Monthly Operations Summary FY2018 (Feb 2019)

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Convenience Store Business in Japan

Sales

(YOY)

Lawson, Inc. (Non-consolidated)
All Stores Sales 110.0%
Existing Stores Sales 99.9%
Number of Customers 98.2%
Spending per Customer 101.8%

*This chart shows the total sales of LAWSON, NATURAL LAWSON, and LAWSON STORE100 operated by Lawson, Inc. Sales of Lawson Sanin, Inc., Lawson Kochi, Inc., Lawson Minami-Kyushu, Inc., and Lawson Okinawa, Inc. are not included.
*Existing stores: Figures of tickets and gift card etc. are not included. 

Stores

（Number）

Lawson Group
Opening 113
Closure 63
Total Number of Stores 14659

*The number of stores in Lawson Group includes Lawson, Inc., Lawson Sanin, Inc., Lawson Kochi, Inc., Lawson Minami-Kyushu, Inc., and Lawson Okinawa, Inc.

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The sales result of Lawson, Inc. in February is as follows*1. Total sales at all stores in February amounted to 199,525 million yen, a 10.0% up year on year, and average daily sales per store (all stores) totaled 521 thousand yen *2. Existing-store sales (excluding ticket and gift card sales etc.) decreased 0.1% year on year over the same period, and the average number of customers per store fell 1.8% and the average customer spend rose 1.8% year on year, while existing-store sales excluding LAWSON STORE100 stores increased 0.1% year on year.

In February, existing-store sales including ticket sales including concerts, sporting events, etc. and gift card sales increased 5.0% year on year, thanks to big events’ ticket sales.

Below is a breakdown of the existing-store sales performance by individual merchandise categories.

Thanks to a hit product and new taste of rice balls, sales of rice products category increased year on year.

Sales of noodle category increased year on year, thanks to favorable sales of pasta and hot noodle products.

As a result of our continuous initiatives to expand product lineups, sales of daily delivered food items increased dramatically year on year.

Cigarette sales accounted for approximately 1.0% increase year on year of existing-store sales growth in February.

The Lawson Group operated 14,659 convenience stores in Japan at the end of February 2019, including 139 NATURAL LAWSON stores and 806 LAWSON STORE100 stores.

Regarding LAWSON STORE 100, existing-store sales fell 2.6% year on year in February (customer numbers: -3.8%; customer spend: +1.2%). In February, we opened 11 stores and did not close store.

Lawson is promoting ”Sanrio Spring Campaign” from March 12, 2019 to help broaden its customer base.

Note 1: Lawson, Inc. sales include sales generated by LAWSON stores (excluding Lawson Okinawa, Inc., Lawson Minami-Kyusyu, Inc., Lawson Kochi, Inc., and Lawson Sanin, Inc.), NATURAL LAWSON stores, and LAWSON STORE100 stores. 
Note 2: Total sales at all stores include figures of tickets and gift card etc. These sales differ from “Net sales of convenience stores” in our other disclosed documents.

 

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