Price Competition and Stagnant Sales in Wholesale Sales to Small and Medium-Sized Offices
First written in FY2023-Q1. 3 of 7 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2025-H1.
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- FY2025-H1MitigatedAnnual report
「Sales had remained below the prior-year period throughout the previous fiscal year, but recovered substantially in the second quarter (April–June), reaching year-on-year growth for the cumulative period ended the second quarter (January–June).」
Sales to small and medium-sized offices recovered from the prior-year declines caused by weak demand and price competition, increasing year on year on a cumulative basis in the first half of 2025. - FY2024RestatedAnnual report
「Nevertheless, sales to small and medium-sized offices fell below the prior-year period because of stagnant demand and the resulting intensification of price competition.」
The full-year decline in sales to small and medium-sized offices due to stagnant demand and intensified price competition was reaffirmed. - FY2024-H1RestatedAnnual report
「Particularly for small and medium-sized offices, sales fell below the prior-year period because of stagnant demand and the resulting intensification of price competition, while the gross margin on sales also declined from the prior-year period.」
The decline in sales and gross margin on sales from weak demand and intensified price competition was reaffirmed. - FY2024-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「Particularly for small and medium-sized offices, sales fell below the prior-year period because of weak demand and the resulting intensification of price competition, while the gross margin on sales also declined from the prior-year period.」
Weak demand and intensified price competition caused sales and the gross margin on sales to fall below the prior-year period, making deterioration in both sales and profitability concrete. - FY2023-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Wholesale sales to small and medium-sized offices through our parent company continued to stagnate compared with sales to large enterprises because sales of COVID-19 countermeasure products declined and price competition in the market intensified.」
Sales to small and medium-sized offices continued to lag large-enterprise sales because COVID-19 countermeasure products declined and price competition intensified. - FY2023-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「Wholesale sales to small and medium-sized offices through our parent company continued to stagnate compared with sales to large enterprises because sales of COVID-19 countermeasure products declined and price competition in the market intensified.」
In addition to intense price competition, declining sales of COVID-19 countermeasure products and fiercer competition were identified as factors behind stagnant sales, indicating deterioration in the risk. - FY2023-Q1First statedAnnual report
「Wholesale sales to small and medium-sized offices through our parent company faced intense price competition, and sales stagnated compared with sales to large enterprises.」
The business risk of intense price competition and stagnant sales relative to large enterprises was first explicitly identified for wholesale sales to small and medium-sized offices.