Dissolution of the Sales Department and reorganisation of the sales divisions by product category, with a focus on womenswear
First written in FY2018-Q3. 5 of 10 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2020. Latest entry: 2026-03-02.
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- 2026-03-02AdvancedChanges in Directors and Officers
「Please refer to the organizational chart (comparison table).」
The organization of sales, production, and quality control is being specifically restructured, including the establishment of an Account Section within the Garment Group and the reorganization of the QC Management Group into the QC/Production Coordination Group. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「Integration of the organisation for the core wholesale business and stronger total proposals combining individual product categories」
The review of the previous organisations by product category and customer is progressing toward an integrated wholesale-business organisation and a structure for total proposals combining individual product categories. - FY2023ReframedAnnual report
「We will establish parallel teams, each staffed with a small number of highly capable people, to serve individual customers.」
The shift from the previous product-category organisation to an organisation by customer has taken concrete form as a sales structure with parallel, small teams of highly capable people serving each customer. - FY2023-Q1ReframedAnnual report
「We are currently considering the consolidation and elimination of overseas bases, the transfer of sales functions to Tokyo, the discontinuation of part of the business, and a reorganization from structures organized by item to structures organized by customer, and intend to give these measures concrete form at an early date.」
The company is considering reorganising the existing product-category structure into an organisation by customer, with the proposed reorganisation also including the transfer of sales functions to Tokyo. - FY2022AdvancedAnnual report
「To accelerate these initiatives, we carried out an organizational restructuring effective 1 March, aiming to establish a structure for advancing total product planning and proposals across items, age groups and styles, while」
The sales and planning organisation is moving toward a reorganisation, effective 1 March, that spans product categories, age groups and styles. - FY2021-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「To accelerate these initiatives, without waiting for the new fiscal year we carried out an organizational restructuring effective 1 January. As part of this, we moved away from the previous divisional structure and adopted a flatter organization, thereby speeding up the implementation of company-wide policies and creating a structure better suited to promoting cross-organizational proposals for product groups across items and age groups.」
In addition to the previous organisation by product category and age segment, a flat structure replacing the departmental system was put in place on 1 January, enabling product proposals across product categories and age groups. - FY2021-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「During the cumulative first quarter of the current fiscal year, the Company carried out an organizational restructuring at the beginning of the fiscal year and adopted an age-segmented structure for both its ladies’ and baby and kids’ apparel businesses, while reviewing the planning and proposal process and working to improve product-planning capabilities with the involvement of external specialists.」
Regarding the reorganisation implemented at the beginning of the fiscal year, the company reiterates that womenswear and baby and childrenswear have been organised by age segment and that it is reviewing the product-planning and proposal process. - FY2020AdvancedAnnual report
「In the womenswear apparel business, we will reorganise the structure by individual product category, such as cut-and-sew items, bottoms, knitwear and womenswear, and strengthen product planning that can appeal to both younger and mature customers through total-coordination proposals, combining silhouettes, colours and materials based on a defined concept. The baby and childrenswear business has also been reorganised by age group, covering newborns, toddlers and children.」
In addition to the previous reorganisation by product category and age segment, the organisation is being restructured by individual product category for womenswear and by age group for baby and childrenswear. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「Specifically, in November last year we reorganised the sales division, centred on women's apparel, into an organisation focused on sales of individual items such as cut-and-sew products, knitwear and bottoms, areas in which the company has traditionally had strengths.」
The full-year report also confirms the November 2017 reorganisation of the sales divisions, with a focus on womenswear and individual product categories. - FY2018-Q3First statedAnnual report
「On 1 November, despite being midway through the third quarter, the company proceeded with a reorganization of its sales operations. It temporarily dissolved the Sales Department, which had been established in March 2015 as an organization by sales channel, consolidated human resources in the Sales Department, an organization by product category, and reorganized the Sales Department with a primary focus on women's products.」
The report states that the Sales Department was temporarily dissolved on 1 November 2017, human resources were consolidated into sales divisions organised by product category, and the sales organisation was restructured with a focus on womenswear.