Declining printing demand and falling order prices
First written in FY2016. 30 of 41 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: 2026-08-10.
Sun Messe moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2020.
3 other companies' latest entry also says "Restated".
- FY2026RestatedAnnual report
「In the printing industry, the decline in demand for paper media caused by the long-running shift to digital media is accelerating. Amid intensifying competition, it remains difficult to pass on increases in labor and logistics costs to prices, while labor shortages are prompting reviews of production structures, resulting in a continued difficult business environment.」
The further decline in demand for paper media, difficulty passing on higher costs through prices and reviews of production systems due to labor shortages continued as the existing challenging business environment for the full fiscal year. - FY2026-H1RestatedAnnual report
「The printing industry continues to face a challenging environment as the long-standing decline in demand for paper media due to the digital shift in information media has coincided with rising costs, making structural reform urgent, while rising labor and logistics costs resulting from intensifying competition remain difficult to pass on through prices and labor shortages have prompted reviews of production systems.」
The existing assessment of a challenging environment, involving declining demand for paper media, rising costs, difficulty passing on higher costs through prices, and reviews of production systems due to labor shortages, continues. - FY2025WorsenedAnnual report
「The long-standing decline in demand for paper media due to the digital shift in information media has accelerated, while the printing industry continues to face a challenging environment, including difficulty passing on rising labor and logistics costs resulting from intensifying competition and reviews of production systems due to labor shortages.」
The further decline in demand for paper media, difficulty passing on higher labor and logistics costs through prices, and reviews of production systems due to labor shortages were identified, indicating that the challenging environment surrounding the printing industry has intensified. - FY2025-H1WorsenedAnnual report
「The printing industry continues to face a challenging environment as the long-standing decline in demand for paper media due to the digital shift in information media has accelerated, while rising labor and logistics costs resulting from intensifying competition have been difficult to pass on through prices and labor shortages have prompted reviews of production systems.」
The further decline in demand for paper media, difficulty passing on higher costs through prices and reviews of production systems due to labor shortages were newly identified. - FY2024RestatedAnnual report
「The printing industry continues to face a challenging operating environment. The long-standing combination of declining demand for paper media due to the digital shift in information media, intensifying competition and depressed prices has been compounded by soaring energy and raw-material prices.」
The challenging environment in the printing industry caused by declining demand due to the digital shift, intensifying competition, depressed prices and soaring energy and raw-material prices continues. - FY2024-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「The printing industry continues to face a challenging operating environment. The long-standing combination of declining demand for paper media due to the digital shift in information media, intensifying competition and depressed prices has been compounded by soaring prices for raw materials, energy and other goods.」
The challenging environment in the printing industry caused by declining demand due to the digital shift, intensifying competition and depressed prices continues, alongside soaring prices for raw materials, energy and other goods. - FY2024-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「The printing industry continues to face a challenging operating environment. The long-standing combination of declining demand for paper media due to the digital shift in information media, intensifying competition and depressed prices has been compounded by soaring energy and raw-material prices.」
The challenging environment in the printing industry caused by declining demand due to the digital shift, intensifying competition and depressed prices continues, alongside soaring energy and raw-material prices. - FY2024-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「The printing industry continues to face a challenging operating environment due to the long-standing combination of declining demand for paper media resulting from the digital shift in information media, intensifying competition and depressed prices, compounded by soaring energy and raw-material prices.」
The challenging environment in the printing industry caused by declining demand due to the digital shift, intensifying competition, depressed prices and soaring energy and raw-material prices continues. - FY2023RestatedAnnual report
「The printing industry continues to face a challenging operating environment. The long-standing combination of intensifying competition accompanying declining demand for paper media due to the digital shift in information media and depressed prices has been compounded by soaring energy and raw-material prices.」
The challenging environment in the printing industry, involving the digital shift, intensifying competition, depressed prices and soaring energy and raw-material prices, was reconfirmed for the full fiscal year. - FY2023-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「The printing industry continues to face a challenging operating environment. The long-standing combination of intensifying competition accompanying declining demand for paper media due to the digital shift in information media and depressed prices has been compounded by soaring energy and raw-material prices.」
The existing challenging environment in the printing industry was reconfirmed, with the digital shift, intensifying competition and depressed prices continuing alongside soaring energy and raw-material prices. - FY2023-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「The printing industry continues to face a challenging operating environment. The long-standing combination of intensifying competition accompanying declining demand for paper media due to the digital shift in information media and depressed prices has been compounded by soaring energy and raw-material prices.」
Soaring energy prices were explicitly identified alongside the prolonged digital shift, intensifying competition and depressed prices, broadening the factors contributing to the challenging environment surrounding the printing business. - FY2023-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「The printing industry continues to face a challenging operating environment due to the long-standing combination of declining demand for paper media resulting from the digital shift in information media, intensifying competition and depressed prices, as well as soaring raw-material prices.」
Soaring raw-material prices were explicitly identified as an additional factor contributing to the challenge, alongside the prolonged digital shift, intensifying competition and depressed prices. - FY2022RestatedAnnual report
「The printing business is conducted on the basis of business activities including development, production, distribution and procurement, and the Group's performance and financial position are affected in various ways by changes in economic conditions and demand trends in the course of conducting these activities. The Group's performance and financial position may be affected if it is unable to expand sales in new business areas amid changes in the market environment, including the ongoing shift to paperless operations, or if measures to reduce costs and improve price competitiveness are inadequate.」
The potential effects of declining demand due to the shift to paperless operations, insufficient sales growth in new business areas, price competition and inadequate cost reductions continue as existing risks. - FY2022-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Although there were signs of recovery in some areas, the printing industry continues to face a challenging operating environment, as the decline in demand for paper media due to the digital shift in information media, intensifying competition and depressed prices have persisted over the long term.」
While there were signs of recovery in some areas, declining demand due to the digital shift, intensifying competition and depressed prices persisted over the long term, and the challenging environment continued. - FY2022-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「The printing industry continues to face a challenging operating environment, with the long-standing combination of declining demand for paper media due to the digital shift in information media, intensifying competition and depressed prices.」
The challenging conditions in the printing industry, namely declining demand due to the digital shift, intensifying competition and depressed prices, continue. - FY2022-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「The printing industry continues to face a challenging operating environment, with the long-standing combination of declining demand for paper media due to the digital shift in information media, intensifying competition and depressed prices. However, there was also some new demand for printed materials related to various support measures for COVID-19.」
While the challenging conditions in the printing industry caused by the digital shift, intensifying competition and depressed prices continued, some new demand, including printed materials related to infectious disease countermeasures, was identified. - FY2021WorsenedAnnual report
「The printing industry remained in a challenging operating environment. The long-standing combination of declining demand for paper media due to the digital shift in information media, intensifying competition and depressed prices was compounded by the significant impact of stagnant consumer spending and corporate activity resulting from the spread of COVID-19.」
As the digital shift, intensifying competition and depressed prices persisted over the long term, stagnant consumer spending and corporate activity resulting from the spread of COVID-19 were added, confirming the challenging environment in the printing industry for the full fiscal year. - FY2021-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「The printing industry continues to face a challenging operating environment due to stagnant consumer spending and corporate activity resulting from the spread of COVID-19, as well as declining demand for paper media caused by the digital shift in information media.」
Stagnant consumer spending and corporate activity resulting from the spread of COVID-19 were added to the ongoing decline in demand for paper media due to the digital shift. - FY2021-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「The printing industry is in a situation where the adverse impact on performance is significant due to declining volumes of related printed materials and other products amid substantial restrictions on economic activity accompanying the spread of COVID-19.」
Substantial restrictions on economic activity resulting from the spread of COVID-19 and declining volumes of related printed materials continued, and it was stated that the adverse impact on printing performance was significant. The deterioration of the risk from declining printing demand has continued. - FY2021-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「The printing industry is in a situation where an adverse impact on performance is unavoidable due to declining volumes of related printed materials and other products amid requests to refrain from going out and the cancellation of various events accompanying the spread of COVID-19.」
The spread of COVID-19 reduced volumes of related printed materials, and it was explicitly stated that an adverse impact on performance in the printing industry was unavoidable. - FY2020RestatedAnnual report
「The Group's performance and financial position may be affected if it is unable to expand sales in new business areas amid changes in the market environment, including the ongoing shift to paperless operations, or if measures to reduce costs and improve price competitiveness are inadequate.」
Changes in the market environment due to the shift to paperless operations, insufficient sales growth in new businesses and inadequate cost reductions to improve price competitiveness continue to be identified as key risks, as before. - FY2020-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「The operating environment remained challenging due to declining demand for paper-based media resulting from the digital shift in information media and falling unit prices amid intensifying price competition.」
Declining demand for paper-based media due to the digital shift and falling unit prices due to price competition continue to be identified as factors contributing to the challenging operating environment in the printing industry. - FY2020-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「The operating environment remained challenging due to declining demand for paper-based media resulting from the digital shift in information media and falling unit prices amid intensifying price competition.」
Declining demand for paper-based media resulting from the digital shift in information media and falling unit prices due to price competition continue to be identified as factors contributing to the challenging operating environment in the printing industry. - FY2020-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「The printing industry continued to face a challenging operating environment due to continued declines in printing demand and intensifying price competition.」
The challenging operating environment caused by declining printing demand and intensifying price competition continues. - FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「The market environment in the printing industry is expected to remain challenging due to continued declines in printing demand and intensifying price competition.」
The challenging market environment caused by declining printing demand and intensifying price competition continued to be indicated for the full fiscal year. - FY2019-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「The operating environment remained challenging, as declining demand for paper-based media and continued declines in order unit prices due to intensifying competition persisted in the printing industry.」
Continued declining demand for paper-based media and falling order unit prices due to intensifying competition reconfirmed the challenging operating environment in the printing industry. - FY2019-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「The market environment remains challenging due to declining demand for paper-based media and falling order prices amid intensifying competition.」
Declining demand for paper-based media and falling order prices due to intensifying competition have again been identified as factors contributing to the continued challenging market environment. - FY2019-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「The market environment in the printing industry is expected to remain challenging due to continued declines in printing demand and intensifying price competition.」
The challenging market environment caused by declining printing demand and intensifying price competition continues to be indicated. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「The printing business, the Group's core business, may affect the Group's performance if it is unable to expand sales in new business areas amid changes in the market environment, including the ongoing shift to paperless operations, or if measures to reduce costs and improve price competitiveness are inadequate.」
The decline in demand accompanying the shift to paperless operations, insufficient sales growth in new businesses and inadequate cost-reduction measures were restated as existing risks that could affect the performance of the printing business. - FY2018-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「The printing industry remains in a challenging operating environment due to declining printing demand, intensifying price competition and resulting lower selling prices.」
The challenging operating environment caused by declining printing demand, intensifying price competition and lower selling prices continues. - FY2018-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「The printing industry continues to face a challenging operating environment due to declining printing demand, intensifying price competition and resulting lower selling prices.」
Declining printing demand and lower selling prices due to price competition continued, and the statement that "the decline in printing demand shows no sign of abating" was added. Revenue also fell 3.5% year on year, indicating a deterioration in the assessment of the operating environment. - FY2018-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「The printing industry continues to face a challenging operating environment due to declining printing demand and intensifying price competition.」
Declining printing demand and intensifying price competition have again been identified as factors contributing to the continued challenging operating environment. - FY2017RestatedAnnual report
「The printing business, the Group's core business, may affect the Group's performance if it is unable to expand sales in new business areas amid changes in the market environment, including the ongoing shift to paperless operations, or if measures to reduce costs and improve price competitiveness are inadequate.」
Insufficient responses to declining demand accompanying the shift to paperless operations and price competition continue to be identified as risks that could affect the performance of the printing business. - FY2017-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「No new business or other risks arose during the cumulative third quarter of the fiscal year under review. There were also no material changes to the business and other risks described in the securities report for the previous fiscal year.」
No material changes were reported in the existing business and other risks, including declining printing demand and lower order unit prices. - FY2017-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「No new business or other risks arose during the cumulative second quarter of the current consolidated fiscal year. There were also no material changes to the business or other risks described in the annual securities report for the previous fiscal year.」
No material changes were identified in existing business and other risks, including declining printing demand and falling order prices. - FY2017-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「The printing industry also remained in a challenging operating environment, amid declining demand associated with the shift toward paperless operations and falling order prices due to intensifying competition among industry peers.」
The decline in demand caused by the shift toward paperless operations and the fall in order prices continued to contribute to the challenging operating environment. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「The printing industry remains in a challenging operating environment, as demand continues to decline with the shift toward paperless operations and order prices continue to fall amid intensifying competition among industry peers.」
The decline in demand caused by the shift toward paperless operations and the fall in order prices caused by intensifying competition are identified as ongoing operating-environment risks.