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 August realized by existing shopping centers (SC) fell by 8.3% against that for the corresponding month of the previous year, thereby remaining negative for a twelfth consecutive month.

Consumer trends continued in a low-key mood against a decline of consumer-unit expenditure caused by a worsening employment environment and reduced income and were further negatively affected by dull sales of seasonal goods due to a new-type influenza epidemic and a cool summer.

A large number of developers also pointed the finger at the lower expenditure per consumer unit as a negative factor in the light of an increasing preference for low-priced products of the PB kind.

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 538 SC samples obtained, the sample retrieval rate being 53.8%.
＊(Estimated) total sales of SC for August have been computed based on the total number of 2,903 SC in existence at the end of July 2009.
The JCSC General Meeting of May 21, 2009 issued an announcement stating that the official total number of SC as of the end of December 2008 had been corrected to 2,980 on the basis of newly adapted SC standards. However figures used in this survey are based on former standards.

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
	Jul.	(581)	-8.5	-8.3	-9.0	-11.7	-4.8
	Aug.	(538)	-8.3	-8.3	-8.3	-8.8	-3.4
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		(538)	-8.3	-8.3	-8.3
Central Areas	Large Cities	(74)	-9.9	-10.0	-7.7
	Medium Cities	(81)	-7.9	-7.3	-9.0
	Small Cities	(28)	-8.6	-5.6	-12.9
	Sub Total	(183)	-9.0	-8.9	-9.6
Peripheral Areas		(130)	-7.7	-7.9	-7.3
Suburban Areas		(225)	-8.0	-7.8	-8.3

【comment】
The central areas again witnessed a situation where sales recorded the largest decline of all areas with a drop of 9.0%

(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	(538)	-8.3	-5.7	-8.2	-8.5	-10.2	-10.0	-7.8	-7.5	-6.7	-6.7
Central Areas	(183)	-9.0	-5.1	-7.6	-9.1	-11.0	-15.0	-10.1	-6.4	-6.5	-5.6
Peripheral Areas	(130)	-7.7	-5.7	-5.5	-7.0	-12.8	-10.5	-8.5	-8.1	-8.5	-5.7
Suburban Areas	(225)	-8.0	-7.8	-8.9	-8.8	-9.3	-8.9	-6.0	-8.1	-6.5	-7.9
Number of SC		538	15	30	188	54	46	119	27	15	44

【comment】
SC sales of the Hokuriku region and Chubu region fell respectively by 10.2% and 10.0%. Specifically, sales in the central areas of the Hokuriku region fell drastically with 15.0%. The main reasons for this dramatic decline are the large increase of vacant areas in the SC in addition to the factors mentioned in the overview above.

(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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