Risk of Intensifying Price Competition with Domestic Competitors
First written in FY2016. 8 of 19 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2022.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2026: 39 of 84 companies on the "Worse" side.
- FY2022RestatedAnnual report
「The industries in which the Group operates have numerous competing manufacturers, wholesalers and others, and are exposed to severe price competition compounded by customers' demands for lower prices.」
The company continues to disclose severe price competition resulting from numerous competitors and customers' demands for lower prices. - FY2021-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「The industries in which the Group operates are experiencing continued major changes in consumer behavior and the business environment, including increased stay-at-home consumption, the expansion of online shopping, intensifying competition across industries and business formats, and growing awareness of environmental issues such as reducing plastic use and charging for plastic shopping bags.」
The company continues to describe changes in the competitive and business environment, including the expansion of online shopping, intensifying competition across industries and business formats, and growing awareness of environmental issues. - FY2021-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「The industries in which the Group operates are experiencing continued major changes in consumer behavior and the business environment, including increased stay-at-home consumption, the expansion of online shopping, intensifying competition across industries and business formats, and growing awareness of environmental issues such as reducing plastic use and charging for plastic shopping bags.」
The company states that changes in the business environment, including the expansion of online shopping and intensifying competition across industries and business formats, are continuing. - FY2020WorsenedAnnual report
「The company expects economic and business-cycle fluctuations to accelerate, customer purchasing behavior to change significantly as e-commerce and mail-order sales expand, and competition across industries and business formats to intensify further.」
The company explicitly identifies changes in purchasing behavior accompanying the expansion of e-commerce and mail-order sales, and intensifying competition across industries and business formats, as future changes in the business environment. - FY2020-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「The industries in which the Group operates are undergoing continued major changes in the business environment, including the expansion of online shopping, intensifying competition across industries and business formats, and growing awareness of environmental issues such as reducing plastic use and charging for plastic shopping bags.」
The company continues to describe changes in the business environment, including the expansion of online shopping and intensifying competition across industries and business formats. - FY2020-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「The industries in which the Group operates are undergoing continued major changes in the business environment, including the expansion of online shopping, intensifying competition across industries and business formats, and growing awareness of environmental issues such as reducing plastic use.」
The company continues to describe changes in the business environment, including the expansion of online shopping, intensifying competition across industries and business formats, and reducing plastic use. - FY2020-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「The industries in which the Group operates are undergoing continued major changes in the business environment, including the expansion of online shopping, intensifying competition across industries and business formats, and growing awareness of environmental issues such as reducing plastic use.」
The company continues to describe changes in the business environment, including the expansion of online shopping, intensifying competition across industries and business formats, and growing awareness of issues such as reducing plastic use. - FY2019-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「The industries in which the Group operates are undergoing major changes in the business environment, including the expansion of online shopping, intensifying competition across industries and business formats, and growing awareness of environmental issues.」
The company continues to describe a challenging competitive environment, including the expansion of online shopping and intensifying competition across industries and business formats. - FY2019-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Consumer sentiment lacks strength in the industries in which our Group operates, while competition across industries and business formats is intensifying, and the difficult operating environment continues.」
Intensifying competition across industries and business formats and a challenging operating environment continue. - FY2019-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「Consumer sentiment lacks strength in the industries in which our Group operates, while competition across industries and business formats is intensifying, and the operating environment continues to be difficult.」
The company describes intensifying competition extending beyond traditional price competition and across industries and business formats, indicating that the scope of the competitive environment has broadened. - FY2018MaterialisedAnnual report
「For the Group's fiscal year, consolidated net sales were ¥46,965 million, down 0.1% year on year. This was attributable to a shift toward lower-priced products in the market and intensifying low-price competition with mail-order companies.」
The shift toward lower-priced products and intensifying low-price competition with mail-order companies were reflected in full-year results as a 0.1% year-on-year decline in sales. - FY2018-Q3MaterialisedAnnual report
「However, the measures had not yet produced results, and the company was unable to maintain the previous year's results because demand for some core products declined and price competition with mass retailers, mail-order companies and others intensified. As a result, consolidated net sales in the store supplies business were ¥9,410 million, down 1.9% year on year.」
Intensifying price competition with mass retailers, mail-order companies and others, together with declining demand for some core products, was reflected in a 1.9% year-on-year decline in sales in the store supplies business. - FY2018-Q2MaterialisedAnnual report
「However, the measures had not yet produced results, and the company was unable to maintain the previous year's results because demand for some core products declined and price competition with mass retailers, mail-order companies and others intensified. As a result, consolidated net sales in the store supplies business were ¥5,997 million, down 2.2% year on year.」
Intensifying price competition with mass retailers, mail-order companies and others was reflected in actual results as a 2.2% year-on-year decline in sales in the store supplies business. - FY2018-Q1MaterialisedAnnual report
「However, in addition to intensifying price competition with mass retailers, mail-order companies and others, demand for some core products declined, preventing the company from maintaining the previous year's results. As a result, consolidated net sales in the store supplies business were ¥3,064 million, down 1.6% year on year.」
Intensifying price competition with mass retailers, mail-order companies and others, together with declining demand for some core products, was reflected in a 1.6% year-on-year decline in sales in the store supplies business. - FY2017MaterialisedAnnual report
「The company focused on expanding sales of existing products, including new product development, and acquiring orders for custom products, but sales of existing products remained sluggish because of intensifying price competition in the industry. As a result, consolidated net sales in the paper products business were ¥9,481 million, down 1.3% year on year.」
The intensification of price competition was reflected in full-year results through sluggish sales of existing products and a 1.3% year-on-year decline in sales in the paper products business. - FY2017-Q3MaterialisedAnnual report
「The company focused on expanding sales of existing products, including new product development, and acquiring orders for custom products, but was unable to maintain the previous year's sales because of intensifying price competition in the industry. As a result, consolidated net sales in the paper products business were ¥7,242 million, down 1.1% year on year.」
The intensification of price competition continued to be reflected in results, with the paper products business reporting a 1.1% year-on-year decline in sales. - FY2017-Q2MaterialisedAnnual report
「Because mail-order companies and others entered different industries and price competition intensified, the company was unable to maintain the previous year's sales. As a result, consolidated net sales in the paper products business were ¥4,322 million, down 1.3% year on year.」
The intensification of price competition was reflected in actual results as the paper products business fell short of its sales target, with sales down 1.3% year on year. - FY2017-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「As mail-order companies and others entered different industries and price competition intensified, the company worked to develop and expand sales of new products, such as windowed square-bottom bags, that add value and differentiate them from competitors' products.」
The company describes intensifying price competition following the entry of mail-order companies and others from different industries, making the deterioration in the competitive environment more specific. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「The industries in which the Group operates, namely paper products, chemical products and packaging materials, and store supplies, have seen numerous competing manufacturers and others enter the market, intensifying price competition.」
The company identifies the entry of numerous competing manufacturers and customers' demands for lower prices as risks.