Sluggish customer traffic at the Shimamura business and a year-on-year decline in sales

「Net sales rose 3.1% year on year to ¥262.976 billion.」

「Sales increased 4.4% year on year to ¥519,658 million.」

「Sales increased 4.4% year on year to ¥519,658 million.」

「During the cumulative first half of the fiscal year, 5 stores were opened and 5 stores were closed, bringing the total number of stores to 1,416. Net sales rose 3.4% year on year to ¥255.149 billion.」

「Net sales rose 4.4% from the previous fiscal year to ¥497.709 billion.」

「During the cumulative first half of the fiscal year, 5 stores were opened and 4 stores were closed, bringing the total number of stores to 1,416. Net sales rose 4.0% year on year to ¥246.705 billion.」

「Net sales rose 4.6% year on year to ¥119.843 billion.」

「During the cumulative third quarter of the fiscal year, 9 stores were opened and 13 stores were closed, bringing the total to 1,414 stores. Net sales rose 3.8% year on year to ¥359.586 billion.」

「During the cumulative second quarter of the fiscal year, 6 stores were opened and 9 stores were closed, bringing the total to 1,415 stores. Net sales rose 5.4% year on year to ¥237.325 billion.」

「During the cumulative first quarter of the fiscal year, 4 stores were opened and 3 stores were closed, bringing the total number of stores to 1,419. Net sales rose 5.4% year on year to ¥114.601 billion.」

「Net sales rose 4.9% from the previous fiscal year to ¥461.655 billion.」

「During the cumulative third quarter of the fiscal year, 3 stores were opened and 3 stores were closed, bringing the total to 1,421 stores. Net sales rose 5.1% year on year to ¥346.456 billion.」

「During the cumulative second quarter of the fiscal year, 2 stores were opened and 1 store was closed, bringing the total to 1,422 stores. Net sales rose 4.5% year on year to ¥225.192 billion.」

「In the core Shimamura business, the company opened 4 stores and closed 13 during the fiscal year, bringing the total to 1,421 stores. Sales also increased 6.8% year on year to ¥440.118 billion.」

「During the cumulative third quarter, the company opened 4 stores and closed 10, bringing the total to 1,424 stores. Sales also increased 7.3% year on year to ¥329.489 billion.」

「During the cumulative second quarter, the company opened 4 stores and closed 8, bringing the total to 1,426 stores. Sales also increased 11.8% year on year to ¥215.497 billion.」

「Customer traffic increased as the company timely proposed a variety of campaigns each week, including trend products for teens and young customers, influencer campaigns and character merchandise. …Sales also increased 34.0% year on year to ¥105.484 billion.」

「Sales increased 2.6% year on year to ¥412.095 billion.」

「Sales increased 1.0% year on year to ¥306.958 billion.」

「During the cumulative second quarter, the company opened 1 store, bringing the total to 1,433 stores. Sales also declined 5.6% year on year to ¥192.722 billion.」

「In the core Shimamura business, women’s and men’s loungewear and children’s clothing benefited from stay-at-home demand, while hygiene goods became best sellers amid measures to prevent infectious diseases. After temperatures rose in early May, T-shirts from the private-label brand “CLOSSHI” and underwear and bedding from “FIBERDRY” sold well. However, women’s suits for graduation and entrance ceremonies, men’s business shirts, and women’s jackets and fashion accessories for going out performed poorly. …Sales also declined 22.3% year on year to ¥78.728 billion.」

「Sales fell 5.4% year on year to ¥401.525 billion.」

「From the second half, the company rolled out women’s-wear brands targeting different age groups. While the teens-to-young segment performed well, the product range of brands targeting middle-aged to mature women was insufficient, and customer traffic fell below the previous year.」

「Average spend per customer exceeded the previous year after the company narrowed the selection of low-priced headline products in its advertising and reduced discounts at the checkout, but customer traffic fell below the previous year because the product range was insufficient to meet the needs of customers across a broad range of age groups. From the third quarter, in addition to “HK WORKS LONDON,” a brand targeting customers in their 30s, the company will roll out brands targeting middle-aged and older customers to improve customer traffic.」

「In the core Shimamura business, clear apparel trends emerged from spring through summer. In women’s wear, best-selling products included the “Cool-to-the-Touch Knit Cardigan” from the private-label brand “CLOSSHI,” as well as dresses and T-shirts, but practical products such as underwear and bedding performed poorly because temperatures remained low nationwide from late March through mid-April.」

「The company renovated 72 stores, but sales fell 4.8% year on year to ¥424.558 billion.」

「Customer traffic slowed because of unsettled weather caused by a stalled autumn rain front. From October through November, temperatures remained above normal nationwide, creating difficult conditions for winter merchandise sales. Although hit products emerged among autumn and early-winter items, including knit dresses, check-pattern shirts and leggings promoted as autumn trends, winter merchandise sales, including thermal underwear and bedding, failed to grow as planned because temperatures were higher than the previous year on many days nationwide. As a result, sales fell below the previous year.」

「Typhoons and extreme heat dampened demand, customer traffic remained sluggish, and sales fell below the previous year.」