Intense Competition and Downward Price Pressure
First written in FY2016. 20 of 29 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2027-H1.
Mk Seiko moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2026, 7 years after the typical company in this theme (2019).
The whole theme swung hardest in 2026: 41 of 88 companies on the "Worse" side.
15 other companies' latest entry also says "Materialised".
- FY2027-H1MaterialisedAnnual report
「Construction safety equipment performed sluggishly due to intensified price competition.」
Intensified price competition emerged in actual performance as sluggish sales of construction safety equipment. - FY2026WorsenedAnnual report
「Sales of construction safety equipment fell below the previous fiscal year's level due to intensified price competition.」
Competition and downward price pressure emerged as a decline in sales performance for construction safety equipment. At the same time, differentiated products, a maintenance framework, and streamlining continue to be cited as countermeasures. - FY2025-H1RestatedAnnual report
「As competition with other hotel operators intensifies, the hotel business has worked to attract groups attending events and various sporting competitions.」
While competition with other hotel operators continues to intensify in the hotel business, efforts are being made to attract group customers attending events and sporting competitions. - FY2025-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Because the hotel business primarily serves business travelers, it has benefited little from inbound demand, while competition with other hotel operators is also intensifying.」
Reconfirmed that the hotel business, which is centered on business travelers, has received limited benefit from inbound demand and that competition with other hotel operators is intensifying. - FY2024RestatedAnnual report
「The Group faces intense competition in every market, and lower prices could affect its results.」
Reconfirmed intense competition and downward price pressure as continuing risks. - FY2024-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「Although lodging demand from business and leisure travelers is steadily recovering toward pre-pandemic levels, competition with other hotel operators, including new entrants, is intensifying.」
The lodging market is recovering, while competition with other industry players, including new entrants, was described as intensifying. - FY2023-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Moreover, amid an increasingly competitive market environment, rapid yen depreciation and soaring energy and raw material prices are affecting earnings, and the challenging business environment continues to allow little room for complacency.」
Reconfirmed the impact on profitability from intensified price competition and rising costs as continuing competitive and downward price pressures. - FY2023-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「Moreover, amid an increasingly competitive market environment, supply chain disruptions involving electronic components, rapid yen depreciation, and soaring energy and raw material prices have affected earnings, and the challenging situation continues.」
Price competition was described as intensifying, and its impact on profitability, together with supply chain disruptions, yen depreciation, and soaring energy and raw material prices, was explicitly stated. - FY2023-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「Moreover, amid an increasingly competitive market environment, supply chain disruptions involving electronic components, rapid yen depreciation, and soaring energy and raw material prices have affected earnings, and the challenging situation continues.」
Price competition was described as intensifying, with supply chain disruptions and rising costs also affecting profitability. - FY2022RestatedAnnual report
「The Group faces intense competition in every market, and lower prices could affect its results.」
Reconfirmed intense competition and downward price pressure as continuing risks. - FY2022-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「The industries related to the Group were forced to restrict sales activities due to restrictions on movement and the cancellation or scaling-back of various events. In addition, sluggish market growth and intense price competition continued, resulting in a difficult business environment.」
Reconfirmed the competitive environment, with stagnant market growth and intense price competition continuing. - FY2021-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In the consumer equipment segment, stay-at-home demand provided some support, but stagnant market growth and intense price competition continued, resulting in a challenging operating environment.」
While acknowledging some support from stay-at-home demand, reconfirmed that stagnant market growth and intense price competition continue. - FY2021-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「In the consumer equipment segment, stay-at-home demand provided some support, but stagnant market growth and intense price competition continued, resulting in a challenging operating environment.」
While stay-at-home demand provided some support, stagnant market growth and intense price competition continued. - FY2020RestatedAnnual report
「The consumer equipment segment continues to face a challenging operating environment, as it has been forced to contend with stagnant market growth and intense price competition with competitors.」
Reconfirmed stagnant market growth and intense price competition in the consumer equipment segment as continuing risks. - FY2020-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「The information equipment and consumer equipment segments continue to face a challenging operating environment due to stagnant market growth and intense price competition.」
Stagnant market growth and intense price competition continue in the information equipment and consumer equipment segments. - FY2020-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「In the industries related to our group, capital investment in the automotive equipment segment remained firm, but the information equipment and consumer equipment segments continued to face a challenging operating environment due to stagnant market growth and intense price competition.」
Stagnant market growth and intense price competition continue in the information equipment and consumer equipment segments. - FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「The information equipment and consumer equipment segments continue to face challenging conditions due to stagnant market growth and intense price competition.」
Reconfirmed stagnant market growth and price competition in the information equipment and consumer equipment segments as continuing competitive risks. - FY2019-Q3MaterialisedAnnual report
「In the hotel business, we are working to improve service quality based on customer needs, but the business environment remains challenging due to price competition. As a result, revenue fell 3.7% year on year to ¥132 million.」
The hotel business continued to face a challenging environment due to price competition, and revenue fell 3.7% year on year. - FY2019-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「The hotel business has worked to improve service quality based on customer needs, but the difficult environment caused by price competition has continued.」
Reconfirmed the continued price competition in the hotel business. - FY2019-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「The information equipment and consumer equipment segments faced a challenging operating environment due to stagnant market growth and intense price competition.」
Reconfirmed the continued stagnation in market growth and intense price competition in the information equipment and consumer equipment segments. - FY2018MaterialisedAnnual report
「However, increasingly severe price competition has made it difficult to secure profitability.」
Price competition was described as having emerged in overall performance not merely as an external risk, but as increased difficulty in securing profitability. - FY2018-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Other businesses comprise the operation of the Nagano Linden Plaza Hotel in Nagano City, insurance agency services, and real estate management and leasing. In the hotel business, we are working to improve service quality based on customer needs, but the business environment remains challenging due to price competition, in addition to new openings by competing hotels. As a result, revenue fell 6.7% year on year to ¥138 million.」
Amid continued new openings by competing hotels and price competition, revenue from the hotel business fell 6.7% year on year. - FY2018-Q2MaterialisedAnnual report
「In the hotel business, we are working to improve service quality based on customer needs, but the business environment remains challenging due to price competition, in addition to new openings by competing hotels. As a result, revenue fell 9.8% year on year to ¥92 million.」
New openings by competing hotels and price competition continued in the hotel business, resulting in a 9.8% year-on-year decline in revenue. - FY2018-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「In the industries related to the Group's businesses, capital investment remained firm in the automotive equipment field, but the information equipment and consumer equipment fields continued to face a challenging business environment marked by sluggish market growth and intense price competition.」
Stagnant market growth and intense price competition continue in the information equipment and consumer equipment segments. - FY2017RestatedAnnual report
「The Group faces a challenging competitive environment in every market, and lower prices could affect its performance. It recognizes that developing high-value-added differentiated products, including one-of-a-kind products, and improving cost competitiveness through productivity gains in each division, including production streamlining, are key challenges.」
Reconfirmed intense competition and downward price pressure, citing higher-value-added products and productivity improvements as countermeasures. - FY2017-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「The operating environment was difficult, with price competition against domestic and overseas competitors continuing in the information equipment and lifestyle equipment fields.」
Price competition with domestic and overseas competitors continued in information equipment and lifestyle equipment. - FY2017-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Small-format displays for general retail stores struggled due to the continuing effects of price competition.」
The disclosure stated that continuing price competition affected sales of small-format displays in the information equipment business. - FY2017-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「The operating environment was difficult, with intense price competition continuing in the information equipment and lifestyle equipment fields.」
Intense price competition continued in information equipment and lifestyle equipment. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「The Group faces intense competition in every market, and lower prices could affect its results.」
The company cited high-value-added differentiated products and productivity improvements to enhance cost competitiveness as countermeasures.