Accelerating Stylist Development and Retaining Salon Staff
First written in FY2016. 24 of 34 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2026.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2024: 2 of 11 companies on the "Worse" side.
7 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「We opened the mod's hair Academy as a new facility independent of headquarters and began operations in April 2026. The new academy aims to develop students' practical skills while building a new business model for the technical education in which mod's hair excels.」
The mod's hair Academy was opened and began operating as an independent facility in April 2026, marking a concrete step toward building a new business model for technical education. - FY2026-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「In our beauty salon operations business, we entered into a business partnership agreement in November 2025 with ECLART, which continues to grow significantly in the beauty industry, and are pursuing collaboration by leveraging the management resources and expertise of both parties.」
A specific measure has been added under the recruitment and development theme: using the business partnership with ECLART to strengthen recruitment. - FY2025RestatedAnnual report
「Our Group has adopted “To remain a lifestyle partner that stays close to our customers” as its management philosophy. Even under these circumstances, we are making the recruitment, development and retention of outstanding human resources, which are fundamental to each business, our top priority so that we continue to be needed by our customers.」
The Group continues its existing human-resource initiatives, positioning the recruitment, development and retention of outstanding personnel as fundamental to each business. - FY2025-H1RestatedAnnual report
「Based on the medium-term management plan announced on 26 September 2024, our Group is strengthening human capital management, optimizing management efficiency in its existing businesses and focusing on creating new businesses that can become additional earnings pillars while providing stable services, with the aim of firmly establishing the foundations of its management platform.」
The existing recruitment, development and retention agenda has been positioned as strengthening human capital management under the medium-term management plan. - FY2024RestatedAnnual report
「Our Group has adopted “To remain a lifestyle partner that stays close to our customers” as its management philosophy. Even under these circumstances, we are making the recruitment, development and retention of outstanding human resources, which are fundamental to each business, our top priority so that we continue to be needed by our customers.」
Recruiting, developing and retaining outstanding personnel is positioned as fundamental to each business and remains the top priority. - FY2024-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「The mobility of hairstylist talent has been increasing year by year. Although costs related to initiatives to secure outstanding staff, which are essential to enhancing competitiveness in the post-COVID era, were incurred ahead of the associated benefits,」
The Group continues to prioritize securing outstanding staff in response to increasing mobility among hairstylist personnel. - FY2024-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「The mobility of hairstylist talent has been increasing year by year. Although costs related to initiatives to secure outstanding staff, which are essential to enhancing competitiveness in the post-COVID era, were incurred ahead of the associated benefits,」
The Group continues to focus on securing outstanding staff in response to increasing mobility among hairstylist personnel. - FY2023ReframedAnnual report
「We are pursuing proactive human capital management, seeking to raise employee motivation and further promote human-resource development across the Group. Going forward, we plan to formulate a human capital and talent strategy linked to our management strategy and establish the necessary framework.」
In addition to the existing recruitment, development and retention agenda, the Group has explicitly stated that it will formulate a human capital and talent strategy linked to its management strategy and establish the relevant framework. - FY2023-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Outstanding staff remain indispensable to enhancing competitiveness in the coming with-COVID and post-COVID era. Accordingly, we continue to focus on alleviating employee concerns and developing human resources.」
The Group regards securing outstanding staff as essential to competitiveness and continues to focus on easing employee concerns and developing human resources. - FY2023-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Outstanding staff remain indispensable to enhancing competitiveness in the coming with-COVID and post-COVID era. Accordingly, we are focusing on alleviating employee concerns and developing human resources.」
The Group continues to focus on securing outstanding staff, easing employee concerns and developing human resources for the with-COVID and post-COVID era. - FY2022RestatedAnnual report
「We need to recruit students from beauty schools, mid-career stylists and assistants, and provide the training and workplace environment necessary to retain salon staff. To establish a stable foundation for and achieve growth in our core beauty salon operations business, we will continue to focus on recruiting, developing and retaining staff.」
The Group continues to focus on new-graduate and mid-career recruitment, staff development, workplace improvements and retention. - FY2022-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Outstanding staff remain indispensable to enhancing competitiveness in the post-COVID era. Accordingly, we continue to focus on alleviating employee concerns and developing human resources.」
The Group continues to focus on securing outstanding staff, easing employee concerns and developing human resources for the post-COVID era. - FY2022-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Outstanding staff remain indispensable to enhancing competitiveness in the coming with-COVID and post-COVID era. Accordingly, we are focusing on alleviating employee concerns and developing human resources.」
The Group continues to focus on easing employee concerns and developing human resources to enhance competitiveness in the with-COVID and post-COVID era. - FY2021RestatedAnnual report
「We need to recruit students from beauty schools, mid-career stylists and assistants, and provide the training and workplace environment necessary to retain salon staff. To establish a stable foundation for and achieve growth in our core beauty salon operations business, we will continue to focus on recruiting, developing and retaining staff.」
The Group continues to focus on recruiting beauty-school students and mid-career personnel, developing and retaining staff, and improving the workplace environment. - FY2021-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Outstanding staff are indispensable to enhancing competitiveness in the coming with-COVID and post-COVID era. Accordingly, we are focusing on alleviating employee concerns and developing human resources.」
The Group continues to emphasize the importance of outstanding staff, easing employee concerns and human-resource development for the with-COVID and post-COVID era. - FY2021-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Outstanding staff are indispensable to enhancing competitiveness in the coming with-COVID and post-COVID era. Accordingly, we are focusing on alleviating employee concerns and developing human resources.」
The Group regards securing outstanding staff as essential to competitiveness and continues to focus on easing employee concerns and developing human resources. - FY2020-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, securing human resources remains an important and ongoing industry-wide challenge. From the third quarter of the current fiscal year, we have increased our focus on this area, conducting company-wide recruitment activities while strengthening recruiting efforts and accelerating stylists' debut.」
Since the third quarter of the current fiscal year, the Group has pursued company-wide recruitment, strengthened recruiting and accelerated stylists' debut. - FY2020-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「Securing human resources is an important industry-wide challenge. From the first quarter of the current fiscal year, we have increased our focus on this area, conducting company-wide recruitment activities while strengthening recruiting efforts and accelerating stylists' debut.」
Since the current quarter, the Group has pursued company-wide recruitment, strengthened recruiting and accelerated stylists' debut as specific measures to secure staff. - FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「To establish a stable foundation for and achieve growth in our core beauty salon operations business, we will continue to focus on recruiting, developing and retaining staff.」
Recruitment, development, retention and workplace improvements remain key priorities. - FY2019-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「As we have done in the past, we are focusing on developing highly skilled staff through training and continuing to provide high-quality services.」
The Group continues to prioritize staff development through training. - FY2019-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「As we have done in the past, we are focusing on developing highly skilled staff through training and continuing to provide high-quality services.」
The Group continues to train and develop highly skilled staff. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「We need to recruit students from beauty schools, mid-career stylists and assistants, and provide the training and workplace environment necessary to retain salon staff. To establish a stable foundation for and achieve growth in our core beauty salon operations business, we will continue to focus on recruiting, developing and retaining staff.」
Recruitment, development, retention and workplace improvements remain key priorities. - FY2018-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, our Group is focusing on continuing to develop highly skilled staff through training and provide high-quality services as before, without resorting to indiscriminate price-cutting competition.」
The Group continues to develop staff through training, but presents no new specific measures to shorten training periods or improve retention. - FY2018-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, our Group is focusing on continuing to develop highly skilled staff through training and provide high-quality services as before, without resorting to indiscriminate price-cutting competition.」
The Group continues to develop staff through training, but presents no new specific measures to shorten training periods or improve retention. - FY2018-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, our Group is focusing on continuing to develop highly skilled staff through training and provide high-quality services as before, without resorting to indiscriminate price-cutting competition.」
The Group continues to develop staff through training, but presents no new specific measures to shorten training periods or improve retention. - FY2017RestatedAnnual report
「For our Group, this is no exception. We need to recruit students from beauty schools, mid-career stylists and assistants, and provide the training and workplace environment necessary to retain salon staff. To establish a stable foundation for and achieve growth in our core beauty salon operations business, we will continue to focus on recruiting, developing and retaining staff.」
Recruitment, development, retention and workplace improvements remain key priorities. - FY2017-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「As we have done in the past, we are focusing on developing highly skilled staff through training and continuing to provide high-quality services.」
The Group continues to prioritize staff development, but presents no new specific measures to shorten training periods or improve the workplace environment. - FY2017-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, our Group is focusing on continuing to develop outstanding staff and provide high-quality services as before, without resorting to indiscriminate price-cutting competition.」
The Group continues to prioritize developing outstanding staff, but presents no new specific measures to shorten training periods or improve the workplace environment. - FY2017-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Our Group is focusing on continuing to develop outstanding staff and provide high-quality services, as we have done in the past, without resorting to indiscriminate price-cutting competition.」
The Group continues to prioritize developing outstanding staff, but provides no additional details on the education system or retention measures. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「Our Group needs to further enhance the education system based on the original method developed by Mod's Hair Academy and create an environment in which stylists can be trained in a shorter period. At the same time, we must establish a fulfilling workplace environment where salon staff can work safely and securely for longer periods.」
Key challenges are shortening the training period through an enhanced education system and retaining staff by improving the workplace environment.