Turning the Other Businesses Profitable
First written in FY2016-Q4. 11 of 25 entries say "Reframed", first in FY2017. Latest entry: FY2026.
Cross Marketing Group moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2021, the same year as the typical company in this theme.
6 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「Revenue from external customers of this business was ¥16,670 million, up 33.1% year on year. ... Segment profit (operating profit) was ¥1,030 million, up 14.4%. The main factor was the increase in revenue.」
The digital marketing business, which includes the former other businesses, exceeded the previous year's levels in both revenue and segment profit, confirming higher revenue and profit for the full year. - FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「Revenue from external customers of this business was ¥6,366 million, up 24.6% year on year. Segment profit (operating profit) was ¥520 million, up 76.6%. The main factor was an increase in gross profit accompanying revenue growth.」
The digital marketing business, which includes the former other businesses, reported increases in both revenue and segment profit, continuing its recovery from the previous period of weak profit. - FY2024-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Revenue from external customers of this business was ¥7,720 million, up 12.8% year on year. In the media and promotion field, revenue increased year on year because of a recovery in order unit prices and the effect of newly consolidating 株式会社トキオ・ゲッツ, contributing to growth across the business. Segment profit (operating profit) was ¥564 million, up 26.4%. This was mainly due to reductions in selling, general and administrative expenses.」
The digital marketing business, which includes the former other businesses, reported higher revenue and profit as order unit prices recovered, the effect of newly consolidating a subsidiary emerged, and selling, general and administrative expenses were reduced. Segment profit increased 26.4% year on year. - FY2024-Q2ReframedAnnual report
「Segment profit (operating profit) for this business was ¥295 million, up 1.5%. Although the gross profit margin declined because of changes in the revenue mix, the main factor behind the increase in profit was the restraint of selling, general and administrative expenses.」
The digital marketing business, which includes the former other businesses, recovered from segment profit of ¥1 million in the previous quarter to ¥295 million and also reported a 1.5% year-on-year increase in profit. The restraint of selling, general and administrative expenses is cited as a factor behind the increase. - FY2024-Q1ReframedAnnual report
「Segment profit for this business was ¥1 million, down 99.2%. This was mainly because gross profit declined as a result of lower revenue and a decrease in the gross profit margin accompanying the expansion of relatively low-margin businesses.」
The digital marketing business, which includes the former other businesses, has changed from a consistently profitable business to one with a substantial decline in profit, accompanied by a lower gross profit margin resulting from the expansion of low-margin businesses. - FY2023-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Segment profit (operating profit) for this business was ¥446 million, down 42.2%. This was mainly due to a decline in gross profit accompanying lower revenue, as well as increases in selling, general and administrative expenses at newly consolidated subsidiaries.」
The digital marketing business, which includes the former other businesses, has continued to report lower profit because of lower revenue and increases in selling, general and administrative expenses at newly consolidated subsidiaries, among other factors. - FY2023-Q2ReframedAnnual report
「Net sales to external customers in the business were ¥4,600 million (down 9.2% year on year). Segment profit (operating income) was ¥290 million (down 44.8%).」
Under the disclosure for the digital marketing business, which includes the former other businesses, both revenue and segment profit were below the levels of the same period of the previous year. The business has changed from the previous post-integration phase of higher revenue and profit to lower revenue and profit. - FY2021ReframedAnnual report
「As a result, for the fiscal year, net sales were ¥4,501 million, and segment profit (operating income) was ¥364 million.」
Because the company is moving from disclosing the results of other businesses alone to disclosing the digital marketing business, which combines the IT solutions business and the promotion business, direct comparison with the former business alone is not possible. - FY2021-Q3ReframedAnnual report
「As a result, for the cumulative first quarter of the fiscal year, consolidated net sales were ¥2,266 million (up 86.5% year on year), and segment profit (operating income) was ¥286 million (up 218.4% year on year).」
The company moved from disclosing the results of other businesses alone to disclosing the digital marketing business, which combines the IT solutions business and the promotion business. The combined business has reported higher revenue and profit, but cannot be directly compared with the former other businesses alone. - FY2020ReframedAnnual report
「As a result, revenue from other businesses for the current consolidated fiscal year was ¥797 million, up 4.6% year on year, and segment profit (operating profit) was ¥103 million, down 2.3% year on year.」
Revenue from other businesses increased 4.6%, while segment profit declined 2.3% because of higher media placement unit prices, resulting in higher revenue but slightly lower profit. - FY2021-Q1ReframedAnnual report
「As a result, revenue from other businesses for the cumulative third quarter of the current consolidated fiscal year was ¥551 million, down 1.1% year on year, and segment profit (operating profit) was ¥71 million, down 9.0% year on year.」
Other businesses changed from the previous quarter's pattern of lower revenue but higher profit to lower revenue and lower profit this quarter. - FY2020-Q4ReframedAnnual report
「As a result, revenue from other businesses for the cumulative second quarter of the current consolidated fiscal year was ¥369 million, down 3.2% year on year, and segment profit (operating profit) was ¥82 million, up 54.9% year on year.」
While revenue from other businesses continued to decline, segment profit increased 54.9% year on year, continuing and strengthening the pattern of profit improvement despite lower revenue. - FY2020-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「As a result, revenue from other businesses for the cumulative first quarter of the current consolidated fiscal year was ¥190 million, down 8.4% year on year, and segment profit (operating profit) was ¥39 million, up 18.1% year on year.」
Other businesses reported lower revenue, but segment profit was ¥39 million, up 18.1% year on year, owing to gross margin management and a review of promotional expenses. - FY2019AdvancedAnnual report
「As a result, revenue from other businesses for the current consolidated fiscal year was ¥762 million, up 14.2% year on year, and segment profit (operating profit) was ¥106 million, up 80.2%.」
Revenue from other businesses increased 14.2% and segment profit increased 80.2%, with profitability improving over the full year through collaboration within the group, strengthening the sales organization and securing managed-service projects. - FY2020-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「As a result, revenue for the cumulative third quarter of the current consolidated fiscal year was ¥557 million, up 23.5% year on year, and segment profit (operating profit) was ¥78 million, up 212.5% year on year.」
Revenue from other businesses increased 23.5%, while segment profit rose 212.5% year on year to ¥78 million. - FY2019-Q4AdvancedAnnual report
「As a result, revenue from other businesses for the cumulative second quarter of the current consolidated fiscal year was ¥381 million, up 34.4% year on year, and segment profit (operating profit) was ¥53 million, compared with segment profit of ¥1 million in the same period of the previous year.」
Revenue from other businesses increased 34.4%, while segment profit also increased from ¥1 million in the same period of the previous year to ¥53 million. The improvement in profitability is attributed to securing managed-service projects and collaboration within the group. - FY2019-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「As a result, revenue from other businesses for the cumulative first quarter of the current consolidated fiscal year was ¥207 million, up 43.8% year on year, and segment profit (operating profit) was ¥33 million, compared with a segment loss of ¥10 million in the same period of the previous year.」
Other businesses changed from an operating loss of ¥10 million in the same period of the previous year to an operating profit of ¥33 million, while revenue also increased 43.8%. - FY2018-Q4ReframedAnnual report
「As a result, revenue for the cumulative second quarter of the current consolidated fiscal year was ¥284 million, down 12.8% year on year, and segment profit (operating profit) was ¥1 million, down 95.7% year on year.」
Other businesses returned to an operating profit of ¥1 million from the previous operating loss, while both revenue and profit declined year on year, with profit down 95.7%. - FY2018-Q3ReframedAnnual report
「As a result, revenue from other businesses for the cumulative first quarter of the current consolidated fiscal year was ¥144 million, down 9.7% year on year, and segment loss (operating loss) was ¥10 million, compared with segment profit of ¥31 million in the same period of the previous year.」
Other businesses changed from recording operating profit in the same period of the previous year to recording an operating loss. Business expansion through business alliances and other measures and front-loaded hiring are both described. - FY2017ReframedAnnual report
「Segment profit (operating profit) declined at 株式会社ディーアンドエム, where hiring is being promoted to support further growth. As a result, revenue from other businesses for the current consolidated fiscal year was ¥587 million, down 21.8% year on year, and segment profit (operating profit) was ¥30 million, down 59.8%.」
Other businesses remained profitable, securing operating profit of ¥30 million, while profit declined 59.8% because of recruitment costs incurred for growth. - FY2018-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「In this business, revenue increased substantially when the impact of excluding UNCOVER TRUTH, which operates the Web marketing business, from the scope of consolidation from the third quarter of the previous consolidated fiscal year onward is taken into account. Segment profit (operating profit) was higher than in the same period of the previous year, continuing the trend seen in the first half. As a result, revenue for the cumulative third quarter of the current consolidated fiscal year was ¥445 million, down 5.9% year on year, and segment profit (operating profit) was ¥32 million, up 65.8% year on year.」
Reported revenue declined because it includes the impact of excluding UNCOVER TRUTH from consolidation, but segment profit has continued to exceed the level of the same period of the previous year. - FY2017-Q4AdvancedAnnual report
「In this business, revenue increased compared with the same period of the previous year as a result of efforts focused on developing new customers. Segment profit (operating profit) was higher than in the previous year, in line with the increase in revenue. As a result, revenue for the cumulative second quarter of the current consolidated fiscal year was ¥325 million, up 13.3% year on year, and segment profit (operating profit) was ¥32 million, up 122.3% year on year.」
Other businesses remained profitable, with revenue up 13.3% year on year and segment profit of ¥32 million, up 122.3%, indicating a further improvement in profit levels since turning profitable. - FY2017-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In this business, revenue increased compared with the same period of the previous year as a result of efforts focused on developing new customers. Segment profit (operating profit) was higher than in the previous year, in line with the increase in revenue.」
Other businesses continued to report higher revenue from developing new customers and segment profit above the level of the same period of the previous year. - FY2017-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Segment profit (operating profit) was recorded as the increase in revenue continued, despite an operating loss in the same period of the previous year, as in the first half of the current fiscal year.」
Other businesses continued to report operating profit, having moved from an operating loss in the same period of the previous year. - FY2016-Q4First statedAnnual report
「Although the segment recorded an operating loss in the same period a year earlier, it posted operating income this quarter, as it had in the first quarter, driven by the increase in net sales.」
The segment posted operating income in the current period, compared with an operating loss in the same period a year earlier.