Tobu department store to reduce business hours from September to 20:37 on July 27
Tobu Department Store, a department store, has decided to shorten the business hours of the main sales floors from 1 hour to an hour and a half from September this year. This is to respond to changes in consumer behavior and work style reforms that are affected by the new coronavirus.
Tobu Department Store will shorten its business hours by 1 hour early on September 1st at 8:00 pm for food and some women's clothing stores at Ikebukuro Main Store, starting this September 1st.
In addition, the department store for men's clothing and jewellery, etc. will shorten business hours by an hour and a half by advancing closing and delaying opening.
In addition, at the Funabashi store in Chiba Prefecture, we will shorten the business hours for food and women's miscellaneous goods by one hour.
As part of the work style reform, the company has been considering revising business hours, and as a result of the new coronavirus, consumers are increasingly refraining from going out at night, and they have decided that a sales system that matches this is necessary. Talking
Also, by shortening the business hours, it is possible to eliminate shift work that requires shifts at many sales floors, but it is said that we will not reduce the number of employees and strengthen customer service during the day.
Department store companies are facing a significant decrease in sales, and they are facing challenges such as digitalization, which is said to be delayed.