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Today Lawson announced its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2016, or the three months to May 31, 2016. The main consolidated results are listed below:
Operating profit | 17.4 billion yen (-8.8% year on year) |
Recurring profit | 16.6 billion yen (-12.9% year on year) |
Net profit | 8.8 billion yen (+14.3% year on year) |
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Throughout the first quarter of fiscal 2016 (March to May 2016), Lawson, Inc. has worked hard to develop concrete activities in accordance with our Corporate Philosophy of “Creating Happiness and Harmony in Our Communities.”
The ageing population and an increase in the number of 1 or 2 person households continues to affect the market environment of our communities, and the convenience store industry also continues to face industry consolidation. We believe the next three years will prove key milestones for us, and thus we have launched the “1000 Days Action Plan” starting from fiscal 2016. The action plan is focused on building a next-generation Lawson-style convenience store using our business model as a manufacturing retailer based on small commercial areas, which will enable us to realize unprecedented store productivity and fulfill our customers’ everyday needs.
In the first quarter from March to May 2016, Lawson made efforts to implement various ways to encourage customers to visit their local Lawson for their daily needs. To achieve that aim, we began strengthening our product ranges, invested in new refrigerator and freezer cases for existing stores and invested in more proactive advertising and promotion. While first-quarter existing-store sales declined 1.0% year on year on comparatively weak ticket sales compared to the previous year and declining cigarette sales, the gross profit margin improved 0.1 point to 31.3%.
Non-consolidated operating profit declined 1.6 billion yen year on year to 13.7 billion yen, and consolidated operating profit also declined 1.6 billion yen to 17.4 billion yen. However, following the refinement of impairment-loss reporting at the end of fiscal 2015, we recorded a significant year-on-year decline in impairment losses in the first quarter of fiscal 2016, and a subsequent decline in extraordinary losses. As a result, first-quarter consolidated net profit rose 1.1 billion yen year on year to 8.8 billion yen.
We will continue to implement our 1000 Days Action Plan in the second quarter from June to August 2016, building on first-quarter efforts to position Lawson as a vital presence in community life. Looking further ahead, we are focused on building a strong foundation for medium- to long-term sustainable growth for our home convenience business and our international operations. As one step on that path, we aim to boost consolidated operating profit by 3.4 billion yen year on year in fiscal 2016 to 76.0 billion yen.
I would like to thank our shareholders and investors for your continued and unwavering support toward Lawson’s management strategy, and I look forward to serving you in the years ahead.
Thank you.
July 11, 2016
Genichi Tamatsuka
Chairman and CEO
Representative Director
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