Measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and continue operations

「We will continue to give top priority to preventing the spread of infection and ensuring safety, while developing a risk management framework and taking steps to address expanding risks.」

「Our Group has thoroughly implemented infection-control measures, including checking employees' health before work and installing desk shields. At stores, we have reviewed promotional activities to reduce crowding among customers and sought to maintain distance while customers wait at the tills. At headquarters, domestic and overseas business travel has in principle been prohibited, while web conferencing and working from home have been used to reduce opportunities for contact.」

「At our stores, we have continued creating a safe and secure environment by thoroughly preventing the spread of infection through measures including maintaining social distancing, installing hand sanitiser and checking employees' health before they begin work.」

「We are also working to ensure in-store safety so that customers and employees can feel more secure, including by conducting workplace vaccination programs to further strengthen infection-control measures.」

「To fulfill its role as social infrastructure, the Group has supplied products, primarily essential goods, at low prices through its comprehensive discount stores supporting everyday life, while thoroughly implementing measures to protect customers and employees against infectious diseases.」

「Under these circumstances, as a general discount retailer selling everyday necessities that support daily life, our Group continued operating while thoroughly implementing measures to prevent the spread of infection, with consideration for the safety of customers and employees. We also worked to ensure stable product supplies while increasing our range of hygiene products and products related to stay-at-home consumption, for which demand increased as new lifestyles associated with infection prevention and refraining from going out became established. As a result, same-store sales for the nine-month period ended in the third quarter were 109.4% of the prior-year period, and customer numbers were 102.6%.」

「As a general discount retailer selling everyday necessities that support daily life, our Group continued operating while thoroughly implementing measures to prevent the spread of infection, with consideration for the safety of customers and employees. We also worked to secure supplies of hygiene products and products related to stay-at-home consumption, for which demand increased as new lifestyles designed to prevent infection became established. As a result, same-store sales were 113.6% of the prior-year period, and customer numbers were 104.2%.」

「As a general discount retailer offering everyday necessities that support daily life, our Group worked to continue operations by thoroughly implementing measures to prevent the spread of infection and securing supplies of product categories for which demand had increased. Although we reduced store operating hours, all stores remained open, with same-store sales at 113.0% of the prior-year period and customer numbers at 106.9%.」

「At each business location, we have required employees to wear masks, wash their hands thoroughly and use alcohol-based disinfectant. At stores, we have also sought to limit promotional activities and maintain distance while customers wait at the tills in order to reduce crowding. At headquarters, domestic and overseas business travel has in principle been prohibited, while web conferencing and working from home have been used to reduce opportunities for contact. In addition to efforts to continue operating, we have also worked to achieve thorough cost reductions.」