Developing Used-Car Sales and Body Repair as New Revenue Sources
First written in FY2016. 11 of 15 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2024-Q3.
5 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2024-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「We have effectively leveraged the benefits of membership in major used-car auctions for some time, achieving a certain level of results at each service station through the direct purchase and direct sale of used cars from and to customers without an intermediary. Performance is beginning to improve as we expand the acquisition of non-fuel products.」
Regarding the existing initiative to make used-car sales a new source of earnings, the company states that direct purchases and direct sales of used cars at each service station, using membership in major used-car auctions, have produced a certain level of results and that performance is beginning to improve. - FY2021-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「As demand for fuel oil declines, we are proceeding with contracts and registrations for customer-referral websites and other web-based channels for various services in order to acquire new customers for car washing, vehicle inspections, tires and used-car sales.」
For services including used-car sales, we continue to acquire new customers through web-based channels. The company does not specify the progress toward its goal of making used-car sales and bodywork stable earnings businesses. - FY2020RestatedAnnual report
「We are also working to improve staff technical skills and service quality, while focusing on acquiring maintenance customers.」
In the car-life-related businesses, we continue to secure service earnings through improved staff technical skills and service quality. - FY2020-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「In non-fuel sales, we are developing personnel and actively pursuing initiatives centered on car washing and bodywork and repairs, which are less affected by declining fuel demand; vehicle inspections, which are not affected by weather; and rental cars, which address younger people’s declining interest in car ownership and diversifying needs.」
In the car-life-related businesses, the company continues to strengthen service businesses, including bodywork and repairs. No new progress is described regarding used-car sales. - FY2020-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「In non-fuel sales, we are developing personnel and actively pursuing initiatives centered on car washing and bodywork and repairs, which are less affected by declining fuel demand; vehicle inspections, which are not affected by weather; and rental cars, which address younger people’s declining interest in car ownership and diversifying needs.」
In the car-life-related businesses, the company continues to strengthen service businesses, including bodywork and repairs, but no new progress is described regarding used-car sales. - FY2019-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「We actively pursued further strengthening of our strengths in car washing, vehicle inspections, rental cars, and bodywork and repairs.」
The company continues to strengthen car-life-related services, including bodywork and repairs. No new progress is described regarding used-car sales. - FY2019-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「We actively pursued further strengthening of our strengths in car washing, vehicle inspections, rental cars, and bodywork and repairs.」
No new progress is described regarding used-car sales themselves, but the company continues to strengthen the services, including bodywork and repairs, covered by its existing car-life-related initiatives. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「We were able to generate earnings by actively pursuing further strengthening of our strengths in car washing, vehicle inspections, rental cars, and bodywork and repairs.」
We continue to develop the car-life-related businesses into earnings businesses by strengthening services, including bodywork and repairs. - FY2018-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「We actively pursued further strengthening of our strengths in car washing, vehicle inspections, rental cars, and bodywork and repairs.」
We continue to strengthen car-life-related services, including bodywork and repairs, within the used-car and bodywork businesses. - FY2018-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「We actively pursued further strengthening of our strengths in car washing, vehicle inspections, rental cars, and bodywork and repairs.」
We continue to strengthen service offerings, including bodywork and repairs, in the car-life-related earnings businesses. - FY2018-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「While seeking to further strengthen our strengths in car washing, vehicle inspections, rental cars, and bodywork and repairs, we reviewed our organizational and management structures and worked to improve earnings through strategies suited to the operating environment and improved staff skills.」
Among the used-car and bodywork businesses, the company specifically describes strengthening the earnings businesses, including bodywork and repairs, and improving staff skills during the quarter. - FY2017Used-car sales explicitly mentioned again in a bodywork-focused descriptionAnnual report
「In the car-life business, we actively pursued initiatives to make bodywork and repairs a stable source of earnings. As sales and customer acquisition for bodywork and repairs across all service stations will become a major source of earnings, we will improve each staff member’s sales and estimating skills and develop used-car sales and bodywork into stable earnings businesses.」
The wording has returned to describing both used-car sales and bodywork as stable earnings businesses, while maintaining a focus on bodywork and repairs. - FY2017-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In the car-life business, we are actively pursuing initiatives to make the bodywork and repair business a stable source of earnings. As sales and customer acquisition for bodywork and repairs across all service stations will become a major source of earnings, we will improve each staff member’s estimating and sales skills and develop the bodywork and repair business into a stable earnings business.」
The focus remains on bodywork and repairs rather than the previous broader description that included used-car sales, with the company targeting stable earnings through sales and customer acquisition at all service stations and improved staff skills. - FY2017-Q1ReframedAnnual report
「In the car-life business, we are actively pursuing initiatives to make the bodywork and repair business a stable source of earnings.」
Compared with the previous period’s reference to used-car sales and bodywork, the focus this quarter is on making the bodywork and repair business a stable source of earnings. The company does not state that used-car sales have been withdrawn. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「We actively pursued used-car sales and bodywork services as new sources of revenue. Since sales and customer acquisition across all service stations will be an important source of earnings for both used-car sales and bodywork, we will improve each employee's estimating and sales skills and develop these businesses into stable sources of revenue.」
For the car-life business launched during the fiscal year, the company aims to generate stable earnings through sales and customer acquisition at all service stations and by improving staff skills.