People (7865) · RiskDiscontinuation of categories due to low profitability and limited future potential
Commoditization of Long-Established Product Categories and Increase in Maintenance Resources
First written in FY2024-Q3. . Latest entry: FY2024.
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Declining selling prices and lower profits due to intensifying competition with other companiesA theme 226 companies write about · 227 as a headwind · 0 as a tailwind
The whole theme swung hardest in 2026: 41 of 85 companies on the "Worse" side.
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- FY2024Discontinuation of categories due to low profitability and limited future potentialAnnual report
「To concentrate resources on developing new products, we discontinued long-selling categories with low profitability and limited future potential, including the Popo-chan series and several others.」
The risks of commoditisation, price competition and growing maintenance burdens for long-selling categories led to the business decision to discontinue multiple series based on their profitability and future potential. - FY2024-Q3First statedAnnual report
「The longer a product category continues, the more competing products emerge, intensifying commoditisation and price competition, while the resources required to maintain the category have grown each year.」
The company newly identified the increase in competing products, commoditisation, price competition and growing maintenance resources associated with the long-term continuation of long-selling categories as the fundamental causes of deteriorating profitability.