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 October realized by existing shopping centers (SC) fell by 7.6% against that for the corresponding month of the previous year, thereby remaining negative for a fourteenth consecutive month.

The worsening employment situation caused by the economic recession and deflationary concerns further accelerated the tendency to economize, stimulated a preference for low-priced products, lowered the number of purchased units per customer and fostered a reluctance for high‐priced goods, all of which factors resulted in struggling sales further hampered by the unseasonable weather following a typhoon early in the month and the prevalence of a new‐type influenza

Bad sales among anchor tenants, sluggish sales of service- and amusement-related tenants, in addition to reports by many developers of sales decreases due to lease terminations and vacant spaces, meant there were no favorable indications this month and as a result SC sales were down 2.9 points.

However, some SC reported a total tenants' sales increase from 20 to 30% over the same month last year as a result of a double figure increase in casual clothes sales.

Notes

＊This survey has been compiled from information obtained after sampling 1,000 SC according to location and size from among 2,877SC - the total number of SC at the end of December 2008.
＊This survey is based on the 524 SC samples obtained, the sample retrieval rate being 52.4%.
＊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, (estimated) total sales of SC for October are based on former standards and have been computed based on the total number of 2,909 SC in existence at the end of September 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
	Apr.～Jun.	(538)	-6.0	-5.7	-6.8	-10.8	-3.4
	Jul.～Sep.	(505)	-7.7	-7.6	-8.0	-9.7	-3.6
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
	Sep.	(545)	-4.7	-3.8	-6.6	-7.6	-2.4
	Oct.	(524)	-7.6	-7.3	-8.3	-10.5	-5.2
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		(524)	-7.6	-7.3	-8.3
Central Areas	Large Cities	(74)	-9.6	-9.5	-11.3
	Medium Cities	(79)	-8.8	-8.1	-10.2
	Small Cities	(26)	-8.6	-7.4	-9.9
	Sub Total	(179)	-9.2	-9.0	-10.3
Peripheral Areas		(125)	-6.7	-6.7	-6.9
Suburban Areas		(220)	-6.6	-5.3	-8.1

【comment】
Analysis based on results of SC sales by location and region, reveals that sales in central areas were -9.2%, a drastic decline compared with the peripheral areas (-6.7%) and suburban areas (-6.6%). The -12.1% drop in sales in both the Chubu and Hokuriku regions is particularly remarkable. The growing number of vacant spaces is reportedly the cause of this tendency.

(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	(524)	-7.6	-5.4	-9.3	-8.0	-9.5	-8.5	-6.5	-7.3	-8.0	-5.1
Central Areas	(179)	-9.2	-5.9	-5.1	-9.3	-12.1	-12.1	-10.8	-7.6	-7.3	-5.6
Peripheral Areas	(125)	-6.7	-7.0	-4.8	-6.4	-9.3	-7.1	-7.1	-4.2	-7.5	-6.8
Suburban Areas	(220)	-6.6	-1.7	-12.0	-7.5	-8.0	-8.0	-3.6	-7.3	-8.6	-3.7
Number of SC		524	12	30	182	52	41	121	27	14	45

【comment】
Analysis based on results of cities designated by government ordinance reveals that the drop in SC sales in Nagoya city (-13.2%) and Chiba city (-12.8%) hit double figures.
In regions outside cities designated by government ordinance, SC sales in the Tohoku regions were -10.1, with steep decreases (-19.1%) seen in anchor tenant 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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