Creating sustainable new bookstores for the next generation
First written in FY2023-Q3. 10 of 11 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2023. Latest entry: FY2026-H1.
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- FY2026-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「On 1 April 2026, the Company transferred the bookstore business comprising 9 stores operated by 株式会社明文堂プランナー to a newly established subsidiary of the Company’s group. Through this transfer, the Company has expanded its trading area to Toyama and Ishikawa prefectures, contributing to further sales growth.」
As a concrete step toward creating sustainable bookstores, the Company took over 9 bookstores in the Hokuriku region and expanded its trading area to Toyama and Ishikawa prefectures. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「In the final year of the medium-term management plan, the Company will continue to improve its ability to make proposals and create opportunities for people to engage with reading under its policy of creating sustainable bookstores, in order to carry forward reading, an irreplaceable form of culture for people. It will strengthen original projects and initiatives and e-commerce sales, while accelerating business development centered on books and the introduction of new products and projects.」
In the final year of the medium-term management plan, the Company is accelerating its ability to make proposals, original projects, e-commerce sales, and the introduction of new products and projects, centered on carrying forward reading culture. - FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「Under the policy of “creating sustainable bookstores” to carry forward reading culture in the second year of the medium-term management plan for the fiscal years ending October 2024 to October 2026, the Company has pursued greater added value at its stores through “books × [other offerings],” centered on books.」
The Company is continuing to pursue the creation of sustainable bookstores as its policy for the second year of the medium-term management plan and is enhancing added value through diversification centered on books. It has also newly described initiatives to carry forward reading culture, including book libraries where people exchange books as gifts outside bookstores and consideration of entering public-sector projects. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「In the current fiscal year, the first year of the new medium-term management plan for the fiscal years ending October 2024 through October 2026, the Company adopted “Taking on the Challenge of Creating Sustainable Bookstores” as its management policy, worked to rebuild highly profitable store models, and continued to promote the expansion of reading culture.」
The Company is implementing its policy of creating sustainable bookstores in the first year of the new medium-term management plan, while restructuring its store model for higher profitability and expanding reading culture. - FY2024-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「In the current fiscal year, the first year of the new medium-term management plan for the fiscal years ending October 2024 through October 2026, the Company adopted “Taking on the Challenge of Creating Sustainable Bookstores” as its management policy, worked to rebuild highly profitable store models, and continued to promote the expansion of reading culture.」
The policy of creating sustainable bookstores entered the first year of the new medium-term management plan, and the Company is restructuring its store model for higher profitability and expanding reading culture. - FY2024-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「In the current fiscal year, the first year of the medium-term management plan for the fiscal years ending October 2024 to October 2026, the Company adopted “taking on the challenge of creating sustainable bookstores” as its management policy in order to carry forward reading culture. It worked to improve customer satisfaction by providing opportunities for as many people as possible to engage with reading and proposing new experiential value in reading.」
The policy of creating sustainable and next-generation bookstores entered the first year of the new medium-term management plan, with the Company carrying forward reading culture and providing new experiential value. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「On 17 August 2023, the Company announced a new three-year medium-term management plan for the fiscal years ending October 2024 to October 2026. With the bookstore business as its core focus, the Company will carry forward reading culture, make the impact of reading visible, enhance the added value of reading, and pursue the management policy of “taking on the challenge of creating sustainable bookstores.”」
The policy of pursuing sustainable, highly profitable next-generation bookstores was formally announced as the management policy under the next medium-term management plan for the fiscal years ending October 2024 to October 2026. - FY2023-Q3First statedAnnual report
「Based on the future vision shared with the subscriber, namely to “create sustainable new bookstores,” the Company plans to create profitable next-generation bookstores offering new value and to further enhance the value of reading culture. The proceeds are scheduled to be used for ① costs related to new store openings, ② costs related to business conversion and ③ costs related to systems investment.」
As a future vision shared with 株式会社トーハン, the Company has set out the creation of sustainable, highly profitable next-generation bookstores that create new value, using new store openings, business conversion and systems investment as the means to achieve this.