Three major convenience stores Semi-annual financial results The recovery trend also decreased sharply October 9, 5:08
The financial results of the three major convenience stores for the six months to August all fell sharply.
Although there is some recovery, the situation remains severe due to the effects of the new coronavirus.
According to the financial results for the six months from March to August announced by the three major convenience stores, Lawson's profits, which are the profits of its main business, decreased by 54.6% from the same period last year to 16.6 billion yen, and FamilyMart's profits were 30.5%. It decreased by 32.1 billion yen, and Seven-Eleven Japan decreased by 10.7% to 118.2 billion yen.
Compared to the first quarter financial results up to May, the rate of decline in profits has narrowed, but the severe situation continues due to the effects of the new coronavirus.
Lawson's president, Sadanobu Takemasu, said at an online press conference on the 8th, "The situation is that refraining from going out and restricting movement, and activities and consumption that are conscious of with corona are alternately coming," and the influence is prolonged. He expressed the idea that it is necessary to create a store that can capture not only the recovery of demand due to the resumption of economic activities but also the so-called "nest-going" demand.