Establishing new-area businesses as a pillar through next-generation business development
First written in FY2021. 7 of 9 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2022-Q1. Latest entry: FY2025.
103 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「We are promoting the following key initiatives with the aim of becoming a company that supports DX in retail stores by combining a portfolio of the world's highest-quality products with a software platform.」
The company is giving concrete form to its new business areas as a core business by providing a software platform, store DX, and solutions for the retail, financial services and food-service industries. - FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「This is intended to accelerate the creation and realization of the new customer experiences sought by the market through faster decision-making on the business strategies of both companies and the complementary integration of their resources and assets, while expanding the DX solutions business to help address social issues such as labor shortages and make a greater contribution to society.」
Through the additional acquisition of Showcase Gig and its conversion into a consolidated subsidiary, the company is pursuing customer experience, responses to labor shortages, and DX solutions for restaurants and retail stores as specific growth initiatives in its new business areas. - FY2024-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「We regard this acquisition as a highly important strategic step for our Group. By adding Flooid to our Group, we believe we can enhance our existing portfolio of solutions for the retail market and expand our sources of revenue through a SaaS (Software as a Service) model.」
The next-generation business development strategy is taking concrete shape around adding Flooid's cloud-based retail solutions, enhancing existing retail solutions and expanding SaaS-based revenue sources. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「In the self-service kiosk business, capitalizing on the digital transformation of fast-food restaurants and other businesses in Europe and North America, we will focus on further expanding overseas sales, mainly through the Acrelec Group. We will also aggressively market the jointly developed self-order kiosk, the FGK Series, in Japan by leveraging our existing sales network.」
In its new business areas, the company is pursuing overseas sales expansion for Acrelec and domestic sales of the FGK Series as specific initiatives. It has also launched products and services including mirAI-EYE, the CI-X Series and UBIQULAR. - FY2023-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「From the third quarter of the current consolidated fiscal year, 株式会社Showcase Gig was included in the scope of application of the equity method following the acquisition of additional shares.」
To expand its new business areas, the company made an additional investment in Showcase Gig and made it an equity-method affiliate. - FY2022-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「We have been working to expand the payments market in order to establish a new business area. To accelerate this business further, we have decided to transfer all shares in viafintech held by us to paysafecard, one of the global leaders in the payments market, and simultaneously enter into a partnership agreement with paysafecard.」
In the payments business, the company transferred all shares in viafintech GmbH and entered into a partnership agreement with paysafecard, recording a gain on the transfer of ¥4,582 million. It is giving concrete form to its existing business vision by pursuing it through collaboration with a partner. - FY2022-Q2ReframedAnnual report
「We have been working to expand the payments market in order to establish a new business area. To accelerate this business further, we have decided to transfer all shares in viafintech held by us to paysafecard, one of the global leaders in the payments market, and simultaneously enter into a partnership agreement with paysafecard.」
For the payments business, the company is restructuring its approach by transferring its wholly owned viafintech business and seeking to realize its business vision sooner through a partnership agreement with paysafecard. - FY2022-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「The performance of the Acrelec Group, which operates businesses related to self-service kiosks, has recovered to near pre-pandemic levels.」
It states that the Acrelec Group's performance in the self-service kiosk business, one of the new business areas, has recovered to near pre-pandemic levels. - FY2021First statedAnnual report
「Under this policy, the company will make maximum use of its strengths, including its customer base and technology, to expand sales of businesses with strong synergies with its core businesses, such as kiosk services, the data management platform (DMP) and electronic payments pursued under the 2020 Medium-Term Management Plan, and establish them as a new pillar of the business. For its biometric and image recognition and robotics businesses, it will use its domestic sales capabilities and distribution channels to pursue business expansion and monetization.」
Kiosks, DMP, electronic payments, biometric and image recognition, and robotics have been organized as new-area businesses, with specific measures set out to expand sales, grow the businesses and achieve monetization.