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Workman (7564) · PolicyHigher renewal rate and lower business succession rate

Policy on leveraging franchisee and employee engagement to drive sustainable growth

First written in FY2024. 2 of 4 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2025. Latest entry: FY2026.

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ProgressHeldSoftenedWorseFirst statedFY2024AdvancedFY2025 – 2026-05-112024: 120242025: 120252026: 22026
Same theme, other companies
Improving Franchise Business Profitability Through Franchisee SupportA theme 23 companies write about · 0 as a headwind · 27 as a tailwind

The whole theme swung hardest in 2026: 2 of 16 companies on the "Worse" side.

0 other companies' latest entry also says "Other".

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  1. FY2026Higher renewal rate and lower business succession rateAnnual report

    「(Franchisee engagement) Fiscal 2022 Fiscal 2023 Fiscal 2024 Fiscal 2025 Renewal rate (%) 98.8 98.4 95.5 96.2 Business succession rate (%) 57.7 31.8 32.1 29.6 Franchise-store ratio (%) 95.7 94.2 92.7 92.0」

    As franchisee engagement indicators, the renewal rate increased from 95.5% to 96.2%, while the business succession rate declined from 32.1% to 29.6% and the franchise-store ratio fell from 92.7% to 92.0%.
  2. 2026-05-11AdvancedFinancial results briefing materials

    「Franchisee renewal rate maintained at a high level of 96.2%」

    Disclosed a 96.2% renewal rate as a metric of franchisee engagement.
  3. FY2025AdvancedAnnual report

    「The company’s policy is to continue viewing franchisee and employee engagement as essential to sustainable growth and to apply it to management.」

    The company continues its policy of using franchisee engagement in management, disclosing a renewal rate of 95.5%, a business succession rate of 32.1% and a franchise-store ratio of 92.7% as engagement indicators.
  4. FY2024First statedAnnual report

    「The company’s policy is to continue viewing franchisee and employee engagement as essential to sustainable growth and to apply it to management.」

    The company has, for the first time in its sustainability disclosures, explicitly stated its policy of regarding franchisee and employee engagement as essential to sustainable growth and applying it to management.
Moved together

"Differentiation from competitors through the development of private-brand products" moved the same way as this thread, in the same document, in 2 of its 4 moves.

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  1. ★This thread
  2. 1Differentiation from competitors through the development of private-brand products2×
  3. 2A general-market format combining fashion and functionality under Workman Colors2×
  4. 3Developing New Customer Segments through the Workman Plus Project2×
  5. 4Revitalizing Individual Stores Through Store Exterior, Sales-Floor and Media Strategies2×
  6. 5Expansion of the store network and strengthening of the dominant position in Kanto and Kinki2×
  7. 6Revitalizing Existing Stores through Scrap-and-Build Projects2×

★ is this thread; numbers match the list above. The number on a line is how many documents both moved the same way in; lines between the other threads count the documents they moved together in too. Threads that move together often sit closer.

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