Labor Shortages, Recruitment Difficulties and Wage Increases
First written in FY2017. 13 of 23 entries say "Materialised", first in FY2018-Q2. Latest entry: FY2026.
Life moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2017, 6 years before the typical company in this theme (2023).
The whole theme swung hardest in 2025: 15 of 29 companies on the "Worse" side.
3 other companies' latest entry also says "Other".
- FY2026Response measures made more specificAnnual report
「To achieve stable growth, the Group is actively recruiting the part-time workers central to store operations and working to secure sufficient working hours. It conducts planned recruitment of full-time new graduates with a view to the Company's future management and store operations. It also recruits mid-career personnel with diverse experience and specialised knowledge throughout the year. In addition, it is working to reduce employee turnover by creating a comfortable and rewarding workplace.」
Specifies measures to address labour shortages, including recruitment of part-time workers and securing working hours, recruitment of new graduates and mid-career hires, and reducing employee turnover by improving workplace comfort and job satisfaction. - FY2024Add measuresAnnual report
「To achieve stable growth, the Group is actively securing the part-time workers central to store operations, hiring talented personnel who will lead the Company's future through regular graduate recruitment, and strengthening mid-career hiring of personnel with diverse experience. In addition, it is promoting measures to reduce employee turnover.」
In addition to continuing to strengthen recruitment of part-time workers, new graduates and mid-career hires, explicitly states that reducing employee turnover is a response to labour shortages. - FY2024-Q1MaterialisedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, SG&A expenses increased due to soaring utilities costs and higher property-related expenses, including rent associated with new store openings, as well as higher personnel expenses resulting from stepped-up hiring」
Higher personnel expenses resulting from stepped-up hiring contributed to increased SG&A expenses in the first quarter, together with higher utilities costs and property-related expenses associated with new store openings. - FY2023Added productivity measures.Annual report
「In response to rising personnel expenses, the Group is seeking to improve productivity through the effective introduction and use of systems that streamline store operations and improvements to store work methods.」
Explicitly states that productivity will be improved through the introduction and use of systems and improvements to store work methods in response to labour shortages and rising personnel expenses. - FY2023-Q3MaterialisedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, SG&A expenses increased due to soaring utilities costs and higher property-related expenses, including rent associated with new store openings, as well as higher personnel expenses resulting from stepped-up hiring」
Higher personnel expenses resulting from stepped-up hiring contributed to increased SG&A expenses during the cumulative third-quarter period, together with utilities costs and rent and other expenses associated with new store openings. - FY2023-Q1MaterialisedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, SG&A expenses increased due to soaring utilities costs and higher property-related expenses, as well as higher rent associated with new store openings and higher personnel expenses resulting from stepped-up hiring」
Higher personnel expenses resulting from stepped-up hiring are contributing to increased SG&A expenses during the quarter, together with rent associated with new store openings and soaring utilities costs. - FY2022Expanded the scope of recruitment.Annual report
「To achieve stable growth, the Group is actively securing the part-time workers who are central to store operations, hiring talented personnel who will lead the Company's future through regular graduate recruitment, and strengthening mid-career hiring of personnel with diverse experience. In addition, it is working to expand its delivery workforce responsible for the last mile of the growing online supermarket business.」
Added the expansion of the delivery workforce responsible for the last mile of the online supermarket business, in addition to recruitment of part-time workers, new graduates and mid-career hires, as a response to labour shortages. - FY2022-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, SG&A expenses increased due to higher personnel expenses resulting from stepped-up hiring, as well as higher property-related expenses including rent associated with new store openings, promotional expenses resulting from the resumption of leaflet distribution, and costs associated with strengthening the expanding e-commerce business」
Continues to describe the occurrence of these costs, stating that personnel expenses resulting from stepped-up hiring, rent for new store openings, promotional expenses resulting from the resumption of leaflet distribution, and property-related expenses associated with strengthening the e-commerce business increased. - FY2022-Q2Added cost factors.Annual report
「Meanwhile, SG&A expenses increased due to higher personnel expenses resulting from stepped-up hiring, as well as higher property-related expenses including rent associated with new store openings, promotional expenses resulting from the resumption of leaflet distribution, and costs associated with strengthening the expanding e-commerce business」
In addition to personnel expenses resulting from stepped-up hiring, rent for new store openings and costs associated with strengthening the e-commerce business, the Company also identifies higher promotional expenses resulting from the resumption of leaflet distribution as an actual cost factor. - FY2022-Q1MaterialisedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, SG&A expenses increased due to higher personnel expenses resulting from stepped-up hiring, as well as higher property-related expenses including rent associated with new store openings and costs associated with strengthening the expanding e-commerce business」
Higher personnel expenses resulting from stepped-up hiring actually contributed to higher costs, together with rent for new store openings and property-related expenses associated with strengthening the e-commerce business. - FY2021Expanded the scope of recruitment.Annual report
「As employment conditions deteriorated due to COVID-19, the Group will actively secure the part-time workers it somewhat lacks and actively hire the personnel it needs through regular graduate recruitment, while also strengthening mid-career hiring, to achieve stable growth.」
Added the trend toward deterioration caused by COVID-19 to the description of employment conditions and explicitly stated that mid-career hiring would also be strengthened, in addition to recruitment of part-time workers and new graduates. - FY2021-Q3MaterialisedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, SG&A expenses increased due to higher personnel expenses resulting from increased staffing accompanying sales growth and emergency special appreciation payments to employees working while facing the risk of COVID-19 infection. Property-related expenses also increased due to infection-control costs, in-store refurbishments and delivery freight.」
States that higher costs resulting from increased staffing accompanying sales growth, emergency special appreciation payments to employees, infection-control measures, in-store refurbishments and delivery freight also occurred during the cumulative third quarter. - FY2021-Q2MaterialisedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, SG&A expenses increased due to higher personnel expenses resulting from increased staffing accompanying sales growth and emergency special appreciation payments to employees working while facing the risk of COVID-19 infection. Property-related expenses also increased due to infection-control costs, in-store refurbishments and delivery freight.」
States that higher costs resulting from increased staffing, emergency special appreciation payments to employees, infection-control measures, in-store refurbishments and delivery freight actually occurred. - FY2021-Q1MaterialisedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, SG&A expenses increased due to higher personnel expenses resulting from stepped-up hiring, as well as higher property-related expenses for consumables and equipment purchased for infection control, in-store equipment investments and delivery freight. In addition, the Group paid emergency special appreciation payments to employees working while facing the risk of COVID-19 infection, but」
States that higher personnel expenses resulting from stepped-up hiring, and costs for infection-control consumables and equipment, in-store equipment, delivery freight and emergency special appreciation payments, actually occurred. - FY2020RestatedAnnual report
「As employment conditions continue to improve, the Group will actively secure the part-time workers it lacks and actively hire the personnel it needs through regular graduate recruitment. However, the employment environment remains challenging, with labour shortages and difficulty hiring continuing, particularly in the urban areas of the Tokyo metropolitan area and Kinki region where the Group operates its stores」
Continues to describe the risk of labour shortages and difficulty hiring in the Tokyo metropolitan area and Kinki region while pursuing the recruitment of part-time workers and new graduates. - FY2020-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, although costs increased due to higher personnel expenses resulting from stepped-up hiring and wage increases, higher property-related expenses resulting from increases in freight and utility costs, and higher depreciation and amortisation」
States that higher personnel expenses resulting from stepped-up hiring and wage increases, higher freight and utility costs, and higher depreciation and amortisation also occurred during the cumulative third quarter. - FY2020-Q1MaterialisedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, although costs increased due to higher personnel expenses resulting from stepped-up hiring and wage increases, higher property-related expenses resulting from increases in freight and utility costs, and higher depreciation and amortisation, the results of various initiatives, including the benefits of investments and product policies, exceeded the increase in costs」
States that higher personnel expenses resulting from stepped-up hiring and wage increases, and higher freight, utility and depreciation and amortisation expenses, also occurred in the first quarter. - FY2019-Q3MaterialisedAnnual report
「Costs increased due to higher personnel expenses resulting from stepped-up hiring and wage increases, higher property-related expenses resulting from increases in freight and utility costs, temporary expenses associated with new stores and refurbishing existing stores, and higher depreciation and amortisation, but」
States that higher personnel expenses resulting from stepped-up hiring and wage increases, higher freight and utility costs, store opening and refurbishment expenses, and higher depreciation and amortisation also occurred during the cumulative third quarter. - FY2019-Q2MaterialisedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, although the gross margin improved from the same quarter of the previous year, costs increased due to higher personnel expenses resulting from stepped-up hiring and wage increases, higher property-related expenses resulting from increases in freight and utility costs, temporary expenses associated with new stores and refurbishing existing stores, and higher depreciation and amortisation. Operating profit was ¥4,652 million, down 6.1% year on year, and ordinary profit was ¥4,921 million, down 5.2%.」
States that higher personnel expenses resulting from stepped-up hiring and wage increases, higher freight and utility costs, new store opening and refurbishment expenses, and higher depreciation and amortisation actually put pressure on profit in the cumulative second quarter. - FY2019-Q1MaterialisedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, although the gross margin improved from the same quarter of the previous year, costs increased due to higher personnel expenses resulting from stepped-up hiring and wage increases, higher property-related expenses resulting from increases in freight and utility costs, temporary expenses associated with new stores and refurbishing existing stores, and higher depreciation and amortisation. Operating profit was ¥2,680 million, down 11.1% year on year, ordinary profit was ¥2,795 million, down 10.0%, and quarterly net profit attributable to owners of the parent was ¥1,669 million, down 15.0%.」
States that higher personnel expenses resulting from stepped-up hiring and wage increases, higher freight and utility costs, and new store opening and refurbishment expenses actually put pressure on profit in the first quarter. - FY2018MaterialisedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, costs increased due to higher personnel expenses resulting from stepped-up hiring and wage increases, higher property-related expenses resulting from increases in freight and utility costs, and increased temporary expenses associated with new stores and refurbishing existing stores. Operating profit was ¥12,094 million, down 4.5% year on year, and ordinary profit was ¥12,550 million, down 2.2%.」
States that higher personnel expenses resulting from stepped-up hiring and wage increases, and higher freight, utility, new store opening and refurbishment costs, actually put pressure on full-year profit. - FY2018-Q2MaterialisedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, costs also increased due to higher personnel expenses resulting from stepped-up hiring and wage increases, higher property-related expenses resulting from increases in freight and utility costs, and temporary expenses associated with new stores and refurbishing existing stores」
States that higher personnel expenses resulting from stepped-up hiring and wage increases actually put pressure on profit, together with increases in freight and utility costs. - FY2017First statedAnnual report
「Labor shortages and recruitment difficulties continue, particularly in the urban areas of the Tokyo metropolitan and Kinki regions where the Group operates stores, and higher part-time recruitment costs and wages may affect the Group's business performance and financial condition.」
Describes continuing labor shortages and recruitment difficulties in the Tokyo metropolitan and Kinki regions and the potential impact of higher recruitment costs and wages.