Monthly Operations Summary FY2023 (Aug 2023)

Convenience Store Business in Japan

Sales

(YOY)

Lawson Business(LAWSON and NATURAL LAWSON)
Existing Stores	Sales	106.6%
	Number of Customers	106.2%
	Spending per Customer	100.4%
All Stores	Sales	106.7%

*This chart shows the total sales of LAWSON and NATURAL LAWSON operated by Lawson, Inc. Sales of Lawson Kochi, Inc., Lawson Minami-Kyushu, Inc., and Lawson Okinawa, Inc. are not included.
*Existing stores: Figures of tickets and gift card etc. are not included.

Stores

（Number）

Lawson Group
Opening	25
Closure	16
Total Number of Stores	14619

*The number of stores in Lawson Group includes Lawson, Inc., Lawson Kochi, Inc., Lawson Minami-Kyushu, Inc., and Lawson Okinawa, Inc.

▼　Sales History

Sales

（YOY)

				MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG
Convenience Store Business in Japan
Lawson, Inc. (Non-consolidated)
		Existing Stores	Sales	106.5%	105.9%	105.8%	103.9%	105.1%	106.5%
			Number of Customers	103.8%	103.5%	102.8%	101.4%	103.3%	105.8%
			Spending per Customer	102.6%	102.4%	102.9%	102.5%	101.7%	100.7%
		All Stores	Sales	107.6%	105.5%	106.5%	103.2%	106.4%	106.5%
		All Stores	Ave. Daily Sales per Store (Thousands of yen)	531	534	531	537	572	570
	LAWSON Business (LAWSON and NATURAL LAWSON)
		Existing Stores	Sales	106.6%	106.0%	105.9%	103.9%	105.1%	106.6%
			Number of Customers	104.0%	103.7%	103.1%	101.7%	103.5%	106.2%
			Spending per Customer	102.5%	102.2%	102.8%	102.2%	101.5%	100.4%
		All Stores	Sales	107.8%	105.6%	106.7%	103.3%	106.6%	106.7%
		All Stores	Ave. Daily Sales per Store (Thousands of yen)	536	538	536	542	578	577
	LAWSON STORE100 Business
		Existing Stores	Sales	104.1%	105.6%	104.1%	103.4%	105.0%	104.1%
			Number of Customers	99.9%	100.3%	98.1%	96.1%	99.3%	97.6%
			Spending per Customer	104.2%	105.2%	106.1%	107.6%	105.8%	106.7%

（YOY)

				SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB
Lawson, Inc. (Non-consolidated)
		Existing Stores	Sales	104.1%	102.3%	103.2%	103.7%	103.1%	103.8%
			Number of Customers	104.4%	104.8%	103.2%	104.1%	103.8%	102.7%
			Spending per Customer	99.7%	97.6%	100.0%	99.5%	99.3%	101.1%
		All Stores	Sales	104.9%	102.9%	102.4%	101.8%	102.4%	105.5%
		All Stores	Ave. Daily Sales per Store (Thousands of yen)	549	539	532	552	511	533
	LAWSON Business (LAWSON and NATURAL LAWSON)
		Existing Stores	Sales	104.1%	102.4%	103.4%	103.9%	103.3%	104.2%
			Number of Customers	104.7%	105.3%	103.6%	104.6%	104.3%	103.2%
			Spending per Customer	99.4%	97.3%	99.8%	99.3%	99.1%	101.0%
		All Stores	Sales	105.1%	103.0%	102.6%	102.0%	102.6%	105.8%
		All Stores	Ave. Daily Sales per Store (Thousands of yen)	555	544	537	558	517	539
	LAWSON STORE100 Business
		Existing Stores	Sales	102.4%	101.6%	99.3%	99.0%	97.6%	95.7%
			Number of Customers	97.2%	96.7%	95.3%	96.0%	94.9%	92.6%
			Spending per Customer	105.4%	105.1%	104.2%	103.1%	102.9%	103.4%

*Existing stores: Figures of tickets and gift card etc. are not included.
All stores: Figures of tickets and gift card etc. are included.

▼　Summary

The sales result of LAWSON Business (LAWSON and NATURAL LAWSON) in August is as follows*1.
Existing-store sales (excluding ticket and gift card sales, etc.) increased 6.6% year on year over the same period and the average number of customers per store increased 6.2% and the average customer spend increased 0.4% year on year.
The Lawson Group operated 14,619 convenience stores in Japan at the end of August 2023, including 131 NATURAL LAWSON stores and 649 LAWSON STORE 100 stores.

<Sales situation>
・In rice products category, sales of rice balls were strong, thanks to coupon measures.
・In delicatessen category, especially sales of pasta salads were strong.
・In over-the-counter fast food products, sales of new "KARAAGE-KUN Fried Chicken, Fortune Butter" products and “MACHI café” were strong.
・In “Machikado Chubo”, an in-store cooking service, sales were driven by the standard rice bowl type bento and the renewed curry and rice.
・Sales of MUJI products, such as baked goods and cosmetics, etc., were strong.

<Sales Promotion Measures>
Campaign to get soft drinks for free. (8/1-8/14)
Coupon festival. (8/1-8/21), etc.

Note 1: Sales of the LAWSON Business include sales generated by LAWSON stores (excluding Lawson Okinawa, Inc., Lawson Minami-Kyushu, Inc., and Lawson Kochi, Inc.) and NATURAL LAWSON stores.

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