A focus on housing and agriculture

「当社グループは、「住まい」と「園芸・農業」に関する地域社会のインフラとして、ホームセンター事業を通じて地域社会、環境に貢献し、各種社会課題を解決し、持続可能な社会の実現、持続的な成長及び中長期的な企業価値向上を目指してまいります。」

「当社が注力しているプロの建設事業者様が頻繁にご利用になられる、セメント・電材等の消耗品は期間を通じて堅調に推移いたしました。」

「第１四半期は、天候不順の影響により、当社の主力フォーマットであるハード＆グリーンを中心に、ガーデニング・家庭菜園に関連する商品や農家様もご利用になられる、単管パイプ・合板等、資材の販売が前年を大きく下回りました。第２四半期に入ると、７月以降の記録的な猛暑により、エアコン・空調機器や夏物作業衣料等の季節商品の販売は堅調だったものの、園芸農薬や屋外作業に関連する商品の販売が低調に推移いたしました。」

「営業概況としては、新型コロナウイルス感染対策に関連する商品の需要は減少したものの、ガーデニング・家庭菜園用資材の販売は堅調に推移いたしました。また、原材料価格の高騰等により建設事業者様、農業事業者様等、プロのお客様の資材調達先として、継続的にご利用いただけたことで、リフォーム資材・エクステリア用品、園芸・農業用品の販売は底堅く推移いたしました。」

「In terms of operating conditions, although demand for hygiene products such as masks related to COVID-19 countermeasures and splash-prevention boards declined, sales of gardening and home gardening supplies remained steady. In addition, sales of renovation materials and exterior products, and gardening and agricultural products remained firm as construction companies, farmers and other professional customers continued to use us as a source of supplies amid rising raw material prices and other factors.」

「Our group aims to achieve both distribution innovation and a shift in channels in the supplies and building materials, hardware and tools, gardening, home gardening and agricultural supplies sectors through its home improvement business, while addressing social issues centered on the environment and society to help realize a sustainable society, thereby achieving further growth and increasing corporate value over the medium to long term.」

「In terms of operating conditions, although demand declined following the sharp increase under the state of emergency in the previous consolidated fiscal year and was affected by unfavorable weather, our core categories, including tools, hardware and work supplies, DIY and gardening supplies, renovation materials and exterior products, and gardening and agricultural products, remained firm. In particular, demand for home improvement remained high, and demand for renovations and housing-related services remained steady.」

「In terms of operating conditions, although demand declined following the sharp increase under the state of emergency in the previous consolidated fiscal year and was affected by unfavorable weather, the tools, hardware and work supplies category, including DIY and gardening supplies, renovation materials and exterior products, and gardening and agricultural products remained firm. Demand for home improvement also remained high, and demand for renovations remained steady.」

「In terms of operating conditions, although demand declined following the sharp increase under last year's state of emergency, the tools, hardware and work supplies category, including DIY and gardening supplies, renovation materials and exterior products, and gardening and agricultural products remained firm. Demand for home improvement also remained high, and demand for renovations remained steady.」

「Our group is pursuing distribution innovation by treating supplies and building materials, hardware and tools (Hard), and gardening, home gardening and agricultural supplies (Green) as core categories, with the aim of further modernizing distribution centered on housing-related sectors and contributing to customers and society.」

「In terms of operating conditions, as a new lifestyle in which many people spend more time at home due to requests to refrain from going out became widespread, demand for home improvement increased, and the tools, hardware and work supplies, renovation materials and exterior products, and gardening and agricultural products categories performed steadily.」

「In terms of operating conditions, changes in people's lifestyles brought previously latent housing-related needs to the surface, and DIY-related products such as lumber, tools and paint, leisure products that can be enjoyed close to home such as barbecue grills, swimming pools and fireworks, gardening supplies such as wood decking, bricks and garden gravel, and home gardening products such as vegetable seedlings, small bags of fertilizer and potting soil performed well.」

「Requests for people to refrain from going out increased demand for stay-at-home consumption. In addition to strong sales of garden supplies used for landscaping, such as wood decking and bricks, and home gardening products, such as vegetable seedlings and small bags of fertilizer, DIY-related products such as lumber and paint also performed well.」

「Our group will focus on housing and agriculture and aim to become an indispensable home improvement company in local communities by providing products and services tailored to customers' lifestyles.」

「Sales of plants, including private-brand vegetable and flower seedlings, and weed-control products, including brush cutters and herbicides, performed steadily.」

「By product segment, all segments performed steadily, led by the Gardening and Agricultural Products segment, which primarily comprises private-brand vegetable and flower seedlings and agricultural supplies.」

「Net sales were driven overall by gardening products, particularly private-brand vegetable and flower seedlings, while same-store sales and customer numbers exceeded the previous year.」

「In these circumstances, our group will focus on housing and agriculture and seek to differentiate itself by further strengthening product development and its sales structure.」

「In particular, in hardware, supplies and building materials, and gardening and agricultural products, we have built a system that enables us to offer valuable products at lower prices in response to the needs of professional customers by modernizing traditional distribution systems.」

「In particular, in hardware, supplies and building materials, and gardening and agricultural products, we have built a system that enables us to offer valuable products at lower prices in response to the needs of professional customers by modernizing traditional distribution systems.」

「We operate nationwide three store formats: H&G, a specialized format focused on DIY and gardening products; HC, with an extensive range capable of serving commercial demand; and PW, large-format stores with extensive sales floors and product ranges capable of meeting the needs of professional customers.」

「Under these circumstances, our group has focused on housing and agriculture and worked to further strengthen product development and our sales capabilities.」