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The sales result of Lawson, Inc. is as follows. Total sales at all stores in July amounted to 191,553 million yen, a 1.1% up year on year. Existing-store sales fell 2.3% over the same period. Average daily sales per store (all stores) totaled 563 thousand yen, while the average number of customers per store (existing stores) fell 0.7% to 884, and the average customer spend at existing stores fell 1.7% to 591 yen. The existing LAWSON stores’ sales in Japan*1 fell 2.5% in July.
Existing-store sales fell year on year in July, due to this year’s longer rainy season in Kanto area.
Furthermore, the sharp fall in concert ticket sales accounted for approximately 3 point of year-on-year fall in existing-store sales in this July, as it is compared to the quite strong result in July 2015 when we had some big music events.
Below is a breakdown of the existing-store sales performance by individual merchandise categories.
Thanks to special promotion, sandwich category performed extremely well in July.
Sales of delicatessen items, daily delivered food and frozen food items, which include our Lawson Select series, rose considerably year on year, with discount sales and TV advertisement.
Sales from our ice cream category rose strongly year on year in July, thanks to special sales promotion.
Good sales of NATURAL LAWSON brand’s cup beverages gave a boost to year-on-year sales of chilled beverage category.
Sales of soft drinks saw sales rise year on year in July, due to a promotion for Ponta members.
On the flip side, the fall in cigarette sales shaved a little off existing-store sales growth in July.
The Lawson Group operated 12,537 convenience stores in Japan at the end of July 2016, including 137 NATURAL LAWSON stores and 798 LAWSON STORE100 stores.
Regarding LAWSON STORE 100, existing-store sales rose 0.1% year on year in July (customer numbers: -0.5%; customer spend: +0.6%). In July, we opened 1 store and closed 3 stores.
Lawson is promoting the “Snoopy Campaign” until September 19, 2016 to help broaden its customer base.
Note 1: Lawson, Inc. sales include sales generated by LAWSON stores (excluding Lawson Okinawa, Inc., Lawson Minami-Kyusyu, Inc. and Lawson Kochi, Inc.), NATURAL LAWSON stores and LAWSON STORE100 stores. The LAWSON operation in Japan, equating to the non-consolidated performance disclosed up until January 2014, consists of sales generated by LAWSON, Inc. minus sales generated by LAWSON STORE100 stores.
LAWSON Group (Total of convenience store business) | |||||||
MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | TOTAL | |
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Opening in Japan | 17 | 116 | 48 | 60 | 103 | 99 | |
Closure in Japan | 57 | 34 | 23 | 38 | 50 | 30 | |
Net Increase in Japan | -40 | 82 | 25 | 22 | 53 | 69 | |
Total Number of Stores in Japan | 12355 | 12437 | 12462 | 12484 | 12537 | 12606 | |
Total Number of Stores Abroad | 772 | 793 | 821 | 865 | 895 | 926 | |
LAWSON stores in Japan (Excluding affiliated company accounted for by the equity-method) | |||||||
Opening | 15 | 113 | 45 | 58 | 99 | 93 | |
Closure | 49 | 30 | 23 | 34 | 45 | 29 | |
Net Increase | -34 | 82 | 21 | 24 | 54 | 62 | |
Total Number of Stores in Japan | 10903 | 10985 | 11006 | 11030 | 11084 | 11146 | |
NATURAL LAWSON stores in Japan | |||||||
Opening | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Closure | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Net Increase | -1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Total Number of Stores in Japan | 133 | 134 | 137 | 137 | 137 | 138 | |
LAWSON STORE100 stores in Japan | |||||||
Opening | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Closure | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
Net Increase | -5 | -4 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | |
Total Number of Stores in Japan | 804 | 800 | 800 | 800 | 798 | 799 |
* The number of stores is a total number of stores operated by the Lawson group including the number of stores operated by Equity method affiliates and unconsolidated affiliates.
**Total Number of Stores in Japan include satellite stores.
***The counting standard for store opening/closure has been changed. Now, the number of stores, which are converted into a different format within LAWSON/NATURAL LAWSON and LAWSON STORE100, also are counted in "opening" and "closure".
Seijo Ishii Business | |||||||
MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | TOTAL | |
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Total Number of Stores in Japan | 122 | 124 | 126 | 127 | 128 | 127 |
* As for Seijo Ishii Business, number of Franchise stores and restaurants are not included.
Lawson, Inc. (Non-consolidated) | |||||||
MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | ||
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All Stores (YOY) | 99.4% | 104.2% | 100.9% | 103.5% | 101.1% | 104.7% | |
Existing Stores (YOY) | 98.7% | 101.7% | 97.3% | 99.4% | 97.7% | 100.7% | |
Ave. Daily Sales per Store (Thousands of yen) | 524 | 531 | 515 | 545 | 563 | 569 | |
Number of Customers | (Number) | 807 | 833 | 827 | 856 | 884 | 882 |
YOY | 100.2% | 100.6% | 97.2% | 98.1% | 99.3% | 99.6% | |
Spending per Customer | (Yen) | 602 | 593 | 579 | 595 | 591 | 600 |
YOY | 98.5% | 101.0% | 100.1% | 101.3% | 98.3% | 101.0% | |
LAWSON and NATURAL LAWSON Business | |||||||
MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | ||
All Stores (YOY) | 100.4% | 105.3% | 101.5% | 104.1% | 101.4% | 105.3% | |
Existing Stores (YOY) | 98.3% | 101.5% | 97.1% | 99.3% | 97.5% | 100.8% | |
Ave. Daily Sales per Store (Thousands of yen) | 529 | 536 | 519 | 550 | 569 | 576 | |
Number of Customers | (Number) | 797 | 822 | 814 | 843 | 872 | 873 |
YOY | 99.9% | 100.5% | 97.2% | 98.0% | 99.3% | 99.8% | |
Spending per Customer | (Yen) | 613 | 604 | 590 | 607 | 603 | 611 |
YOY | 98.4% | 101.0% | 99.9% | 101.3% | 98.2% | 101.0% | |
LAWSON STORE100 Business | |||||||
MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | ||
Existing Stores (YOY) | 104.6% | 103.2% | 99.9% | 100.6% | 100.1% | 99.2% | |
Number of Customers (YOY) | 103.0% | 101.7% | 97.6% | 99.2% | 99.5% | 97.9% | |
Spending per Customer (YOY) | 101.6% | 101.5% | 102.3% | 101.5% | 100.6% | 101.3% |
Seijo Ishii Co., Ltd. | |||||||
MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | ||
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All Stores (YOY) | 105.6% | 107.1% | 103.2% | 107.7% | 107.2% | 107.1% | |
Existing Stores (YOY) | 100.3% | 100.9% | 98.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | |
Number of Customers (YOY) | 99.4% | 99.3% | 98.2% | 100.3% | 98.9% | 100.3% | |
Spending per Customer (YOY) | 100.9% | 101.6% | 99.8% | 99.7% | 101.1% | 99.6% |
* As for Seijo Ishii Co., Ltd., sales figures of franchise stores and restaurants are not included.