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 0.02% in October compared with figures for the same month last year.
Slightly warm weather continued to weaken demand for autumn goods.
In addition, although this month having one holiday (Sunday) less than last year proved to be a negative factor, renewals and shopping center events boosted overall sales whereby sales improved by 0.8points when compared with previous month.
Classification by tenant type revealed that tenants claiming favorable results were women's apparel and service-related businesses.
As for anchor tenants' sales, sales of fresh and processed foodstuffs showed favorable 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 556 SC samples obtained, the sample retrieval rate being 55.6%.
＊(Estimated) total sales of SC for October have been computed based on the total number of 2,815 in existence at the end of September 2007. (An increase of 68 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
	Sep.	(569)	-0.8	-0.5	-1.2	-2.5	-1.0
	Oct.	(556)	0.0	-0.1	0.3	-1.4	-1.1
Source			Japan Council of Shopping Centers			Japan Department Stores Association	Japan Chain Stores Association

【comment】
Sales of anchor tenants have improved by 1.5 points and turned positive by 0.3% this month when compared with previous month.
Sales of tenants were -0.1, but the figures have improved by 0.4 points this month when compared with previous month.

 

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)	0.0	-0.1	0.3
Central Areas	Large Cities	(80)	1.5	1.6	-3.2
	Medium Cities	(88)	-1.1	-2.4	1.4
	Small Cities	(33)	-3.5	-3.3	-3.8
	Sub Total	(201)	0.1	0.1	-0.1
Peripheral Areas		(130)	1.1	-0.3	3.6
Suburban Areas		(225)	-0.6	-0.4	-0.8

【comment】
Sales in central areas turned positive by 0.1. Especially sales in central areas of the large cities recovered by 1.6 points and recorded a positive result of 1.5%.

(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 Location (Number of SC)		Total	Hokkaido	Tohoku	Kanto	Chubu	Hokuriku	kinki	Chugoku	Shikoku	Kyusyu・ Okinawa
Total	(556)	0.0	-6.0	-0.8	0.8	-2.0	-2.0	0.4	4.2	-1.9	-1.3
Central Areas	(201)	0.1	-7.6	-2.0	0.9	-2.1	-11.7	1.2	2.3	-3.8	0.7
Peripheral Areas	(130)	1.1	-2.3	-5.2	4.0	-0.3	3.9	-2.0	2.5	-2.5	-4.4
Suburban Areas	(225)	-0.6	-6.3	0.3	-1.9	-2.2	-0.5	1.0	6.0	-0.5	-1.2
Number of SC		556	15	34	198	53	40	128	24	14	50

【comment】
Though sales in the Kanto and Kinki regions became positive again, sales in the Kyusyu・Okinawa regionｓ became negative.
As a result, sales in the Kanto region improved by 1.1points and were up 0.8% when compared with previous month. Sales in the Kinki region increased by 2.2points and were up 0.4%. Sales in the Kyusyu・Okinawa regionｓ decreased by 2.2 points and were -1.3% when compared with previous month.
Sales in the Chugoku region remained favorable and showed a 4.2% positive, continuing their positive trend of three consecutive months.

(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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