Product assortments and store layouts based on local characteristics and needs

「In the drugstore business, we promoted cluster expansion in Kanto, Chubu and Kansai, while rapidly launching new stores and renovating existing stores according to area needs.」

「We launched new stores quickly and renovated existing stores in response to local needs.」

「We promoted a dominant store-opening strategy in the Kanto, Chubu and Kansai regions, while launching new stores quickly and renovating existing stores in response to local needs.」

「In the retail business, we promoted cluster expansion in Kanto, Chubu and Kansai, while working to launch new stores quickly, renovate stores according to area needs and strengthen the capture of inbound demand.」

「At existing stores, we sought to increase sales by strengthening our response to inbound demand through expanded assortments for visitors to Japan and more foreign-language-capable staff, expanding food sales areas through renovations, and optimizing promotions using the Sugi Pharmacy app.」

「At existing stores, we carried out renovations such as expanding food sales areas to meet local needs, strengthened assortments of high-demand products and extended opening hours at stores with strong demand to capture inbound demand.」

「In the retail business, based on our cluster expansion strategy, we strengthened store openings in the major metropolitan areas of Kanto, Chubu and Kansai, while using renovations of existing stores to develop sales floors suited to local characteristics and store types, thereby increasing customer traffic and capturing inbound demand.」

「In the retail business, we strengthened store openings in areas where foot traffic was recovering and the number of visitors to Japan was increasing significantly, while seeking to increase sales in urban areas, including inbound demand, by renovating existing stores and introducing new product lines. Meanwhile, we actively renovated existing suburban stores to enhance assortments suited to local needs and worked to attract new customers.」

「In the retail business, we actively renovated existing stores to strengthen assortments suited to local needs and worked to attract new customers.」

「In the retail business, we worked to strengthen membership acquisition for the Sugi Pharmacy app, which was relaunched in January, implement optimal promotional measures for individual customers, promote expanded renovations of food sales areas, address inbound demand in various ways, and strengthen recruitment of personnel to support future growth.」

「We will focus on developing stores that reflect changes in health and preventive-care awareness and consumer lifestyles during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as strengthening customer and patient engagement and developing services using digital channels, which expanded significantly during the pandemic.」

「We also focused on renovations to revitalize existing stores, including measures to address shrinking trade areas and the development of attractive sales floors for visitors to Japan.」

「"Expansion of wellness-related sales areas," involving changes to product classifications and corresponding changes to sales-floor layouts in line with customer needs, as well as enhanced product information, particularly for health foods and supplements from a wellness perspective」

「A sales organization in which sales, products and promotional activities operate as an integrated whole, to put products matching customer needs on store shelves weekly and promote store layouts tailored to needs at the individual-store level」

「A sales organization in which sales, products and promotional activities operate as an integrated whole, to rapidly put products matching customer needs on store shelves and promote store layouts tailored to needs at the individual-store level」

「The Company will offer products customers want in stores each week in line with local lifestyles and promote store layouts tailored to customer needs at the individual-store level.」

「Optimizing product assortments and shelf layouts at each individual store through the merchandising cycle system」

「Product assortments, services and store layouts based on local characteristics and customer needs」

「Product assortments and store layouts based on local characteristics and needs」