June department sales at major department stores difficult to restart business New Corona July 1 18:08
June sales of five major department stores were down 16% to 25% from the same month last year. In June, all companies reopened their stores, but sales have remained below the level of last year.
Last month's sales of major department stores were preliminary figures, and both were below the same month last year.
The extent of the decrease is as
follows: J. Co., which operates Daimaru and Matsuzakaya. Front-end retailing was 25.7%,
▽Hankyu Hanshin Department Store was 21.4%,
▽Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings was 19%,
▽Sogo/Seibu was 16.5%, and
▽Takashimaya was 16.4%.
With the cancellation of the emergency declaration, each company has resumed operations at all stores, but it is said that the sales of tax exemptions by foreign tourists are almost gone for each company.
In addition, there are many short-time sales offices, and overall sales have remained below the level of last year.
In order to prevent the infection of the new coronavirus, each company is selling summer items at different times, and we are aiming for recovery of sales by strengthening online shopping where sales are growing significantly.