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 showed a sharp decline of 4.2% this July, the second worst result since the 5.6% fall of February 2005. The late end of the rainy season, weak demand for summer goods in addition to the fact that some shopping centers shifted their summers sales forward to the end of June are thought to be contributing factors of this poor result.
Classification by tenant type revealed that tenants claiming unfavorable results were women's apparel and variety stores.
As for anchor tenants' sales, men's and women's clothing stores showed unfavorable results.

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 568 SC samples obtained, the sample retrieval rate being 56.8%.
＊(Estimated) total sales of SC for July have been computed based on the total number of 2,799 SC in existence at the end of June 2007. (An increase of 72 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
	Jul.	(568)	-4.2	-4.4	-3.9	-4.3	-2.8
Source			Japan Council of Shopping Centers			Japan Department Stores Association	Japan Chain Stores Association

【comment】
As for tenants, sales were slow due to the late end of the rainy season

 

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		(568)	-4.2	-4.4	-3.9
Central Areas	Large Cities	(80)	-5.4	-5.4	-6.0
	Medium Cities	(90)	-7.0	-8.0	-5.0
	Small Cities	(34)	-5.4	-5.2	-5.6
	Sub Total	(204)	-6.0	-6.1	-5.2
Peripheral Areas		(140)	-3.1	-2.9	-3.4
Suburban Areas		(224)	-2.9	-2.3	-3.6

【comment】
Compared with previous month, sales in all areas were negative.
For the total period since this survey started in January 2003, sales in central areas stand out for scoring a record low of -6.0% compared with previous year.

(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
july.	Total	(568)	-4.2	-7.3	-5.3	-4.4	-2.1	-6.6	-3.4	-1.8	-6.2	-6.4
	Central Areas	(204)	-6.0	-8.7	-5.3	-6.2	-1.4	-16.1	-5.6	-3.0	-7.6	-9.4
	Peripheral Areas	(140)	-3.1	-6.3	-4.7	-1.5	-4.6	-5.0	-4.0	-1.5	-4.5	-7.0
	Suburban Areas	(224)	-2.9	-3.0	-5.4	-4.1	-2.0	-3.5	-1.3	-0.3	-5.5	-2.1
	Number of SC		568	20	35	200	60	37	130	24	14	48

【comment】
Compared with previous month, sales in all regions were negative.
Sales in Hokkaido were down by 14.2%.

(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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