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 again with 0.5% in August against figures for the same month last year.
Brisk sales of summer goods triggered by the seasonal onset of summer in addition to the effect of renewals and events in the shopping centers contributed to this positive result.
Classification by tenant type revealed women’s apparel and variety stores as tenants with favorable results.
As for anchor tenants’ sales, sales of the fresh food and processed foodstuffs were favorable.

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 August have been computed based on the total number of 2,805 in existence at the end of July 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
	Jul.	(568)	-4.2	-4.4	-3.9	-4.3	-2.8
	Aug.	(570)	0.5	0.6	0.4	1.4	-0.5
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 5.0 points resulting in a plus 0.6 figure.
Sales of anchor tenants improved by 4.3 points and ended positive by 0.4%.These were their first positive sales figures in the six month period since February 2007.

 

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)	0.5	0.6	0.4
Central Areas	Large Cities	(80)	1.9	2.0	-1.1
	Medium Cities	(90)	-0.3	-1.0	1.1
	Small Cities	(34)	-2.8	-2.7	-3.0
	Sub Total	(204)	0.6	0.7	0.0
Peripheral Areas		(137)	2.2	1.7	3.0
Suburban Areas		(229)	-0.2	-0.2	-0.3

【comment】
Sales in central areas last month scored a -6.0% result, a record since the start of this survey in January 2003.
These figures have improved by 6.6points and turned positive by 0.6% this month when compared with previous month.
The sales of central areas in large cities have improved by 7.3 points and showed a1.9% positive result, sales of central areas in medium cities improved by 6.7points, but results ended negative by 0.3%

(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
Aug.	Total	(570)	0.5	0.0	-1.8	2.3	-1.0	-0.9	-0.9	1.8	-2.7	-0.2
	Central Areas	(204)	0.6	0.3	-0.6	1.7	1.5	-9.9	-1.1	0.8	-1.8	-0.4
	Peripheral Areas	(137)	2.2	0.6	-1.5	5.5	-0.9	8.4	-1.9	2.0	-3.1	-1.4
	Suburban Areas	(229)	-0.2	-2.1	-2.2	0.8	-2.2	-0.6	-0.2	2.6	-3.1	1.0
	Number of SC		570	19	34	201	60	40	129	24	14	49

【comment】
Last month, sales in all regions were negative when compared with previous month.
However, sales in Hokkaido, Kanto and Chugoku region turned positive. Sales in the Hokkaido region have improved by 7.3 points and ended with a 0.0% result when compared with 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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