Monthly Operational Summary FY2006 (December 2006)

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Total sales for December 2006 were 125,479 million yen, up 3.7% year on year. Existing store sales were up 0.8%, and average daily sales per store were 488,000 yen. The average amount spent per customer was 618 yen, up 1.2%, and the average number of customers per store per day was 787, down 0.5%.

Existing store sales were higher year on year as the improvement in customer numbers continued, almost reaching the same level as the previous year. This improvement reflected the benefits of a Miffy-themed campaign called the Happy Parenting Project, which was launched on November 18, and overall strength in the ready-made meal category.

By area, sales were at least on a par with December 2005 in major urban areas, such as the Kanto, Kinki and Chubu regions. However, sales struggled somewhat in the Tohoku and Shikoku regions.

In the rice dishes category, while sales fell short of last year's level, strong sales in the rice ball and sushi categories underpinned a recovery trend.

Sales of counter products declined year on year as warm weather hurt sales of oden (a Japanese hotpot dish) and Chinese steamed buns.

Beverages category sales were higher year on year.

As of December 31, 2006, we had 79 NATURAL LAWSON and 75 LAWSON STORE100 stores, in addition to our nationwide network of regular LAWSON stores.

LAWSON announced its third-quarter results for the fiscal year ending February 28, 2007 on Tuesday, January 9, 2007. Please check our website for the flash report and supplementary information.

Monthly Data

For Print

Consolidated

Number of Stores

  MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB TOTAL
Opening 28 68 46 52 63 113 25 34 78 52 32 109 700
  Closure 54 37 15 21 31 24 29 19 30 36 7 43 346
Re-location 10 22 20 17 14 16 10 9 7 12 6 13 156
Subtotal 64 59 35 38 45 40 39 28 37 48 13 56 502
Total 8,330 8,339 8,350 8,364 8,382 8,455 8,441 8,447 8,488 8,492 8,511 8,564 8,564
Net Increase -36 9 11 14 18 73 -14 6 41 4 19 53 198

Sales

  MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB
Total Sales(¥millions) 116,966 114,426 117,283 121,767 125,223 132,625 117,883 121,833 114,808 125,479 112,392 104,758
All Stores yoy 99.4% 98.1% 100.1% 102.3% 98.4% 102.9% 100.0% 102.7% 102.7% 103.7% 102.9% 102.4%
Existing Store yoy 95.7% 94.5% 96.5% 98.7% 95.1% 99.6% 96.7% 99.6% 99.6% 100.8% 100.1% 99.8%
Ave.Daily Sales per store(¥thousands) 461 466 462 495 491 519 475 475 462 488 437 450
Number of Customers (Number) 785 800 798 850 843 884 830 820 795 787 729 769
comparison w/ previous yr 98.0% 95.9% 97.3% 97.5% 96.2% 100.0% 97.6% 98.1% 97.9% 99.5% 99.4% 99.2%
Spending per Customer (¥) 586 581 577 581 581 586 571 578 580 618 597 583
comparison w/ previous yr 97.7% 98.6% 99.2% 101.3% 98.9% 99.6% 99.1% 101.5% 101.7% 101.2% 100.6% 100.6%

Number of Stores by Region and Prefecture

  MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB
Hokkaido 500 502 503 506 503 501 500 500 504 499 498 500
Tohoku 756 755 755 755 763 768 770 772 775 776 776 770
Kanto 2,214 2,209 2,219 2,228 2,228 2,249 2,251 2,255 2,264 2,265 2,273 2,286
Koshinetsu 304 303 301 301 308 310 310 310 310 309 310 308
Hokuriku 251 250 250 249 251 252 251 250 252 253 256 256
Tokai 647 648 649 649 649 661 660 656 652 651 651 665
Kinki 1,809 1,817 1,818 1,815 1,814 1,831 1,822 1,825 1,839 1,837 1,838 1,855
Chugoku 480 478 480 481 483 493 493 491 499 501 505 509
Shikoku 405 411 410 412 413 416 415 420 423 425 426 429
Kyushu 964 966 965 968 970 974 969 968 970 976 978 986
Total 8,330 8,339 8,350 8,364 8,382 8,455 8,441 8,447 8,488 8,492 8,511 8,564
Shanghai 279 277 280 285 283 283 281 282 284 291 292 286

Note)Number of Stores includes LAWSON, NATURAL LAWSON and LAWSON STORE 100.

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