Sales at five major department stores in August fell below the same month last year due to a decrease in the number of customers visiting the store due to the rapid spread of the new coronavirus infection and restrictions on admission.

This is the first time since February that it has fallen below last year's level.

The preliminary figures for sales of existing stores last month announced by five major department stores are:


▽ Hankyu Hanshin Department Store 15.6%,


▽ Sogo & Seibu 11.8%,


▽ Mitsukoshi Isetan Holdings 10.4%,

compared to the same month last year

.


▽ Takashimaya


decreased by

9.1%,

▽ Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Store decreased by 5.9%.

This is due to the fact that the number of customers visiting the store decreased due to the rapid spread of the new coronavirus, and that some sales floors were temporarily closed or restricted, mainly in the stores targeted for the state of emergency. It is a factor.



It is the first time since February that each company has fallen below the level of the same month last year.



As the effects of the corona wreck continue, each company wants to further strengthen its grocery delivery service and strive to recover sales in order to capture so-called “nest-filled consumption”.