Rakuten January-March financial results are final deficit Going into full-scale entry into mobile phone business Increase investment May 13 18:19
Regarding Rakuten's financial statements, the final profit and loss from January to March was a loss of 35.3 billion yen due to the large investment in the mobile phone business.
Compared to the same period last year, Rakuten announced on the 13th, the sales for the three months from January to March were 331.4 billion yen, and the online mail order "Rakuten Ichiba" was strong. Increased by 18.2%.
On the other hand, with the increase in investment such as base station maintenance for the full-scale entry of the mobile phone business, the final profit and loss was a profit of 104.9 billion yen, turning from the same period last year to a deficit of 35.3 billion yen. became.
The final deficit during this period is 18 years since 2002.
In addition, the effects of the spread of the new coronavirus from the beginning of April were strong in the online mail order and video distribution business against the backdrop of self-restraint to go out, while in the travel business such as travel reservation sites and professional baseball. I explained that the profit is deteriorating.
In addition to this, 80% of the total number of store participants at the end of last month participated in the effort to free shipping fee for shopping over 3980 yen started at Rakuten Ichiba this March. I made it clear.
Rakuten's president Hiroshi Mikitani, who met online, said, "The impact of the new coronavirus is a tug of war between positive and negative. For the shipping system, we will ask the shopkeeper to voluntarily introduce it in the future. I want to give a tenacious explanation. "