Monthly Operations Summary FY2019 (Sep 2019)

Convenience Store Business in Japan

Sales

(YOY)

Lawson, Inc. (Non-consolidated)
Existing Stores Sales 98.8%
Number of Customers 100.8%
Spending per Customer 98.0%
All Stores Sales 102.8%

*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 40
Closure 88
Total Number of Stores 14673

*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 September is as follows*1. Total sales at all stores in September amounted to 224,223 million yen, a 2.8% up year on year, and average daily sales per store (all stores) totaled 545 thousand yen*2. Existing-store sales (excluding ticket and gift card sales etc.) were -1.2% year on year over the same period and the average number of customers per store rose 0.8% and the average customer spend fell 2.0% year on year.

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

Sales of bread (sandwiches etc.) category increased drastically thanks to a renewal of staple items and an introduction of new product series. Noodle category sales were favorable mainly due to an increase in sales of cold noodle products.

Thanks to strong sales of original products such as a big hit Basque-style cheesecake "BASCHEE" and new ranges of original desserts, sales of dessert category increased dramatically year on year.

Bakery category sales increased year on year, mainly due to sales increases of ready-to-eat bakery series and a renewal of basic items.

Sales of soft drink and chilled drink categories increased dramatically year on year because of high temperature.

Ice cream category sales extremely increased year on year thanks to favorable sales of fruit ice cream bars with Uchi Café brand.

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

Cigarette sales accounted for 1.0 point or more decrease year on year of existing-store sales growth in September.

The Lawson Group operated 14,673 convenience stores in Japan at the end of September 2019, including 142 NATURAL LAWSON stores and 774 LAWSON STORE 100 stores.

Regarding LAWSON STORE 100, existing-store sales fell 1.8% year on year in September (customer numbers: -1.0%; customer spend: -0.8%).

The existing LAWSON stores' sales in Japan (LAWSON and NATURAL LAWSON)*1 in September decreased 1.1% year on year.

Lawson is promoting a campaign of collecting stamps upon purchase until December 16, 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. The LAWSON operation in Japan consists of sales generated by LAWSON, Inc. excluding sales of 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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