Optimizing the market for existing brand businesses and monetizing the platform business through the transition to a holding company structure

「共同株式移転の効力発生後には、組織再編手続きを実行することを通じて、中間持株会社は、株式会社TSI、株式会社ワールド・ブランズ、株式会社ワールド・ソリューションズの３社とする予定であり、株式会社ワールド・ブランズについては、株式会社ワールドへの社名変更を検討しております。」

「The reporting segments have changed from the former Brand Business, Digital Business and Platform Business to B2C Business and B2B Business. This reflects the fact that the business characteristics, success factors and key management indicators differ between maximizing brand value and profitability, which is the aim of B2C Business, and accelerating growth by expanding the solutions pursued by B2B Business. The change is intended to establish governance structures and resource allocation appropriate for each business.」

「報告セグメントは、従来の「ブランド事業」「デジタル事業」「プラットフォーム事業」から、「B2C事業」及び「B2B事業」に変更しております。」

「The shares of B2C-related subsidiaries held by the Company (the parent company) will be transferred to ㈱ワールド・ブランズ, an intermediate holding company for this business area. In addition, by consolidating with that company the management functions previously performed by the Company, including human resources, planning and administration, and business management, the Group aims to integrate the B2C business's capital (shares) and functions (management guidance), thereby speeding up decision-making and strengthening business competitiveness.」

「Common Division consists of the Group Management Headquarters, which comprises corporate staff; the Brand Business Headquarters, which includes the Creative Management Center, overseeing improvements in product freshness and software development across the Group, and the Digital Retail Promotion Office, which promotes the development and operation of next-generation OMO stores and DCX; and the Digital Solutions Business Headquarters, which develops and operates the Group's information and logistics systems, among others. In September 2025, the Corporate Strategy Office was newly established to promote activities aimed at implementing key strategies shared across the Group.」

「At the beginning of the current fiscal year, some of the sewing factory operating companies focused primarily on internal sales changed from Platform Business to Brand Business, with the aim of improving profitability through end-to-end vertical integration of Brand Business, from apparel planning and development through production.」

「As ㈱ワールドインダストリーファブリック, ㈱ワールドインダストリーニット, ㈱センワ and ㈱フレンチブルー changed from Platform Business to Brand Business as a result of the organizational restructuring dated 1 March 2024, the segment information for the first quarter of the previous consolidated fiscal year has been disclosed based on the reporting segment classifications following that restructuring.」

「As the Neo Economy Unit (belonging to ㈱ワールド) changed from Digital Business to Common Division as a result of the organizational restructuring dated 1 April 2023, the segment information for the first quarter of the previous consolidated fiscal year has been disclosed based on the reporting segment classifications following that restructuring.」

「Established on 1 April 2022, ㈱ワールドプラットフォームサービス has business management functions essential to building the revenue model for Platform Business, as well as marketing and consulting functions for external companies (clients).」

「㈱ワールドアンバー has changed from the wholesale business within Brand Business to the Lifestyle Platform within Platform Business. From the first quarter of the current consolidated fiscal year, it is developing a business focused on proposal-based wholesale of miscellaneous goods and other products through collaboration with other consolidated subsidiaries classified within the Lifestyle Platform, rather than wholesale of women's and men's apparel. In addition, ㈱アスプルンド, which operates a B2B business offering a broad range of lifestyle proposals through the planning, development and production, as well as import and sale, of furniture, has changed from the domestic lifestyle brands within Brand Business to the Lifestyle Platform within Platform Business following the Group's organizational restructuring carried out during the first quarter of the current consolidated fiscal year.」

「The Group's reporting segments comprise 4 categories: Brand Business, Digital Business, Platform Business and Common Division.」

「From the first quarter of the current consolidated fiscal year, the reporting segment business categories have been changed to 3 businesses and 1 division: Brand Business, Digital Business, Platform Business and Common Division.」

「In the previous consolidated fiscal year, the segment business categories comprised 4 businesses: Brand Business, Investment Business, Digital Business and Platform Business. From the first quarter of the current consolidated fiscal year, these have been changed to 3 businesses and 1 division: Brand Business, Digital Business, Platform Business and Common Division, to improve the clarity of disclosure and information and further strengthen the business execution structure.」

「For the current consolidated fiscal year, the Group has four business segments: Brand Business, Investment Business, Digital Business and Platform Business. From the following consolidated fiscal year, however, it will change the segment structure to Brand Business, Digital Business, Platform Business and Common Division to further strengthen its business execution structure.」

「In addition to its existing brand and platform businesses, the Group newly established investment and digital businesses as segments. Specifically, in the digital business, it began providing external companies with a digital platform being upgraded through systems investment, while in the investment business it began initiatives such as making Tin Pan Alley Co., Ltd., which operates used select shops, a subsidiary.」

「In addition to beginning to sell externally a platform previously used within the Group, the Group has promoted the development of different business models centered on M&A and digital initiatives, and shifted to a business holding company structure effective 1 April 2017 to strengthen its competitiveness.」

「Our Group will move to a holding-company structure for the following purposes: (1) optimizing the market positioning of the existing brand business by responding flexibly to market changes, including reallocating the business portfolio, and further improving and optimizing the different profit structures of each business format; and (2) accelerating monetization of the platform business by developing business models for the diverse platforms built over many years, from production and sales to various business services, and strengthening competitiveness.」