Creating New Customer Segments Through a New Brand
First written in FY2020-Q1. 15 of 18 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2020-Q2. Latest entry: FY2027-H1.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2025: 1 of 9 companies on the "Worse" side.
14 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2027-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「As a strategy to acquire new customers through social media, we expanded collaboration with influencers, including the development of collaborative products and the use of social media-linked advertising. As a result of these initiatives, e-commerce sales were 114.2% of the level in the same period of the previous year, and accounted for 12.7% of total sales, an increase from the same period of the previous year.」
Influencer initiatives were expanded to include collaborative product development and social media-linked advertising as measures to acquire new customers. E-commerce sales were 114.2% of the level in the same period of the previous year. - 2026-07-10AdvancedEarnings
「As a new customer acquisition initiative through social media, we expanded collaboration with influencers, including joint product development and the use of social media-linked advertising.」
Influencer initiatives were expanded to joint product development and social media-linked advertising. - FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「As a strategy for acquiring new customers through social media, the Company actively conducted influencer-based PR activities for its core brands ikka, LBC, and notch. In particular, LBC sales rose significantly to 122.7% of the previous year's level.」
The use of influencers expanded from a focus on notch. to ikka and LBC, and LBC sales reached 122.7% of the previous year's level. - 2026-04-09AdvancedEarnings
「We actively conducted influencer-based PR activities for our core brands ikka, LBC and notch., with LBC in particular recording substantial growth, with sales reaching 122.7% of the previous year's level.」
Influencer initiatives were rolled out across multiple brands, with LBC's sales growth presented as a result. - FY2026-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「As a strategy for acquiring new customers through social media, the Company expanded its ongoing collaboration with influencers under the direct-to-consumer brand notch. to other brands, while also actively conducting influencer-based PR activities for its core brands ikka and LBC.」
The Company expanded influencer collaborations from notch. to other brands and conducted PR activities for ikka and LBC, advancing efforts to acquire new customers. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「In DtoC, collaborative products with influencers, launched as a measure to acquire new customers through social media, were effective in both increasing brand awareness and expanding sales. In addition, web magazine tie-up initiatives described above contributed to sales of 119.0% of the previous year for the e-commerce-only brands notch., NONEED, and VENCE share style, while total e-commerce sales reached 109.0% of the previous year.」
The direct-to-consumer strategy for acquiring new customers expanded to influencer products and partnerships with web magazines, and sales of EC-only brands reached 119.0% of the previous year's level. - FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「In DtoC, collaborative products with influencers, launched as a measure to acquire new customers through social media, have been effective in both increasing brand awareness and expanding sales. Sales of the e-commerce-only notch. brand have risen to 136.6% of the previous year.」
The strategy for acquiring new customer segments continued to expand through collaboration products with influencers, and sales of notch. reached 136.6% of the previous year's level. - FY2025-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「For direct-to-consumer operations, collaboration products with influencers, launched in the previous consolidated fiscal year as a strategy for acquiring new customers through social media, have proved effective in both increasing brand awareness and expanding sales. As a result, e-commerce sales reached 106.1% of the previous year's level.」
The Company continues its direct-to-consumer strategy of acquiring new customers through influencer collaboration products launched in the previous year, and reports benefits in both brand awareness and sales. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「As part of its efforts to strengthen direct-to-consumer operations, the Company continues to secure and develop specialized personnel and has expanded collaboration products with influencers under the notch. brand, where sales have been strong. As a result, e-commerce sales reached 106.2% of the previous year's level.」
The creation of new customers and demand progressed through securing and developing specialized direct-to-consumer personnel and expanding influencer collaboration products under notch. - FY2024-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「As part of its efforts to strengthen direct-to-consumer operations, the Company continues to secure and develop specialized personnel. Sales of collaboration products with influencers under the notch. brand have been strong.」
The direct-to-consumer initiative has been translated into securing and developing specialized personnel and influencer collaboration products under notch., with sales performing well. - FY2024-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, as part of efforts to strengthen direct-to-consumer operations, the Company has worked to secure and develop specialized personnel, and merchandising reorganization centered on the notch. brand is progressing, with sales trending upward.」
The direct-to-consumer brand initiative to create new customer segments and demand has been translated into securing and developing specialized personnel and reorganizing merchandising for the notch. brand. - FY2023-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「To expand e-commerce sales, we held a launch party for sleeping.com, a DtoC brand proposing a new approach to sleep, in July, and began regular sales on our official e-commerce site and at limited ikka and LBC stores.」
The brand development initiative to cultivate new customer segments and demand progressed to the launch of sleeping.com and the start of regular sales through e-commerce and select stores. - FY2023-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「To expand e-commerce sales, we launched the new DtoC brand sleeping.com and began advance sales. As a sleep brand centered on fragrance, it is scheduled for regular sales on the e-commerce site this summer and at limited ikka and LBC stores.」
To create new customer segments and demand, the Company launched a direct-to-consumer sleep-support brand centered on fragrance and began advance sales. - FY2022AdvancedAnnual report
「In addition to its existing brands, the Company will develop and launch a new sleep-support brand and expand it.」
The brand development initiative to attract new customer segments has been translated into a concrete plan to develop and launch a sleep-support brand. - FY2022-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「To expand e-commerce sales, the company worked to increase website visits by acquiring more new members through stronger web advertising and strengthening its DtoC brands.」
The direction of brand development to attract new customer segments has continued in the form of increasing the number of visitors to the e-commerce site by strengthening direct-to-consumer brands. - FY2020AdvancedAnnual report
「As another new initiative, the Company launched an EC-only brand and took on the challenge of online ultra-fast fashion.」
The Company continued developing EC-only brands and moved into a new business venture in online ultra-fast fashion. - FY2020-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「As another new challenge, the Company launched its third EC-only brand of the fiscal year, “Candy Beans,” in July. The EC-only brands have performed steadily, while sales of “No NEED” have been particularly strong, as promotional activities using influencers and YouTubers have proved effective.」
The Company launched the EC-only brand Candy Beans in July, expanding its EC-only brands to 3. Promotional activities using influencers and YouTubers for No NEED performed well. - FY2020-Q1First statedAnnual report
「As a new challenge, the Company launched the new gender-free brand “8marbull” in April, using gender neutrality as its key concept, and in May launched “NO NEED” as an online-only brand targeting men from the digital-native generation. Sales have remained firm, and the Company will continue developing brands for new customer segments.」
The Company launched the gender-free 8marbull brand in April and the online-only NO NEED brand for men from the digital-native generation in May, beginning brand development targeting new customer segments.