社団法人 日本ショッピングセンター協会

Outlook

May sales of previously established shopping centers again rose for the first time in three months by 0.2percent when compared with figures for the same month last year.
Sales of high summer goods profited from the fine weather and temperatures higher than those of last month.
Also the events held during the “Golden Week” holiday period enjoyed comparatively good conditions thereby contributing to the sales increase.
Classification by tenant type revealed a pattern similar to the previous month with many shopping center developers stressing the key role played by women's apparel and the food and drink businesses.
Other tenants claiming favorable results were service-related stores whereas variety shops reported unfavorable figures.
Though sales of anchor tenants didn’t improve, sales of fresh food, processed foodstuffs and women’s clothes were steady.
Compared with previous month, anchor tenants’sales improved by 1.3 point.

Notes

＊This survey has been compiled from information obtained after sampling 1,000 SC according to location and size from among 2,759 SC - the total number of SC at the end of December 2006.
＊This survey is based on the 556 SC samples obtained, the sample retrieval rate being 55.6%.
＊(Estimated) total sales of SC for May have been computed based on the total number of 2,792 SC in existence at the end of April 2007. (An increase of 70 over last year)

Change of Total Sales of Shopping Centers, Depart-ment Stores and Chain Stores compared with previous year

Term/Year/month (Number of SC)			S　　　　　C			Department Stores	Chain Stores
			Previously Established SC
			Total of SC	Tenants	Anchor Tenants
Year	2000	(185)	-3.4	-3.1	-3.7	-2.2	-5.1
	2001	(255)	-2.2	-1.4	-3.3	-0.4	-5.2
	2002	(328)	-2.1	-2.1	-2.1	-2.3	-2.1
	2003	(462)	-1.6	-0.8	-2.4	-2.8	-3.2
	2004	(522)	-1.7	-0.9	-2.9	-2.8	-3.5
	2005	(550)	0.3	1.5	-1.9	-0.2	-2.6
	2006	(523)	0.3	0.9	-0.7	-0.7	-2.7
Month 2006	Jan.	(592)	-0.6	0.6	-2.7	-0.4	-2.5
	Feb.	(609)	0.3	1.0	-1.0	0.5	-1.7
	Mar.	(606)	3.2	4.7	0.3	2.0	-2.1
	Apr.	(604)	1.1	1.9	-0.4	-0.6	-3.3
	May.	(603)	1.3	1.9	0.4	-1.1	-3.4
	Jun.	(606)	1.1	1.7	0.2	-2.2	-2.5
	Jul.	(600)	1.4	2.3	-0.3	-1.5	-3.2
	Aug.	(601)	1.6	1.9	1.1	-0.9	-1.1
	Sep.	(602)	2.1	2.6	1.0	1.0	-1.1
	Oct.	(600)	-0.7	-0.7	-0.6	-1.9	-3.1
	Nov.	(600)	0.1	0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-2.7
	Dec.	(601)	-1.0	-0.4	-1.9	-2.3	-3.8
Month 2007	Jan.	(600)	1.3	1.8	0.2	0.0	-2.4
	Feb.	(600)	1.3	1.7	0.5	1.7	-1.6
	Mar.	(572)	-1.2	-1.2	-1.0	-1.5	-1.5
	Apr.	(575)	-1.1	-0.8	-1.7	-1.3	-1.0
	May.	(556)	0.2	0.5	-0.4	-0.4	-0.6
Source			Japan Council of Shopping Centers			Japan Department Stores Association	Japan Chain Stores Association

【comment】
Compared with previous month, sales of tenants turned positive and improved by 1.3 point.
Though sales of anchor tenants were still in the red, sales improved by 1.3 point.

 

Rate of Expansion in Sales of SC by Location and Type of Constituent member of SC

Constituent member of SC Location (Number of SC)			Total	Tenants	Anchor Tenants
Total		(556)	0.2	0.5	-0.4
Central Areas	Large Cities	(77)	0.6	0.7	-1.9
	Medium Cities	(92)	-0.6	-1.3	1.0
	Small Cities	(34)	-0.7	-0.7	-0.6
	Sub Total	(203)	0.0	0.0	0.4
Peripheral Areas		(130)	0.1	0.7	-1.0
Suburban Areas		(223)	0.5	1.4	-0.5

【comment】
Compared with previous month, sales of central areas improved by 1.3 point, those of peripheral areas by 0.4 point and those of suburban areas by 1.8 point.

(notes)

■Size of City
Large Cities ： Cities designated by government ordinance (Sapporo, Sendai, Chiba, Tokyo metropolis, Kawasaki, Yokohama, Nagoya, Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe, Hiroshima, Fukuoka, Kitakyushu)
Medium Cities ：Cities that have a population of more than 150,000, excluding above‐mentioned cities
Small Cities ：Cities that have a population of under 150,000

■Location （Divided by administrative district, but the explanation for area is tentative.）
Central Areas ：Central cities that are accumulated by commercial function of cities, towns, villages concerned
Peripheral Areas ：Areas that are around central areas and city function of commerce, administration, business, etc. exist moderately
Suburban Areas ：Areas that are in the suburbs and residential areas, farmlands, etc. are spread out

 

Rate of Expansion in Sales of SC by Location and Region

Region Month/Location (Number of SC)			Total	Hokkaido	Tohoku	Kanto	Chubu	Hokuriku	kinki	Chugoku	Shikoku	Kyusyu・ Okinawa
May.	Total	(556)	0.2	-3.5	-4.9	0.9	1.7	-2.2	0.1	0.7	-1.3	-0.9
	Central Areas	(203)	0.0	-5.0	-1.9	1.4	1.6	-7.3	-1.5	-2.0	-1.5	-1.2
	Peripheral Areas	(130)	0.1	-1.8	-2.8	1.9	-0.9	-1.7	-1.9	-2.4	-7.9	-4.2
	Suburban Areas	(223)	0.5	-0.8	-5.6	-0.5	2.2	-0.7	2.1	2.9	0.2	1.5
	Number of SC		556	19	31	198	59	36	128	26	15	44

【comment】
Though sales in the Kanto region fell for two consecutive months, they rose again this month.
But sales in the Tohoku region fell for a ninth consecutive month due to the unsettled weather.

(notes)

■Region
Hokkaido ：　Hokkaido　
Tohoku ：　Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata and Fukushima Prefecture　
Kanto ：　Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gumma,Saitama and Chiba Prefecture, Tokyo metropolis, Kanagawa and Yamanashi Prefecture
Chubu ：　Nagano, Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi and Mie Prefecture
Hokuriku ：　Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui Prefecture
Kinki ：　Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyogo, Nara and Wakayama Prefecture
Chugoku ：　Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima and Yamaguchi Prefecture
Shikoku ：　Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime and Kochi Prefecture
Kyusyu･Okinawa ：　Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima and Okinawa Prefecture

Reference:
Contact below for any inquires in respect of the Survey.
Mr. Kotaro Zenpo of the Research Department
e‐mail address: zenpoh@jcsc.or.jp

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