Freezing New Businesses and Selecting and Concentrating Investments
First written in FY2020-Q2. 4 of 7 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2021-Q2. Latest entry: 2026-10-14.
74 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- 2026-10-14AdvancedResults presentation
「Businesses that fail to meet the criteria will be reviewed, including for possible withdrawal」
The company has specified criteria for operating investment decisions, monitoring and withdrawal decisions as an integrated process. - FY2022-Q3ReframedAnnual report
「Going forward, based on the medium- to long-term growth strategy announced in July 2021, we will seek to support the transformation of the food business through personnel support, management support and business restructuring.」
The company has confirmed a policy of shifting its focus from the previous phase, centered on freezing new businesses and selectively concentrating investment, to supporting the transformation of the food business through management support and business restructuring in addition to personnel support. - FY2022-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「In personnel support, we developed a comprehensive recruitment package for mid-sized and large companies and have received orders for 2 large-scale projects to date. Management support is also currently in progress, with an announcement planned during the current fiscal year.」
The company is progressing from selective investment allocation focused on existing businesses to developing a comprehensive recruitment package, securing orders for 2 large-scale projects and giving concrete form to its management support business. - FY2021ReframedAnnual report
「Based on the medium- to long-term growth strategy announced in July 2021, we believe we can contribute to transforming the food business by developing and nurturing new businesses, focusing not only on developing new services in areas adjacent to our existing businesses, but also on management support areas such as creating new business formats, store OMO and business DX, as well as financial support areas such as investment for the restructuring of food-related businesses.」
The company is reshaping its strategy from freezing or discontinuing its foreign personnel placement business and new services and concentrating on its existing businesses during COVID-19, toward developing and nurturing new businesses, including creating new business formats, store OMO, business DX and investment in business restructuring. - FY2021-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Although the smartphone app "ククロ" for food-service workers and the one-day job search app "ワクみん" acquired a certain number of registered users, we expected monetization to require costs over an extended period, so we discontinued these services in order to concentrate management resources on stabilizing our existing businesses.」
The company discontinued its new services and specified its concentration of management resources on stabilizing its existing businesses. It continues to pursue a policy of investing in new initiatives after assessing their effectiveness. - FY2021-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Of the new services launched to expand sales during the COVID-19 pandemic, we decided to discontinue the smartphone app "ククロ" for food-service workers and the one-day job search app "ワクみん". Although they acquired a certain number of registered users, we expected monetization to require costs over an extended period, so we decided to concentrate management resources on stabilizing our existing businesses. We are also pursuing selective investment allocation in the personnel placement and recruitment advertising businesses, including making investment decisions while carefully assessing the effectiveness of new initiatives.」
The company has decided to discontinue the new services ククロ and ワクみん and has specified its policy of concentrating management resources on stabilizing its existing businesses. - FY2020-Q2First statedAnnual report
「The costs required to commercialize our foreign personnel placement business had been recorded as company-wide expenses. However, as commercialization is not expected, we decided to freeze the business until a significant improvement in market conditions can be expected. We are also pursuing selective investment allocation in the personnel placement and recruitment advertising businesses, including making investment decisions while carefully assessing the effectiveness of new initiatives. Through these measures, we aim to reduce costs over the long term and improve profit margins when business recovers.」
The company has indicated a policy of freezing its foreign personnel placement business until market conditions improve, while selectively investing in new initiatives in the personnel placement and recruitment advertising businesses after assessing their effectiveness.