社団法人 日本ショッピングセンター協会

Overview

The total sales figure for this March realized by existing shopping centers fell by 8.3% against that for the corresponding month of the previous year, thereby remaining negative for a seventh consecutive month.

In spite of some favorable factors, notably raw materials prices falling in contrast to last year and commodity prices stabilizing, consumers are growing increasingly concerned about the murky economic prospects and tended to restrict purchases and focused on the lower price-range goods. This resulted in SC sales falling even further below the -7.5% figure for the previous month - the lowest level ever since the start of this survey.

Sales of spring goods were sluggish due to considerable temperature fluctuations during the latter half of this month. Sluggish sales of high-priced items - notably clothing - in the wake of flagging consumer confidence resulting from the economic slowdown, was another factor pulling sales results down.

In addition, this month counted one Saturday less compared with last year and both the number of customers and the per-customer spending decreased, all of these unfavorable factors combining to create a grim SC sales environment.

Notes

＊This survey has been compiled from information obtained after sampling 1,000 SC according to location and size from among 2,877 SC - the total number of SC at the end of December 2008.
＊This survey is based on the 573 SC samples obtained, the sample retrieval rate being 57.3%.
＊(Estimated) total sales of SC for March have been computed based on the total number of 2,878 SC in existence at the end of February 2009.

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
	2007	(515)	-0.0	0.3	-0.6	-0.5	-1.4
	2008	(553)	-1.5	-1.1	-2.3	-4.3	-0.7
2009	Jan.～Mar.	(533)	-6.7	-6.0	-8.3	-11.2	-4.0
Month 2008	Jan.	(592)	0.0	0.3	-0.5	-2.1	-1.7
	Feb.	(585)	0.8	0.4	1.4	0.9	1.9
	Mar.	(587)	2.3	2.6	1.6	-1.2	1.4
	Apr.	(575)	-2.5	-3.0	-1.5	-3.4	-0.8
	May.	(581)	-2.3	-2.1	-2.6	-2.7	-1.1
	Jun.	(592)	-2.9	-2.7	-3.1	-7.6	-0.9
	Jul.	(585)	0.3	0.2	0.5	-2.5	0.9
	Aug.	(572)	0.3	1.5	-2.1	-3.1	-1.0
	Sep.	(580)	-1.9	-0.8	-4.2	-4.7	-2.2
	Oct.	(582)	-3.0	-1.7	-5.6	-6.8	-1.6
	Nov.	(571)	-1.3	-0.6	-2.9	-6.4	0.6
	Dec.	(580)	-5.4	-4.7	-6.7	-9.4	-2.8
Month 2009	Jan.	(567)	-4.4	-3.6	-6.2	-9.1	-2.7
	Feb.	(570)	-7.5	-6.5	-9.4	-11.5	-5.4
	Mar.	(573)	-8.3	-7.6	-9.6	-13.1	-4.0
Source			Japan Council of Shopping Centers			Japan Department Stores Association	Japan Chain Stores Association

 

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		(573)	-8.3	-7.6	-9.6
Central Areas	Large Cities	(77)	-8.5	-8.5	-7.1
	Medium Cities	(85)	-9.6	-7.4	-13.6
	Small Cities	(33)	-8.8	-9.2	-8.2
	Sub Total	(195)	-8.9	-8.2	-12.2
Peripheral Areas		(143)	-7.7	-7.2	-8.9
Suburban Areas		(235)	-7.9	-7.1	-8.9

【comment】
Sales figures of anchor tenants were bad with -9.6%.
In a mood similar to the previous month, sales of SC with anchor tenants such as department stores or GMS were sluggish.

(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	(573)	-8.3	-5.2	-8.3	-8.6	-7.6	-9.1	-9.9	-7.3	-10.5	-2.5
Central Areas	(195)	-8.9	-6.4	-6.1	-9.2	-7.5	-12.9	-10.6	-10.0	-13.3	-3.5
Peripheral Areas	(143)	-7.7	-2.0	-13.8	-7.2	-8.7	-9.0	-10.9	-5.2	-14.9	-2.6
Suburban Areas	(235)	-7.9	-8.1	-8.3	-8.9	-7.3	-8.0	-8.9	-4.8	-7.5	-1.4
Number of SC		573	17	33	199	57	48	127	27	16	49

【comment】
Sales in the Shikoku region realized the worst figure (-10.5%), with those in the Kinki region second (-9.9%). The decreases in the former were due to tenant terminations, the latter were affected by partial suspension of business for renewal.
Sales in the Kyushu・Okinawa region on the other hand booked the smallest decline (-2.5%). The sales increase in Fukuoka city boosted overall sales.

(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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