials and the yen's depreciation.」
As a response to rising costs, the company implemented selling-price increases for products shipped from October 2023, marking the second consecutive year of increases. - FY2024-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「Although purchase prices were rising, gross profit improved from the same quarter of the previous year due in part to the price increases, reaching ¥876 million, up 23.4% year on year.」
It describes the effect of the selling-price revisions implemented from October 2022: operating profit increased 23.4% year on year as gross profit margin improved despite rising purchase prices. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「To address higher procurement costs resulting from soaring raw material prices and the yen's depreciation, the company raised prices for uniform products in October 2022, medical and care wear in February 2023, and some summer products in April, working to improve profit margins.」
Following workwear and medical and care wear, the company extended price increases to some summer products and continued to improve profit margins through price revisions. - FY2023-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Following the October 2022 revision of workwear prices, the company revised prices for medical and care wear from February 2023, working to improve profit margins that had deteriorated due to cost increases such as higher raw material and energy prices.」
Following workwear, the company extended selling-price revisions to medical and care wear from February 2023, working to improve profit margins that had deteriorated due to higher costs. - FY2023-Q2AchievedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the group raised selling prices for products shipped from October 2022 to address cost increases, including higher prices for product materials such as fabric and zippers, the rapid depreciation of the yen and higher logistics costs.」
It states that the selling-price increase planned in the previous filing was implemented for products shipped from October 2022. - FY2023-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「To address cost increases, including higher raw material and purchase prices resulting from the rapid depreciation of the yen and higher logistics costs, the company decided to raise selling prices for products shipped from October 2022 and worked to explain and publicize the changes to sales agents and users.」
As a response to rising costs, the company finalized selling-price increases for products shipped from October 2022 and proceeded to explain and publicize them to sales agents and users. - FY2022AdvancedAnnual report
「To address rising raw material and logistics costs, higher resource and energy prices, and higher purchase prices resulting from the yen's depreciation, the company revised selling prices from October 2022 for the first time in 7 years」
As a response to rising costs, the company indicated plans to implement a selling-price revision from October 2022, the first such revision in 7 years. - FY2022-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「The company worked to secure profits by limiting clearance sales and taking other measures.」
Separate from selling-price revisions, it specifies concrete sales-management measures to secure profits by limiting clearance sales. - FY2021AdvancedAnnual report
「Under the Jawin and Z-DRAGON brands, sales grew steadily after the company revised prices, particularly for popular compression products, to align them with market prices.」
It states that market-aligned price revisions under the Jawin and Z-DRAGON brands led to sales growth for both brands. - FY2021-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Following the Jawin brand, the company also revised the prices of some spring/summer products under the Z-DRAGON brand to align them with market prices from this spring/summer selling season, working to further expand orders.」
The company expanded the scope of market-aligned price revisions from Jawin to Z-DRAGON and is working to expand orders. - FY2021-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「The company performed well after revising the prices of some products, particularly compression wear, to align them with market prices.」
It continues to describe measures to increase sales through market-aligned price revisions for some products and the resulting strong performance. - FY2020ReframedAnnual report
「Sales grew strongly as a result of cutting prices on some products, particularly compression wear, to align them with market prices.」
The price revisions are described as a measure intended not only to improve profit margins but also to align prices with the market and expand sales. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「The company revised selling prices and worked to improve profit margins.」
It implemented price revisions as a means of improving gross and overall profit margins.