Recovery in total store sales and variance from pre-COVID levels

「In addition to advancing the initiatives described above, factors including strong sales at new stores, continued growth in customer numbers at existing stores, various points and cashless payment campaigns, and extended operating hours proved effective, resulting in sales for the interim accounting period reaching a record high for the third consecutive year at ¥34,063 million, up 10.8% year on year. Sales in July also reached a record high on a monthly basis, while monthly sales and customer numbers each recorded their highest levels for the corresponding month for 42 consecutive months and 35 consecutive months, respectively.」

「Full-year cumulative sales reached a record high for the third consecutive fiscal year at ¥62,252 million (up 11.9% year on year). December sales and customer visits reached monthly record highs, while monthly sales and customer visits recorded their highest year-on-year levels for 36 and 29 consecutive months, respectively.」

「In addition to advancing the measures described above, strong sales at new stores, continued growth in customer numbers at existing stores, various loyalty-point and cashless-payment campaigns, and efforts to extend the shortened operating hours introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic proved effective. Sales for the current interim accounting period reached a record high of ¥30.754 billion, up 14.4% year on year. July sales reached a record high on a monthly basis, while monthly sales and customer numbers recorded year-on-year highs for the corresponding month for 30 and 23 consecutive months, respectively.」

「December sales and customer numbers reached record highs for a single month. Monthly sales and customer numbers recorded year-on-year highs for the corresponding month for 24 and 17 consecutive months, respectively, and the full-year cumulative period also reached a record high.」

「In addition to advancing the measures described above, the continued increase in customer numbers and efforts to extend the shortened operating hours introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic helped monthly sales in July reach a record high. Monthly sales recorded a year-on-year record high for the corresponding month for 18 consecutive months, and sales for the current interim accounting period reached a record high of ¥26.881 billion, up 13.0% year on year.」

「March sales reached a record high on a monthly basis. Monthly sales recorded a year-on-year record high for the corresponding month for 15 consecutive months, and sales for the cumulative first-quarter period reached a quarterly record high of ¥13.350 billion, up 13.8% year on year.」

「December sales reached a record high for a single month, and monthly sales recorded a year-on-year record high for the corresponding month for 12 consecutive months. Sales for the full-year cumulative period also reached a record high.」

「October sales reached a record high for a single month. Monthly sales also recorded a year-on-year record high for the corresponding month for 9 consecutive months, and sales for the cumulative third-quarter period reached a record high.」

「In addition to advancing the measures described above, the number of customers continued to grow and average spending increased after the price revisions implemented in March. The 50th anniversary customer appreciation campaign and efforts to extend the shortened operating hours introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic also proved effective. Sales for the cumulative second-quarter period were ¥23.796 billion, up 35.2% year on year. Monthly sales reached record highs compared with the corresponding months, and sales for the cumulative second-quarter period also reached a record high.」

「As economic activity normalized and personal consumption began to recover, our various initiatives proved effective, and sales increased 37.4% year on year. In May, we achieved the highest monthly sales figure on record.」

「Although sales were affected by repeated outbreaks of infectious disease, the shift toward measures to maintain economic and social activity supported an overall recovery trend. Sales at all stores for the full-year cumulative period were 144.6% of the same period of the previous year.」

「Overall, sales continued to recover, with sales at all stores for the cumulative March-November period reaching 149.1% of the same period of the previous year.」

「Although sales had been recovering, the trend stalled as infections began to spread again from July. With the number of infections peaking in August, sales at all stores for the cumulative March-August period were 154.5% of the same period of the previous year. Compared with cumulative sales at all stores from March through August 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic, the ratio was 83.4%.」