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 June realized by existing shopping centers fell by 6.6% against that for the corresponding month of the previous year, thereby remaining negative for a tenth consecutive month.

Although additional economic measures taken by the government such as the eco-point scheme and eco-car tax break to some extent stimulated consumption, anxiety among consumers regarding a sustainable livelihood level only intensified due to not only the worsening employment situation but also salary cuts, including summer bonuses, and indications of strengthening consumer confidence have yet to be seen.

Moreover, the fact that the marketing of low-priced PB products and a quantitative decrease of purchased items both helped to create a tendency of lower customer spending in addition to the fact that this June counted one Sunday less than last year all resulted in a further 1.0 point sales figure decrease over last month.

Favorable results booked in some SC can be ascribed to summer bargain sales - last year started in July - having been moved forward to June and the store renewal effect.

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 562 SC samples obtained, the sample retrieval rate being 56.2%.
＊(Estimated) total sales of SC for June have been computed based on the total number of 2,894 SC in existence at the end of May 2009.
We announced at the JCSC general meeting in May 21, 2009 that the total number of SC at the end of December 2008 was changed to 2,980 by the new adaptable standard of the SC. However we used the figures by the former standard in this survey.

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
	Apr.～Jun.	(538)	-6.0	-5.7	-6.8	-10.8	-3.4
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
	Apr.	(567)	-5.6	-5.1	-6.8	-11.3	-3.7
	May.	(573)	-5.6	-5.2	-6.5	-12.3	-2.0
	jun.	(562)	-6.6	-6.4	-6.9	-8.8	-4.4
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		(562)	-6.6	-6.4	-6.9
Central Areas	Large Cities	(76)	-6.6	-6.6	-5.0
	Medium Cities	(82)	-6.8	-6.3	-7.8
	Small Cities	(35)	-10.6	-9.6	-12.3
	Sub Total	(193)	-7.0	-6.7	-8.5
Peripheral Areas		(142)	-6.5	-6.2	-6.9
Suburban Areas		(227)	-6.2	-6.1	-6.3

【comment】
Sales in central areas of small cities showed the largest decline with -10.6%.
Anchor tenants scored especially bad with -12.3% and 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	(562)	-6.6	-3.2	-5.8	-7.0	-7.8	-7.0	-6.8	-6.0	-3.5	-4.0
Central Areas	(193)	-7.0	-5.0	-9.6	-6.4	-9.9	-12.7	-9.0	-6.6	-5.1	-2.7
Peripheral Areas	(142)	-6.5	1.7	-7.4	-6.9	-5.3	-7.3	-7.2	-2.3	-4.9	-6.3
Suburban Areas	(227)	-6.2	-8.0	-3.1	-7.8	-7.4	-5.9	-4.8	-5.9	-2.0	-4.0
Number of SC		562	17	30	200	55	44	125	29	16	46

【comment】
Regardless of region, sales in central areas showed a large decline mainly resulting from sluggish sales at SC such as fashion buildings (fashion malls) and station buildings specializing in apparel.

(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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