Largest department store Last month's sales decrease record high 18:39 on May 1st due to suspension of new Corona
Last month's sales of major department stores drastically decreased. Many stores are closed, which is a 70 to 80% decrease compared to the same period last year, the largest drop ever seen.
According to the preliminary figures of the sales released by major department stores last month, Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings 81.3%, Hankyu Hanshin Department Store 80.5%, Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Store under its control. Front retailing was 76.9%, Takashimaya 74.7%, Sogo Seibu 71.4%, down from the same month last year.
Both of them are the largest reductions after the Lehman shock and the Great East Japan Earthquake, and are the largest declines that can be confirmed by each company.
This is due to the fact that the tax-free sales of foreign tourists have almost disappeared, and that due to the emergence of an emergency, some stores will be temporarily closed for a month or only the food floor will be open. Because it continues.
One of the department store staff said, "Although online shopping is growing, we cannot cover the drop in sales at the store, and it will be even more difficult if the suspension of work is extended due to the extension of the emergency declaration. There is nothing else. ”