Last month's sales of five major department stores were on a recovery trend, surpassing the same month of the previous year, due to strong sales of branded goods and jewelry during the year-end sales season while the infection situation of the new corona settled down. Is continuing.

On the 4th, five major department stores announced preliminary sales of existing stores nationwide in December.



According to this, from the same month of the previous year,


▽ Hankyu Hanshin Department Store increased by 15.9%


▽ Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Store increased by 13.2%


▽ Mitsukoshi Isetan Holdings increased by 10.5%


▽ Takashimaya


increased by

9.9%

▽ Sogo and Seibu increased by 5.9%, respectively.



This was mainly due to the increase in customers visiting the store during the year-end sales season as the infection situation of the new corona settled down, and sales of high-priced brand items such as bags and wallets, as well as jewelry such as watches and accessories were strong. Due to these factors, consumption has continued to recover.



On the other hand, the sales of the first sale on the third day of this year

increased by


about 50% for Takashimaya and Sogo & Seibu, and


about 40% for Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Store, respectively

, compared to the same period last year

.



However, compared to before the spread of the infection, each company is about 20% to 30% lower, and it has not returned to the level before the corona.