Weak Demand for Print Media and Contraction of the Printing Market
First written in FY2018. 11 of 18 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2025.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2020: 13 of 25 companies on the "Worse" side.
1 other company's latest entry also says "Other".
- FY2025Update on Market Size DataAnnual report
「Specifically, shipments from Japan’s printing industry totaled ¥4,663.0 billion in fiscal 2020, ¥4,856.0 billion in fiscal 2021, ¥5,046.7 billion in fiscal 2022 and ¥5,093.4 billion in fiscal 2023. Japan’s online printing market totaled ¥117.6 billion in fiscal 2019, ¥120.9 billion in fiscal 2020 and ¥123.7 billion in fiscal 2021, and was projected to reach ¥134.0 billion in fiscal 2022.」
While maintaining its view that the traditional printing market is showing signs of recovery, the company has updated the fiscal-year market sizes for printing industry shipments and the online printing market. - FY2025-H1Growth Drivers for the Online Printing Market SpecifiedAnnual report
「Although the traditional printing business is contracting, the company’s core online printing mail-order business has further growth potential, driven by the increasing adoption of fabless business models by printing companies and greater convenience in placing orders online.」
While maintaining its view that the traditional printing business is contracting, the company has provided specific drivers of the growth potential of its online printing mail-order business, namely the increasing adoption of fabless business models by printing companies and greater convenience in placing orders online. - FY2024Signs of Market Recovery AddedAnnual report
「While Japan’s commercial printing market is gradually contracting, signs of recovery have emerged in recent years, and the domestic online printing market in which the company operates is believed to be expanding year by year.」
While maintaining its view that the paper-based media and commercial printing markets are contracting, the company has added the emergence of signs of recovery in recent years. - FY2024-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「The printing industry is facing a challenging operating environment as online communication using web conferencing systems and other tools increased with changes in lifestyles during the COVID-19 pandemic, demand for paper-based media declined due to the acceleration of digitalization, and raw-material and energy prices surged. Meanwhile, the online printing market continues to grow, and the decline in printing demand due to COVID-19 is considered to have been smaller than in the printing industry as a whole.」
The company continues to describe the challenging environment caused by declining demand for paper-based media, digitalization, and surging raw-material and energy prices, as well as the growth of the online printing market. - FY2024-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「The printing industry is facing a challenging operating environment as online communication using web conferencing systems and other tools increased with changes in lifestyles during the COVID-19 pandemic, demand for paper-based media declined due to the acceleration of digitalization, and raw-material and energy prices surged. Meanwhile, the online printing market continues to grow, and the decline in printing demand due to COVID-19 is considered to have been smaller than in the printing industry as a whole.」
The company continues to describe the challenging environment caused by declining demand for paper-based media, digitalization, and surging raw-material and energy prices, as well as the relative growth of the online printing market. - FY2023-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「The printing industry is facing a challenging operating environment as online communication using web conferencing systems and other tools increased with changes in lifestyles during the COVID-19 pandemic, demand for paper-based media declined due to the acceleration of digitalization, and raw-material and energy prices surged. However, the online printing market is said to have expanded by approximately 10% annually in each of the 5 years before the COVID-19 pandemic, and the decline in printing demand due to COVID-19 is considered to have been smaller than in the printing industry as a whole.」
The company continues to describe both the challenging environment caused by declining demand for paper-based media, digitalization, and surging raw-material and energy prices, and the relative resilience of the online printing market. - FY2023-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「The printing industry is facing a challenging operating environment as online communication using web conferencing systems and other tools increased with changes in lifestyles during the COVID-19 pandemic, demand for paper-based media declined due to the acceleration of digitalization, and raw-material and energy prices surged. However, the online printing market is said to have expanded by approximately 10% annually in each of the 5 years before the COVID-19 pandemic, and the decline in printing demand due to COVID-19 is considered to have been smaller than in the printing industry as a whole.」
The company continues to describe both the challenging environment caused by declining demand for paper-based media, digitalization, and surging raw-material and energy prices, and the relative resilience of the online printing market. - FY2023-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「The printing industry is facing a challenging operating environment as online communication using web conferencing systems and other tools increased with changes in lifestyles during the COVID-19 pandemic, demand for paper-based media declined due to the acceleration of digitalization, and raw-material and energy prices surged. However, the online printing market is said to have expanded by approximately 10% annually in each of the 5 years before the COVID-19 pandemic, and the decline in printing demand due to COVID-19 is considered to have been smaller than in the printing industry as a whole.」
The company continues to describe a challenging environment resulting from declining demand for paper-based media, digitalization, and surging raw-material and energy prices, while also explaining the relative resilience of the online printing market. - FY2022-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「The printing industry is facing a challenging operating environment as online communication using web conferencing systems and other tools increased with changes in lifestyles during the COVID-19 pandemic, demand for paper-based media declined due to the acceleration of digitalization, and raw-material and energy prices surged.」
The company continues to describe the challenging environment in the printing industry, where declining demand for paper-based media due to accelerated digitalization has coincided with surging raw-material and energy prices. - FY2022-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「The printing industry is facing a challenging operating environment as online communication using web conferencing systems and other tools increased with changes in lifestyles during the COVID-19 pandemic, demand for paper-based media declined due to the acceleration of digitalization, and raw-material and energy prices surged.」
The company describes a challenging environment in which declining demand for paper-based media due to accelerated digitalization has coincided with surging raw-material and energy prices. - FY2022-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「In the printing industry, demand for printed materials has been declining alongside the expansion of digitalization for more than 20 years. In addition, events have continued to be canceled or curtailed due to the impact of COVID-19, causing printing demand to decline further. Even under these conditions, the online printing market is said to have expanded by approximately 10% annually in each of the 5 years before the COVID-19 pandemic, and the decline in printing demand due to COVID-19 is considered to have been smaller than in the printing industry as a whole.」
The company continues to report declining printing demand due to digitalization and COVID-19. It also continues to describe the relative resilience of the online printing market. - FY2021RestatedAnnual report
「While Japan’s commercial printing market is gradually contracting, we believe that Japan’s internet-based print-ordering market, in which we operate, is expanding year by year.」
The company continues to recognize the contraction of the general printing market and expansion of the online printing market as conditions in its operating environment. - FY2021-Q4RestatedAnnual report
「In the printing industry, demand for printed materials has been declining alongside the expansion of digitalization for more than 20 years. In addition, since around March 2020, events have continued to be canceled or curtailed due to the impact of COVID-19, causing printing demand to decline further. Even under these conditions, the online printing market is said to have expanded by approximately 10% annually in each of the 5 years before the COVID-19 pandemic, and the decline in printing demand due to COVID-19 is considered to have been smaller than in the printing industry as a whole.」
The company continues to report declining printing demand due to digitalization and COVID-19. It also describes the relative resilience of the online printing market. - FY2021-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In the printing industry, demand for printed materials has been declining alongside the expansion of digitalization for more than 20 years. In addition, since around March 2020, events have continued to be canceled or curtailed due to the impact of COVID-19, causing printing demand to decline further. Even under these conditions, the online printing market is said to have expanded by approximately 10% annually in each of the 5 years before the COVID-19 pandemic, and the decline in printing demand due to COVID-19 is considered to have been smaller than in the printing industry as a whole.」
The company continues to report declining printing demand due to digitalization and COVID-19. It also continues to describe the relative resilience of the online printing market. - FY2021-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「In the printing industry, demand for printed materials has been declining alongside the expansion of digitalization for more than 20 years. In addition, events have continued to be canceled or curtailed since around one year ago due to the impact of COVID-19, causing printing demand to decline further. Even under these conditions, the online printing market is said to have expanded by approximately 10% annually in each of the 5 years before the COVID-19 pandemic, and the decline in printing demand due to COVID-19 is considered to have been smaller than in the printing industry as a whole.」
The company states that long-term demand for printing has declined as a result of digitalization and that COVID-19 caused a further decline in printing demand. It also notes the relative resilience of the online printing market. - FY2020WorsenedAnnual report
「The size of Japan’s general printing market was ¥3,494.0 billion in fiscal 2017, ¥3,453.1 billion in fiscal 2018 and ¥3,439.0 billion in fiscal 2019. It was projected to be ¥3,194.0 billion in fiscal 2020 and ¥3,074.0 billion in fiscal 2021.」
For the general printing market, projected market sizes for fiscal 2020 and fiscal 2021 were below prior fiscal-year levels, illustrating the external environment of shrinking demand for paper-based media and a contracting printing market. - FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「Across the printing industry, demand for printed materials has been declining as a result of the weak economy and reduced demand for paper-based media due to the spread of laptops, smartphones and other devices. Business closures and bankruptcies, particularly among individuals and very small companies, have continued, and production volumes and shipment values are expected to remain on a declining trend.」
The company continues to identify weak demand for paper-based media and contraction of the printing market as risks in its operating environment. - FY2018First statedAnnual report
「While Japan’s commercial printing market is gradually contracting, we believe that Japan’s internet-based print-ordering market, in which we operate, is expanding year by year.」
The company states that the commercial printing market declined from ¥2,632.1 billion in fiscal 2013 to ¥2,507.0 billion in fiscal 2017, while the online printing market increased from ¥54.3 billion in fiscal 2013 to a projected ¥92.0 billion in fiscal 2018.