Addressing Labor Shortages by Introducing RFID and Streamlining Store Operations
First written in FY2018. 7 of 13 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2026.
2 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「From the perspective of improving productivity, we are also working to improve store operations through measures such as introducing self-checkout registers.」
The company identified the introduction of self-checkout registers as a new concrete measure to address labor shortages and improve store-operation efficiency. - FY2022AdvancedAnnual report
「We are improving management efficiency by assigning employees from closed stores to priority areas such as strengthening existing stores and the online-sales division.」
Personnel affected by store closures were reallocated to strengthening existing stores and the online-sales division, improving the efficiency of store and e-commerce operations. - FY2022-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「We are improving management efficiency by assigning employees from closed stores to priority areas such as strengthening existing stores and the online-sales division.」
Employees affected by store closures were reallocated to strengthening existing stores and the online-sales division, advancing more efficient store and sales operations by directing personnel to priority areas. - FY2022-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「In store operations, we are conducting pilot operations of area-wide shifts composed of employees working across multiple stores and advancing the selection and prioritization of ancillary tasks.」
The company began piloting area-wide shifts across stores and selecting and prioritizing ancillary tasks, advancing more efficient store operations. - FY2022-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「At stores, we worked to maintain and improve productivity by flexibly reallocating sales staff from stores closed due to the declaration of a state of emergency to operating stores and head-office offices to provide sales support.」
Sales staff from closed stores were flexibly reallocated to operating stores and head-office offices to support sales operations and maintain productivity at stores and head office. - FY2020-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「At physical stores, we are increasing hiring of part-time workers mainly responsible for ancillary store tasks such as product management, establishing a structure that enables full-time employees to focus on customer service and sales, and strengthening sales capabilities. In the cumulative third quarter of the current fiscal year, standalone same-store sales were 95.7% of the prior-year period at physical stores, below the prior year, while online sales increased to 119.4%, bringing combined retail and online sales to 101.0%.」
The company continues to have part-time workers handle ancillary store tasks while full-time employees focus on customer service and sales. - FY2020-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「At physical stores, we are increasing hiring of part-time workers mainly responsible for ancillary store tasks such as product management, establishing a structure that enables full-time employees to focus on customer service and sales, and strengthening sales capabilities.」
The company reiterated its policy of having part-time workers handle ancillary store tasks while full-time employees focus on customer service and sales to address staffing challenges. - FY2020-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「At physical stores, we will increase hiring of part-time workers mainly responsible for ancillary store tasks such as product management, establish a structure that enables full-time employees to focus on customer service and sales, and strengthen sales capabilities.」
The company reiterated its policy of addressing staffing challenges by increasing hiring of part-time workers for ancillary store tasks, enabling full-time employees to focus on customer service and sales. - FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「We considered services and systems that can contribute to sales at both physical stores and online, revised our basic sales policies to reflect the current retail environment, introduced personnel measures supporting diverse work styles and RFID, and addressed labor shortages by improving store-operation efficiency. We pursued initiatives to expand online sales while strengthening the sales capabilities of physical stores.」
The company continued implementing RFID, personnel measures supporting diverse work styles and more efficient store operations to address labor shortages. - FY2019-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「We are considering services and systems that can contribute to sales at both physical stores and online, revising our basic sales policies to reflect the current retail environment, introducing personnel measures supporting diverse work styles and RFID, and addressing labor shortages by improving store-operation efficiency.」
The company continues to implement RFID, personnel measures supporting diverse work styles and more efficient store operations to address labor shortages. - FY2019-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「We are considering services and systems that can contribute to sales at both physical stores and online, revising our basic sales policies to reflect the current retail environment, introducing personnel measures supporting diverse work styles and RFID, and addressing labor shortages by improving store-operation efficiency.」
The company continues to implement RFID, personnel measures supporting diverse work styles and more efficient store operations to address labor shortages. - FY2019-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「We considered services and systems that can contribute to sales at both physical stores and online, revised our basic sales policies to reflect the current retail environment, introduced personnel measures supporting diverse work styles and RFID, and addressed labor shortages by improving store-operation efficiency. We pursued initiatives to expand online sales while strengthening the sales capabilities of physical stores.」
The company continues to implement RFID, personnel measures supporting diverse work styles and more efficient store operations to address labor shortages. - FY2018First statedAnnual report
「We will consider services and systems that can contribute to sales at both physical stores and online, revise our basic sales policies to reflect the current retail environment, introduce personnel measures supporting diverse work styles and RFID, and address labor shortages by improving store-operation efficiency. We will strengthen the sales capabilities of physical stores while pursuing initiatives to expand online sales.」
As next-period initiatives, the company outlined a policy combining RFID implementation, more efficient store operations and support for diverse work styles to address labor shortages and strengthen sales capabilities across both stores and e-commerce.