Worsening staffing environment
First written in FY2018-Q2. 8 of 12 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2026.
Ministop moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2018.
2 other companies' latest entry also says "Worsened".
- FY2026WorsenedAnnual report
「Frequency of occurrence 5 Loss magnitude 5」
Labor shortages and employee attrition, delays in improving productivity, and labor issues involving franchisees and employees were identified as key risks, with both frequency of occurrence and loss magnitude rated at 5. - FY2022-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「No new business or other risks arose during the nine months ended [the current third quarter]. There have also been no material changes to the business and other risks described in the annual securities report for the previous fiscal year.」
It is stated that there have been no material changes to existing risks, including labor shortages and the environment for securing personnel. - FY2022-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「During the cumulative second quarter of the current consolidated fiscal year, there were no newly arising business or other risks. In addition, there were no material changes to the business or other risks described in the annual securities report for the previous fiscal year.」
It is stated that there have been no material changes to existing risks, including labor shortages and the environment for securing personnel. - FY2021-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「No new business or other risks arose during the nine months ended [the current third quarter]. There have also been no material changes to the business and other risks described in the annual securities report for the previous fiscal year.」
It is stated that there have been no material changes to existing business and other risks, including labor shortages and the environment for securing personnel. - FY2021-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Ministop Inc. alone continued to face a difficult operating environment, affected by intensifying competition among the same and different retail formats, soaring labour and raw material costs, and labour shortages.」
Intensifying competition, higher labor and raw material costs, and labor shortages continue to be described as a difficult environment in terms of securing personnel and managing costs. - FY2020-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「However, the domestic convenience store industry is facing increasingly intense competition to attract customers as competition among companies in the same and different business formats intensifies, prompting all companies to strengthen new initiatives. We recognize that the industry is at a stage where it is being called on to change in response to labor shortages and questions concerning its role as social infrastructure.」
Labor shortages continue to be recognized as a challenge in the industry environment. - FY2020-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Amid a continuing difficult environment driven by intensifying competition among companies in the same and different business formats, higher labor and raw material costs, and labor shortages,」
The difficult personnel and cost environment, including labor shortages and higher labor and raw material costs, continues to be described. - FY2019WorsenedAnnual report
「In the retail industry, difficult conditions continued against a backdrop of labour shortages resulting from the prolonged economic recovery, intensifying competition among the same and different retail formats, and soaring labour and raw material costs.」
In addition to the difficulty of securing personnel, the deterioration in the cost environment, including higher labor costs resulting from labor shortages, was explicitly identified. - FY2019-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In the retail industry, difficult conditions continued amid intensifying competition among different retail formats and growing labour shortages resulting from the prolonged economic recovery.」
The growing sense of labor shortages continues to be described as part of the difficult business environment facing the retail industry. - FY2019-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「In the retail industry, difficult conditions continued amid intensifying competition among different retail formats and growing labour shortages resulting from the prolonged economic recovery.」
The growing sense of labor shortages continues to be described as part of the difficult business environment facing the retail industry. - FY2018WorsenedAnnual report
「In the retail industry, a difficult environment continued amid industry reorganization, intensifying competition between different business formats, and growing labor shortages resulting from a prolonged economic recovery.」
The labor shortage remained a challenge and became more pronounced, shifting from the difficult personnel-securing environment of the previous quarter to a growing sense of labor shortages accompanying the prolonged economic recovery. - FY2018-Q2First statedAnnual report
「While the employment environment improved, the environment for securing personnel became increasingly challenging.」
We identified the difficulty of securing personnel alongside the improving employment environment as a new business-environment risk in the second quarter.