Redefining Physical Stores as Places to Experience the Vision
First written in FY2020. 10 of 15 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2021. Latest entry: 2026-10-08.
50 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- 2026-10-08Advancedprtimes.jp
「店内は、公園を散策するようにめぐりながら、さまざまな体験を楽しめる空間へ。」
リアル店舗を体験価値の提供場所として再定義する方針が、店内導線と複数の体験サービスを備えた具体的な店舗設計に進んだ。 - FY2026-H1ReframedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Group has positioned the current consolidated fiscal year as a period for laying the groundwork to rebuild its earnings base. While prioritising urgent issues such as responding to changing customer needs and promoting digitalisation, it is returning to the fundamentals of domestic sports retail and pursuing initiatives to improve profitability, including improving sales floors and operational efficiency, mainly at existing stores, expanding e-commerce-only and resale products, and improving logistics warehouse efficiency.」
With regard to brick-and-mortar stores, the emphasis is shifting from the previous focus on enhancing the customer experience to improving sales floors at existing stores and streamlining operations to rebuild the earnings base. - FY2025Plan to extensively renovate 7 core stores in the fiscal year ending August 2026Annual report
「The fiscal year ending August 2026, the final year of the medium-term management plan, is positioned as a period for laying the groundwork to rebuild the earnings base by returning to the fundamentals of sports retail. The company will work to strengthen store-led sales capabilities, centred on extensive renovations of its 7 core stores, while」
The company explicitly stated a plan to carry out major renovations at its 7 flagship stores in the fiscal year ending August 2026, as part of its policy of making brick-and-mortar stores the core of its sales operations. - FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「Regarding store openings and closures, we opened 2 stores and exited 1 store. As of the end of February 2025, the number of stores operated by our group nationwide was 100, with sales floor space of 217,527㎡. Compared with the same period of the previous year, the store count increased by 2 and sales floor space increased by 4,486㎡.」
To strengthen the sales foundation of its brick-and-mortar stores, the company opened 2 stores and closed 1, bringing the total to 100 stores. - FY2024-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Under these circumstances, based on the key strategies of the new medium-term management plan, covering the fiscal years ending August 2024 through August 2026 and beginning in the current consolidated fiscal year, we worked to strengthen the sales platform of our physical stores, including opening 4 new stores and promoting digitalization in store operations.」
To strengthen its brick-and-mortar sales platform, the Company opened 4 new stores in the first year of its new medium-term management plan and promoted the digitization of store operations. - FY2024-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, based on the key strategies of the new medium-term management plan with the current consolidated fiscal year as its first year (fiscal years ending August 2024 to August 2026), our group worked to strengthen the sales base of its physical stores from a medium- to long-term perspective, including opening 3 new stores and promoting digitalisation in store operations.」
Under the policy of strengthening brick-and-mortar stores as a sales platform, the Company opened 3 new stores and digitized store operations under its new medium-term management plan. - FY2024-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, based on the key strategies of the new medium-term management plan with the current consolidated fiscal year as its first year (fiscal years ending August 2024 to August 2026), our group worked to strengthen the sales base of its physical stores from a medium- to long-term perspective, including opening 2 new stores and promoting digitalisation in store operations.」
Under the policy of strengthening brick-and-mortar stores as a sales platform, the Company opened 2 stores and digitized store operations under its new medium-term management plan. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「Ezoe, Gifu City, the location of the head office, became one of Japan’s largest experiential sports retail areas. At Yahatanishi, the flagship store in western Japan, the Company also completed a full renovation and opened a specialist golf store, working to further strengthen its existing earnings base.」
The policy of strengthening brick-and-mortar stores as an experiential and sales platform progressed through the development of Ezoe, Gifu City, into an experiential retail area, the complete renovation of Yahatanishi and the opening of a specialist golf store. - FY2023-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Group worked to strengthen its brick-and-mortar sales platform from a medium- to long-term perspective through new store openings and renovations of key existing stores. In particular, Ezoe, Gifu City, the Group’s largest base, became one of Japan’s largest experiential sports retail areas through the complete renovation of its main sports store and the opening of a specialist outdoor store, together with the existing flagship golf store.」
The Company continues to explain that new store openings and renovations of key existing stores have strengthened the experiential sports retail area at Ezoe, Gifu City, as a sales platform. - FY2023-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「In particular, at Ezoe, Gifu City, the Company’s largest base, it completely renovated its main sports store and newly opened a specialist outdoor store, creating one of Japan’s largest experiential sports retail areas together with the existing flagship golf store. It also completely renovated Yahatanishi, its flagship store in western Japan, and opened a specialist golf store, thereby moving into the full-scale execution phase of the key strategies in its medium-term management plan.」
Under the policy of strengthening brick-and-mortar stores as an experiential and sales platform, the Company created an experiential sports retail area at Ezoe, Gifu City, completely renovated Yahatanishi and opened specialist stores. - FY2022AdvancedAnnual report
「Under these circumstances, our group prioritized initiatives to strengthen the sales platform of our physical stores from a medium- to long-term perspective, including the opening of a large-format store for the first time in approximately 6 years and the renovation of key existing stores, as well as measures to strengthen our digital operations and expand our e-commerce business in response to the highly uncertain environment.」
Under the policy of redefining brick-and-mortar stores as places to experience the vision and the purchasing experience, the Company opened its first large-format store in approximately 6 years and renovated a key existing store. - FY2022-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Under these circumstances, our group prioritized initiatives to strengthen the sales platform of our physical stores from a medium- to long-term perspective, including the opening of a large-format store for the first time in approximately 6 years and the renovation of key existing stores, as well as measures to strengthen our digital operations and expand our e-commerce business in response to the highly uncertain environment.」
Regarding the policy of strengthening brick-and-mortar stores as a sales platform, the Company stated that it had opened large-format stores and renovated key existing stores. - FY2022-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Although the company periodically reviewed budget priorities in response to market fluctuations caused by COVID-19 variants and overseas conditions, it focused on investments for future growth, including renovations of existing stores.」
The Company continues to make growth investments, including renovations of existing stores, to enhance the value of its brick-and-mortar stores. - FY2021AdvancedAnnual report
「The Company actively renovated existing stores and took other measures to improve future earnings power.」
To enhance the value of its brick-and-mortar stores, the Company made growth investments during the fiscal year, including renovations of 11 stores, thereby putting the initiative into concrete form. - FY2020First statedAnnual report
「For our physical stores, we will focus on their value as places where customers can experience our vision and create an environment in which we can recommend the right products through easy-to-navigate, easy-to-shop sales floors.」
Separate from the previous focus on expanding the store network and improving operating efficiency, the Company stated for the first time that brick-and-mortar stores should serve as places to experience its vision and receive product recommendations.