Earnings, deals and disclosures from Japan's listed retail & consumer companies, in English.
Garden now expects ¥10mn of net profit for the year to February 2027, down from ¥840mn, blaming weaker existing-store traffic after price rises and higher expansion costs, while its ¥90 dividend forecast stands.
Curry chain operator Ichibanya grew half-year sales 10.0% to ¥35.23bn, yet operating profit fell 17.2% to ¥2.09bn, which the company attributes to costlier ingredients, rice included, and higher logistics costs.
Overseas buyers generated 57.5% of Hobonichi Techo revenue as the 2026 edition sold a record 1.14 million copies; the next fiscal year runs only ten months, so growth rates will not compare cleanly.
Saizeriya's Japan operating profit rose 19.4% while Asia's fell 4.2% despite 17.1% higher sales, and the chain now says menu prices will be revised as conditions require after holding them so far.
Ryohin Keikaku's operating profit jumped 40.1% to ¥103.4bn on overseas growth and a weaker yen, but it guides to a 4.5% fall in net profit next year as this year's one-off gains reverse.
Doutor Nichires reported a 38.1% rise in half-year operating profit on 7.5% sales growth, saying customer numbers showed no big change around its July 23 Doutor Coffee price revision, and raised the interim dividend to ¥32 while holding full-year guidance.
LOCAL,Inc. has replaced its ¥436mn operating-profit target with 'undetermined' after a ¥427.8mn first-half operating loss, citing uncertain rice demand, prices and inventory sales, while net assets fell to ¥154mn.
J.Front Retailing's interim business profit beat its April plan by ¥4.59bn, but operating profit fell 10.5% and full-year operating guidance was cut ¥1.0bn to ¥46.0bn, even as business profit guidance rose to ¥53.5bn.
AEON's half-year operating profit rose 10.7% to ¥130.7bn on Tsuruha consolidation, mall renovations and Vietnam, while general merchandise stores lost ¥12.6bn and the full-year ¥340bn profit target was left unchanged.
World's profit attributable to owners rose 4.2% to ¥5.88bn in the six months to August, helped by a lower tax charge, while operating profit grew just 1.2% and apparel brands missed on summer sales.
Selling and administrative costs rose 16.3% against 13.6% for gross profit, leaving the Maruetsu and Kasumi parent with a ¥3.28bn operating loss and a ¥4.65bn net loss for the six months to August.
United Super Markets Holdings now forecasts ¥1.0bn of operating profit instead of ¥10.0bn and an ¥8.0bn net loss, citing weaker customer numbers, price responses to inflation and competition, and planned store write-downs and closures.
Yoshinoya Holdings beat its first-half forecasts and raised its full-year operating profit goal to ¥10bn from ¥8.5bn, while warning that raw material and labor costs will rise further in the second half.
Sugi Holdings lifted its full-year sales forecast to ¥1.118tn after consolidating Seki Yakuhin, but trimmed operating profit guidance to ¥51.0bn, saying a poor summer weighed on seasonal goods at existing stores.
Seven & i's overseas convenience stores earned ¥150.4bn in the half to August against ¥109.9bn in Japan, where profit fell; reported revenue dropped 2.8% mostly because Seven Bank and York units left the group.
Kojima's annual operating profit rose 17.7% to ¥8.62bn as air-conditioner sales spread beyond Tokyo, offsetting a margin drag from phones and consoles, and electronic shelf labels had been installed in every store by the end of August.
Warabeya Nichiyo Holdings now expects operating profit of ¥6.0bn for the year to February 2027, down from ¥7.7bn, as packaging and energy costs rise, while a separate Ohio plant loss pulls net profit to ¥3.5bn.
Tsuruha's six-month sales rose 128.7% to ¥1.276tn against a half that ended before the Welcia integration, with operating profit up 92.6%, and the drugstore group left its full-year guidance unchanged.
Grantomato now expects a ¥778mn net loss for the year to August 2026, double its April estimate, and has cancelled a planned ¥40 year-end dividend after falling rice prices forced cut-price sales of old-crop stock.
ABC-Mart raised its operating profit forecast by ¥1.6bn to ¥67.2bn but left second-half plans unchanged, pointing to possible weaker consumer sentiment and a November change to Japan's tax-free system.
McDonald's Japan's existing-store sales rose 10.0% in September, its best monthly reading since January, with a 6.5% rise in average spend per customer outpacing a 3.3% gain in customer count.
ABC-MART reported September domestic same-store sales up 14.9% and customer count up 10.4%, citing an extra holiday, a drop in temperatures that helped autumn goods, and promoted sneakers and jersey apparel; October figures are due November 4.
A Tokyo-listed yakiniku operator hit its first-half sales plan but missed operating profit forecast by 25.6%, and it now sees full-year operating profit at ¥2.0bn instead of ¥2.5bn as higher costs and consumer thrift weigh.
Nissha's first-half sales beat its forecast by 2.2%, but a goodwill impairment at USM turned a guided ¥1.8bn operating profit into a ¥4.5bn loss, and the company now guides to a full-year operating loss of ¥3.3bn.