Improving the personnel expense ratio through productivity gains
First written in FY2019-Q1. 8 of 15 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2019-Q2. Latest entry: 2026-08-14.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2025: 1 of 7 companies on the "Worse" side.
5 other companies' latest entry also says "Restated".
- 2026-08-14RestatedEarnings
「As part of our investment in human resources, we have pursued improvements in employee compensation, including base-pay increases and higher starting salaries.」
ベースアップや初任給引き上げなどの待遇改善を人材投資として継続している。 - FY2026RestatedAnnual report
「As part of our investment in human resources, we have pursued improvements in employee compensation, including base-pay increases and higher starting salaries.」
The Group continues to improve employee compensation as an investment in human resources. - 2026-06-04AdvancedGeneral Meetings of Shareholders
「As part of our investment in human resources, we have pursued improvements in employee compensation, including base-pay increases and higher starting salaries.」
ベースアップや初任給引き上げ等の待遇改善を人材投資として実施した。 - FY2026-H1RestatedAnnual report
「As part of our investment in human resources, we have pursued improvements in employee compensation, including base-pay increases and higher starting salaries.」
The Group continues to invest in human resources through improvements in employee compensation, including base-pay increases and higher starting salaries. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「Selling, general and administrative expenses improved from 65.0% of net sales in the previous fiscal year to 61.7%, mainly because the proportion represented by fixed costs declined as net sales increased. We will also continue to implement various measures to optimize expenses and pursue expense optimization across the Company.」
The SG&A ratio improved from 65.0% in the previous fiscal year to 61.7%, and the Group continues to implement expense optimization measures. - FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「As part of our investment in human resources, we have pursued improvements in employee compensation, including base-pay increases, as well as investments in training, including the introduction of online training services.」
In addition to improving employee compensation, the Group is investing in training through the introduction of online training services. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「Selling, general and administrative expenses improved from 65.0% of net sales in the previous fiscal year to 61.7%, mainly because the proportion represented by fixed costs declined as net sales increased. We will also continue to implement various measures to optimize expenses and pursue expense optimization across the Company.」
The SG&A ratio improved from 65.0% to 61.7% due to the lower fixed-cost ratio and higher productivity, and the Group continues to implement expense optimization measures. - FY2023RestatedAnnual report
「We will continue to implement various measures to optimize expenses and pursue expense optimization across the Company.」
The Group continues to pursue a policy of improving efficiency at its stores and across the Company through higher productivity and expense optimization. - FY2022RestatedAnnual report
「The Group is working to improve productivity by promoting the increase of self-service stores and quantifying store operations, and by streamlining work so that the standards set by the Group are not exceeded across overall store operations.」
The Group continues to pursue a policy of improving work efficiency and productivity by increasing self-service stores, quantifying store operations, and managing against established standards. - FY2021AdvancedAnnual report
「To reduce staffing and labor requirements, we will improve productivity by promoting self-service stores, providing training using VR (virtual reality), and leveraging AI.」
The company explicitly identified self-service stores, VR training, and the use of AI as measures to reduce staffing and labor requirements. - FY2020AdvancedAnnual report
「To promote labor saving and reduce manual work, we will improve efficiency and raise productivity by promoting self-service stores, reviewing in-store tasks, investing in mechanization to streamline operations, and developing systems.」
In addition to the previous improvement in the labor cost ratio through higher productivity, the Company has identified specific measures, including self-service stores, investment in mechanization and system development. - FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「This was due to the labor cost-to-sales ratio improving from 35.0% in the same period of the previous year to 34.2% as a result of higher productivity and other factors, while the ratio of expenses excluding labor costs to sales increased from 27.7% to 28.9% as the number of newly opened and renovated stores increased.」
The Company continues to explain the improvement in the labor cost ratio resulting from higher productivity and other factors, and the annual labor cost ratio improved by 0.8 percentage points year on year. - FY2019-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「This was due to the labor cost-to-sales ratio improving from 35.0% in the same period of the previous year to 34.2% as a result of higher productivity and other factors, while the ratio of expenses excluding labor costs to sales increased from 27.7% to 28.9% as the number of newly opened and renovated stores increased.」
The labor cost-to-sales ratio improved from 35.0% in the same period of the previous year to 34.2% as a result of higher productivity and other factors, following the previous improvement from 35.4% to 34.7%. - FY2019-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「This was due to the labor cost-to-sales ratio improving from 35.4% in the same period of the previous year to 34.7% as a result of higher productivity and other factors, while the ratio of expenses excluding labor costs to sales increased from 28.1% to 29.3% as the number of newly opened and renovated stores increased.」
The labor cost-to-sales ratio improved from 35.4% in the same period of the previous year to 34.7% as a result of higher productivity and other factors, following the previous improvement from 35.6% to 34.9%. - FY2019-Q1First statedAnnual report
「This was due to the labor cost-to-sales ratio improving from 35.6% in the same period of the previous year to 34.9% as a result of higher productivity and other factors, while the ratio of expenses excluding labor costs to sales increased from 28.3% to 29.2% as the number of newly opened and renovated stores increased.」
The Company explained that the labor cost-to-sales ratio improved from 35.6% in the same period of the previous year to 34.9% as a result of higher productivity and other factors.