Last month's sales at department stores nationwide fell 0.7% from the same month last year, falling for the first time in five months, as the number of customers entering the store decreased due to the application of priority measures such as prevention of spread, and sales of mainstay clothing fell. Turned to.
According to the Japan Department Stores Association, last month's sales at 189 department stores nationwide fell 0.7% below the same month last year, turning negative for the first time in five months, compared to existing stores.
This is because sales of high-priced items such as jewelry and watches continued to be strong, but sales of spring clothing fell due to a decrease in the number of customers entering the store due to the extension of priority measures such as prevention of spread and heavy snowfall.
The Japan Department Store Association said, "Since the beginning of this month, there have been movements in products for new life such as spring products. Since priority measures such as prevention of spread have been lifted, each store is proceeding with efforts to recover business performance. I will go. "