社団法人 日本ショッピングセンター協会

Outlook

Sales of previously established shopping centers rose 2.4% in June for two consecutive months when compared with figures for the same month last year.
Some shopping centers shifted their summer sales, usually started around the beginning of July, to June 30 (Saturday), thus contributing to the sales increase.
Also the fact that nationwide the rainy season came later than usual, together with a spell of little rainfall till the middle of June (according to the Meteorological Agency), are seen as factors stimulating customer turnout.
Classification by tenant type revealed favorable results for women's apparel stores in addition to shoe and bag shops. Variety stores, restaurants and service-related stores on the other hand reported unfavorable figures.
Among the anchor tenants' sales, household articles showed a favorable trend.

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 570 SC samples obtained, the sample retrieval rate being 57.0%.
＊(Estimated) total sales of SC for June have been computed based on the total number of 2,796 SC in existence at the end of May 2007. (An increase of 71 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
	Jun.	(570)	2.4	3.9	-0.1	5.5	-1.5
Source			Japan Council of Shopping Centers			Japan Department Stores Association	Japan Chain Stores Association

【comment】
Negative results among key tenants have been recovering since the beginning of this year with a peak in April.
There has been a 1.6 improvement since April.

 

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		(570)	2.4	3.9	-0.1
Central Areas	Large Cities	(79)	7.5	7.7	-1.6
	Medium Cities	(92)	3.4	2.9	4.4
	Small Cities	(35)	0.1	0.3	-0.1
	Sub Total	(206)	5.2	5.7	3.0
Peripheral Areas		(135)	3.1	5.0	-0.2
Suburban Areas		(229)	-0.3	0.5	-1.2

【comment】
Compared with previous month, sales in central and peripheral areas increased respectively by 5.2 and 3.0 points whereas those in suburban areas showed negative results.

(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
June.	Total	(570)	2.4	6.9	-2.7	4.5	-0.2	-2.0	0.8	0.8	1.2	3.9
	Central Areas	(206)	5.2	9.6	3.2	6.5	4.8	-2.9	2.2	4.2	7.0	5.5
	Peripheral Areas	(135)	3.1	5.1	-0.3	5.0	-1.7	4.4	-0.6	4.3	-1.3	2.9
	Suburban Areas	(223)	-0.3	1.5	-5.2	1.4	-2.4	-3.3	0.5	-2.2	-1.7	2.8
	Number of SC		570	19	35	202	60	40	128	26	14	46

【comment】
Hokkaido with a 1.9% negative result for the same month last year (June 2006) showed a vigorous rebound of 6.9%.
Although the Tohoku region kept up its negative results for a tenth consecutive month, there was a 2.2 point improvement over the previous month.

(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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