Full-Scale Expansion into Hokkaido

「Hardware & Green Shin-Hidaka store and others」

「We opened a total of 9 Power stores in Hokkaido, Tochigi, Chiba, Shizuoka, Aichi, Shiga and Fukuoka.」

「We opened 8 Power stores (1 in Hokkaido, 1 in Tochigi, 2 in Chiba, 1 in Shizuoka, 2 in Shiga and 1 in Fukuoka), 4 Home Center stores (1 each in Iwate, Miyagi, Nagano and Ibaraki) and 3 Hardware & Green stores (1 each in Iwate, Fukushima and Miyazaki).」

「We also opened the Hokkaido Regional Headquarters in Tomakomai in April, and worked to expand stores rooted in the region and strengthen our operating structure there.」

「In March 2018, we opened the Hokkaido Distribution Center in Tomakomai as a base for expanding our store network in Hokkaido. It was our 10th distribution center nationwide.」

「As part of our new store openings, we opened 8 Power stores (2 in Hokkaido and 1 each in Miyagi, Nagano, Gunma, Chiba, Mie and Nara) and 6 Home Center stores (1 each in Hokkaido, Iwate, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Gifu).」

「As part of our new store openings, we opened 5 Power stores (Asahikawa, Hokkaido; Tome, Miyagi; Maebashi, Gunma; Noda, Chiba; and Meiwa, Mie) and 4 Home Center stores (Kuriyama, Hokkaido; Rikuzentakata, Iwate; Takasaki, Gunma; and Hokota, Ibaraki). As a result, at the end of the second quarter, the store network comprised 49 Power stores, 163 Home Center stores, 964 Hardware & Green stores and 12 Athena stores, for a total of 1,188 stores.」

「For new store openings, primarily in Hokkaido, which our group regards as a new market area, we opened 4 PW stores (2 in Hokkaido, 1 in Hiroshima Prefecture and 1 in Kagoshima Prefecture), 5 HC stores (1 each in Hokkaido, Gifu Prefecture, Fukuoka Prefecture, Oita Prefecture and Kumamoto Prefecture), and 8 H&G stores (3 in Hokkaido, 1 in Gunma Prefecture, 1 in Tochigi Prefecture, 1 in Tokyo, 1 in Shimane Prefecture and 1 in Fukuoka Prefecture).」

「Hokkaido, which our store-opening policy identifies as a new market area, had 4 PW stores, 3 HC stores and 6 H&G stores, for a total of 13 stores, at the end of the third quarter. We are continuing to promote openings under a fleet-based model using the 3 store formats.」

「For new store openings, we opened 3 PW stores (Obihiro, Hokkaido; Otake, Hiroshima Prefecture; and Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture), 3 HC stores (Ukiha, Fukuoka Prefecture; Bungo-Ono, Oita Prefecture; and Yamaga, Kumamoto Prefecture), and 4 H&G stores (3 in Hokkaido and 1 in Shimane Prefecture), for a total of 10 stores. We also closed 6 H&G stores and converted 1 H&G store in Aga, Niigata Prefecture, to HC. As a result, at the end of the second quarter, the store network comprised 43 PW stores, 154 HC stores, 972 H&G stores and 13 AT stores, for a total of 1,182 stores.」

「For new store openings, we opened PW Obihiro-Minami in Obihiro, Hokkaido, the third PW store in Hokkaido, in April.」

「In Hokkaido, where we began full-scale expansion in December 2014, we opened 3 H&G stores around Asahikawa, Biei, Higashikawa and Toma, the first H&G stores in Hokkaido, marking a strong start.」