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Duty-free sales remained solid, and the opening of HAERA is contributing positively.\n\n### Outlook and Key Focus Areas\nFor the full year, while taking into account the impact of the closure of sales floors at Daimaru Umeda, the company expects continued steadiness in the department store and shopping center businesses and forecasts record-high operating profit of 53.5 hundred million yen. 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