July same-store sales at the five major drugstore chains were up 1.7% at Tsuruha, 2.2% at MatsukiyoCocokara & Co., 1.2% at Cosmos Pharmaceutical, 2.7% at Sugi Holdings and 0.2% at Sundrug.
July same-store sales at the five major drugstore chains generally increased across all companies. Tsuruha Holdings was up 1.7%, MatsukiyoCocokara & Co. 2.2%, Cosmos Pharmaceutical 1.2%, Sugi Holdings 2.7% and Sundrug 0.2%.
Tsuruha Holdings' same-store sales increased 1.7%, with general merchandise sales flat and dispensing pharmacy sales up 9.0%. Customer count decreased 1.8%, while average spend per customer increased 3.5%. Sales at all stores increased 2.0%, with customer count down 1.4% and average spend per customer up 3.5%. There were 8 openings and 11 closures, bringing the total number of stores to 5,660.
MatsukiyoCocokara & Co.'s same-store sales increased 2.2%, with customer count down 1.6% and average spend per customer up 3.9%. Sales at all stores increased 6.0%, including a 4.3% increase at drugstores and a 15.6% increase at dispensing pharmacies. Customer count increased 1.8% and average spend per customer increased 4.1%. Same-store sales at the Matsumotokiyoshi group increased 3.1%, while those at the Cocokara Fine group increased 0.7%.
Cosmos Pharmaceutical's same-store sales increased 1.2% and sales at all stores increased 5.7%. There were 2 openings and 3 closures, bringing the total number of stores to 1,709.
Sugi Holdings' same-store sales increased 0.6% in its drugstore business and 8.3% in its dispensing pharmacy business, for an overall increase of 5.2%. Although customer count decreased, average spend per customer increased, and sales across all stores rose 3.8%. Sundrug's same-store sales decreased 0.8% and sales at all stores increased 1.1% in its drugstore business, while sales in its discount store business increased 1.6%. The total number of stores was 1,599.