Sales for this month
August 2026Sales of high-value merchandise and food products to domestic customers, and high-value merchandise, children's, information and hobby products, and sports-related products to inbound customers, increased, resulting in sales above the prior-year level. Orders in the corporate business also remained firm, while the cross-media business fell slightly below the prior-year level due to sluggish fashion sales.
Growth in high-value goods, Steady performance of food products, Growth in inbound sales of children's, information and hobby products, and sports-related products, Firm orders in the corporate business, Sluggish fashion sales in the cross-media business
Scope of aggregation: Takashimaya Co., Ltd. and domestic department store subsidiaries
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Month Covered | August 2026 |
| Scope of aggregation | Takashimaya Co., Ltd. and domestic department store subsidiaries |
| Year-on-year change in monthly net sales | 3.9 % |
| Total-store sales, year on year | 3.9 % |
| Same-Store Sales, Year on Year | 5.9 % |
| Year-on-Year Change in Customer Count | All Stores -5.9 % / Existing stores -0.9 % |
| Year-on-year change by category | Name Apparel Products / 髙島屋 1.7 % / Takashimaya and domestic department store subsidiaries 1.6 %, Name Accessories / 髙島屋 13.3 % / Takashimaya and domestic department store subsidiaries 12.6 %, Name Household products / 髙島屋 0.8 % / Takashimaya and domestic department store subsidiaries 1.2 %, Name Foods / 髙島屋 -1.2 % / Takashimaya and domestic department store subsidiaries -1 %, Name Service / 髙島屋 -4.3 % / Takashimaya and domestic department store subsidiaries -4.2 %, Corporate Business 3.1 %, Cross-media business -0.5 % |
| Key KPIs | Indicator name Inbound customer count, year on year / Value -6.8 % / Year on year -6.8 %, Indicator name Average spend per inbound customer, year on year / Value 14.4 % / Year on year 14.4 %, Indicator name September department store sales (through the 14th, existing stores) / Value 4.3 % / Year on year 4.3 % |
| Monthly Commentary | Sales of high-value merchandise and food products to domestic customers, and high-value merchandise, children's, information and hobby products, and sports-related products to inbound customers, increased, resulting in sales above the prior-year level. Orders in the corporate business also remained firm, while the cross-media business fell slightly below the prior-year level due to sluggish fashion sales. |
| Factors Affecting the Change | Growth in high-value goods, Steady performance of food products, Growth in inbound sales of children's, information and hobby products, and sports-related products, Firm orders in the corporate business, Sluggish fashion sales in the cross-media business |
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The reasons the company gives
The company's own explanation, not something inferred from the numbers.Among domestic customers, high-value merchandise, including luxury brands, and food products remained firm. Among inbound customers, sales of high-value merchandise, children's, information and hobby products, and sports-related products increased. Orders in the corporate business remained firm. In the cross-media business, food products and living-related goods remained firm, but fashion, primarily apparel and miscellaneous goods, struggled to grow.