Convenience Store Business in Japan
Sales
(YOY)
Lawson, Inc. (Non-consolidated) |
All Stores |
Sales |
105.1% |
Existing Stores |
Sales |
98.7% |
Number of Customers |
97.8% |
Spending per Customer |
101.0% |
*This chart shows the total sales of LAWSON, NATURAL LAWSON, and LAWSON STORE100 operated by Lawson, Inc. Sales of Lawson Sanin, Inc., Lawson Kochi, Inc., Lawson Minami-Kyushu, Inc., and Lawson Okinawa, Inc. are not included.
Stores
(Number)
Lawson Group |
Opening |
154 |
Closure |
27 |
Total Number of Stores |
13930 |
*The number of stores in Lawson Group includes Lawson, Inc., Lawson Sanin, Inc., Lawson Kochi, Inc., Lawson Minami-Kyushu, Inc., and Lawson Okinawa, Inc.
Sales
Convenience Store Business in Japan |
|
SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC | JAN | FEB |
Lawson, Inc. (Non-consolidated) |
|
|
All Stores |
Sales |
105.2% |
105.3% |
104.0% |
105.0% |
105.1% |
106.7% |
|
|
Ave. Daily Sales per Store (Thousands of yen) |
543 |
533 |
510 |
534 |
493 |
496 |
|
|
Existing Stores |
Sales |
102.1% |
96.0% |
98.4% |
99.0% |
98.7% |
98.8% |
|
|
Number of Customers |
99.5% |
95.0% |
98.4% |
98.8% |
97.8% |
96.8% |
|
|
Spending per Customer |
102.6% |
101.2% |
99.9% |
100.2% |
101.0% |
102.1% |
|
LAWSON Business |
|
|
All Stores |
Sales |
105.8% |
106.1% |
104.4% |
105.4% |
105.4% |
107.1% |
|
|
Ave. Daily Sales per Store (Thousands of yen) |
549 |
538 |
514 |
540 |
498 |
500 |
|
|
Existing Stores |
Sales |
102.4% |
96.2% |
98.4% |
99.0% |
98.7% |
98.7% |
|
|
Number of Customers |
99.7% |
95.4% |
98.6% |
98.9% |
97.8% |
96.7% |
|
|
Spending per Customer |
102.7% |
100.9% |
99.8% |
100.2% |
100.9% |
102.0% |
|
LAWSON STORE100 Business |
|
|
Existing Stores |
Sales |
98.2% |
93.5% |
97.8% |
99.2% |
99.7% |
99.9% |
|
|
Number of Customers |
97.4% |
90.3% |
97.0% |
97.8% |
97.4% |
97.2% |
|
|
Spending per Customer |
100.7% |
103.6% |
100.8% |
101.4% |
102.3% |
102.7% |
*LAWSON Business includes LAWSON and NATURAL LAWSON.
Seijo Ishii Business |
|
SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC | JAN | FEB |
All Stores |
Sales |
109.2% |
115.4% |
113.5% |
109.4% |
111.4% |
110.9% |
Existing Stores |
Sales |
100.2% |
102.3% |
103.1% |
101.2% |
102.2% |
102.4% |
Number of Customers |
101.0% |
101.5% |
103.6% |
102.1% |
101.4% |
101.4% |
Spending per Customer |
99.2% |
100.9% |
99.5% |
99.2% |
100.8% |
101.0% |
*As for Seijo Ishii Business, sales figures of franchise stores and restaurants are not included.
Stores
Convenience Store Business |
Lawson Group |
SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC | JAN | FEB |
TOTAL |
Japan |
Opening |
75 |
122 |
142 |
135 |
154 |
129 |
|
24 |
89 |
45 |
94 |
144 |
97 |
Closure |
33 |
27 |
36 |
25 |
27 |
67 |
|
25 |
30 |
24 |
20 |
35 |
20 |
Net Increase |
42 |
95 |
106 |
110 |
127 |
62 |
|
-1 |
59 |
21 |
74 |
109 |
77 |
Total Number of Stores |
13492 |
13587 |
13693 |
13803 |
13930 |
13992 |
|
13110 |
13169 |
13190 |
13264 |
13373 |
13450 |
Overseas |
Total Number of Stores |
1405 |
1440 |
1483 |
1568 |
1571 |
1596 |
|
1184 |
1217 |
1249 |
1294 |
1330 |
1379 |
TOTAL |
14897 |
15027 |
15176 |
15371 |
15501 |
15588 |
|
<Number Breakdown of Stores in Japan >
(Number)
|
SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC | JAN | FEB |
TOTAL |
Lawson, Inc. (Non-consolidated) |
12654 |
12749 |
12856 |
12963 |
13087 |
13145 |
|
12284 |
12342 |
12363 |
12433 |
12539 |
12612 |
| LAWSON Business | Opening |
73 |
119 |
137 |
131 |
146 |
120 |
|
21 |
87 |
44 |
88 |
139 |
87 |
| Closure |
29 |
26 |
33 |
24 |
25 |
66 |
|
24 |
28 |
20 |
18 |
32 |
17 |
| Net Increase |
44 |
93 |
104 |
107 |
121 |
54 |
|
-3 |
59 |
24 |
70 |
107 |
70 |
| Total Number of Stores |
11861 |
11954 |
12058 |
12165 |
12286 |
12340 |
|
11487 |
11546 |
11570 |
11640 |
11747 |
11817 |
| LAWSON STORE100 Business | Opening |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
| Closure |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
| Net Increase |
-2 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
|
-1 |
-1 |
-3 |
0 |
-1 |
3 |
| Total Number of Stores |
793 |
795 |
798 |
798 |
801 |
805 |
|
797 |
796 |
793 |
793 |
792 |
795 |
Group Companies |
838 |
838 |
837 |
840 |
843 |
847 |
|
826 |
827 |
827 |
831 |
834 |
838 |
Lawson Group (Total of Convenience Store Business) |
13492 |
13587 |
13693 |
13803 |
13930 |
13992 |
|
13110 |
13169 |
13190 |
13264 |
13373 |
13450 |
*LAWSON Business includes LAWSON and NATURAL LAWSON.
*Total number of stores in Japan includes satellite stores.
*The counting standard for store opening/closure has been changed. Numbers of stores which are converted into a different format within LAWSON/NATURAL LAWSON and LAWSON STORE100, also are counted in "opening" and "closure".
*Total number of stores in Lawson Group includes Lawson Sanin, Inc., Lawson Kochi, Inc., Lawson Minami-Kyushu, Inc., and Lawson Okinawa, Inc.
*Total number of stores overseas for the previous month is revised and the number of this month is based on the flash report.
Seijo Ishii Business |
|
SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC | JAN | FEB |
TOTAL |
Total Number of Stores in Japan |
139 |
139 |
140 |
140 |
139 |
140 |
|
134 |
135 |
135 |
136 |
137 |
137 |
*As for Seijo Ishii Business, number of franchise stores and restaurants are not included.
The sales result of Lawson, Inc. in January is as follows. Total sales at all stores in January amounted to 177,701 million yen, a 5.1% up year on year. Existing-store sales fell 1.3% year on year over the same period. Average daily sales per store (all stores) totaled 493 thousand yen, while the average number of customers per store (existing stores) fell 2.2% to 736, and the average customer spend at existing stores rose 1.0% to 613 yen. The existing LAWSON stores’ sales in Japan*1 in January fell 1.3% year on year.
Below is a breakdown of the existing-store sales performance by individual merchandise categories.
Sales of rice products category increased year on year, thanks to sales increases of renewed “Onigiri-ya” rice balls since last autumn and the healthy meal box series with rich vegetables.
Sales of noodle category increased extremely year on year, mainly due to favorable sales of pasta and hot noodles.
Thanks to preferable sales of family size desserts for holiday seasons, sales of dessert category performed well year on year.
As a result of successful outcome from our initiatives such as to expand product offering in this category, sales of daily delivered food and frozen food items increased year on year.
Cigarette sales increased due to favorable results of heat-not-burn cigarette and its related items, which accounted for approximately 0.5% increase year on year of existing-store sales growth in January.
The ticket sales including concerts, sporting events, etc., shaved 1.0 point or more off year on year of existing-store sales in January.
The Lawson Group operated 13,930 convenience stores in Japan at the end of January 2018, including 143 NATURAL LAWSON stores and 801 LAWSON STORE100 stores.
Regarding LAWSON STORE 100, existing-store sales fell 0.3% year on year in January (customer numbers:
-2.6%; customer spend: +2.3%). In January, we opened 3 stores and did not close store.
Lawson is promoting the “Sanrio Winter Campaign” until March 12, 2018 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., Lawson Kochi, Inc., and Lawson Sanin, Inc.), NATURAL LAWSON stores, and LAWSON STORE100 stores. The LAWSON operation in Japan consists of sales generated by LAWSON, Inc. minus sales generated by LAWSON STORE100 stores.