{"id":37333,"date":"2026-03-27T16:17:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T07:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/ir\/2678-20260327-04_wp_sales_update\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T16:17:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T07:17:25","slug":"2678-20260327-04_wp_sales_update","status":"publish","type":"ir_release","link":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/company\/company-2678\/ir\/2678-20260327-04_wp_sales_update\/","title":{"rendered":"Notice of Monthly Performance for March 2026 Fiscal Period"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Consolidated sales for March 2026 were 86.9% year-over-year, with the ASKUL segment at 84.7% and the LOHACO segment at 108.2%. Customer numbers were 93.3% and customer unit price was 90.8%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"Ticker":"","DATE":"","longName":"","company_name_ja":"","fullTimeEmployees":0,"address":"","phone":"","website":"","industry":"","sector":"","regularMarketPrice":0,"financialCurrency":"","marketCap":0,"fiftyTwoWeekLow":0,"fiftyTwoWeekHigh":0,"epsTrailingTwelveMonths":0,"epsForward":0,"bookValue":0,"totalRevenue":0,"OperatingIncome":0,"operatingMargins":0,"NetIncome":0,"profitMargins":0,"ebitda":0,"trailingPE":0,"forwardPE":0,"priceToBook":0,"returnOnEquity":0,"recommendationMean":0,"recommendationKey":"","targetMeanPrice":0,"numberOfAnalystOpinions":0,"analyst_earnings_data":"","dividendRate":0,"dividendYield":0,"payoutRatio":0,"totalEsg":0,"environmentScore":0,"socialScore":0,"governanceScore":0,"title":"","providerPublishTime":"","link":"","longBusinessSummary":"","longBusinessSummary_ja":"","quarterly_revenue":0,"quarterly_net_income":0,"quarterly_operating_profit":0,"enterprise_value":0,"company_officer_1_name":"","company_officer_1_title":"","company_officer_2_name":"","company_officer_2_title":"","company_officer_3_name":"","company_officer_3_title":"","company_officer_4_name":"","company_officer_4_title":"","company_officer_5_name":"","company_officer_5_title":"","company_officers_update_time":"","get_dividend_history_year1":0,"get_dividend_history_year2":0,"get_dividend_history_year3":0,"get_dividend_history_year4":0,"get_dividend_history_year5":0,"get_dividend_history_year6":0,"get_dividend_history_year7":0,"get_dividend_history_year8":0,"get_dividend_history_year9":0,"get_dividend_history_year10":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"jir_stock_code":"2678","jir_company_name":"ASKUL Corporation","jir_importance":"\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2606\u2606","jir_publication_date":"2026-03-27","jir_source_link":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2678-20260327-04.pdf","jir_short_summary":"Consolidated sales for March 2026 were 86.9% year-over-year, with the ASKUL segment at 84.7% and the LOHACO segment at 108.2%. Customer numbers were 93.3% and customer unit price was 90.8%.","jir_summary":"### Overview of Monthly Performance\nConsolidated sales for March 2026 (February 21 to March 20) came to 86.9% year-over-year, with the core ASKUL segment at 84.7%. Since there was no difference in operating days, the growth rate adjusted for operating days is omitted. The number of purchasing customers decreased to 93.3% year-over-year, and customer unit price also declined to 90.8%. Meanwhile, the LOHACO segment grew by 108.2% year-over-year.\n\n### Segment Trends and Other Information\nThe ASKUL segment includes sales from ASKUL and SOLOEL ARENA, while sales from the logistics segment are also included in consolidated sales. The number of operating days in March was 22, the same as the previous period. Note that monthly results are calculated on a provisional closing basis as of the 20th and have not been audited by certified public accountants or audit firms, so figures may differ from quarterly or annual financial statements. The schedule for future monthly disclosures is available on the IR website.","jir_financial_highlights":"Consolidated Sales: 86.9% (Year-over-Year 86.9%)\nASKUL Segment Sales: 84.7% (Year-over-Year 84.7%)\nLOHACO Segment Sales: 108.2% (Year-over-Year 108.2%)\nNumber of Purchasing Customers (ASKUL segment): 93.3% (Year-over-Year 93.3%)\nCustomer Unit Price (ASKUL segment): 90.8% (Year-over-Year 90.8%)","jir_category":"","jir_hashtags":"#ASKULCorporation, #MonthlyPerformance, #JapaneseStocks","jir_key_figures":"Consolidated Sales (March): Year-over-Year 86.9%\nASKUL Segment Sales (March): Year-over-Year 84.7%\nLOHACO Segment Sales (March): Year-over-Year 108.2%","jir_meta_title":"ASKUL Corporation March 2026 Monthly Sales: 86.9% Consolidated, 84.7% ASKUL, 108.2% LOHACO","jir_meta_description":"Announcement of ASKUL Corporation\u2019s March 2026 monthly performance. Consolidated sales were 86.9% year-over-year, with the ASKUL segment at 84.7% and the LOHACO segment at 108.2%, clearly indicating segment-specific trends.","jir_og_title":"ASKUL Corporation March 2026 Monthly Performance Announcement","jir_og_description":"March 2026 monthly sales for ASKUL Corporation were 86.9% year-over-year. Explaining trends of 84.7% for the ASKUL segment and 108.2% for the LOHACO segment.","jir_og_image_url":"\/assets\/og\/company-general_ir.jpg","jir_chart_data_collection":"[{\"jir_chart_id\": \"revenue_trend\", \"jir_chart_type\": \"line\", \"jir_chart_title\": \"Consolidated Sales Trend (June 2025 - March 2026)\", \"jir_chart_json_data\": \"{\\\"type\\\":\\\"line\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"labels\\\":[\\\"June\\\",\\\"July\\\",\\\"August\\\",\\\"September\\\",\\\"October\\\",\\\"November\\\",\\\"December\\\",\\\"January\\\",\\\"February\\\",\\\"March\\\"],\\\"datasets\\\":[{\\\"label\\\":\\\"Current Period Sales (Million Yen)\\\",\\\"data\\\":[35751,33758,31618,34329,29607,1698,8856,16884,28231,28112],\\\"borderColor\\\":\\\"#3e95cd\\\",\\\"fill\\\":false},{\\\"label\\\":\\\"Previous Period Sales (Million Yen)\\\",\\\"data\\\":[35214,31993,30780,33919,30147,34399,35487,27342,35554,32353],\\\"borderColor\\\":\\\"#8e5ea2\\\",\\\"fill\\\":false}]},\\\"options\\\":{\\\"responsive\\\":true,\\\"plugins\\\":{\\\"legend\\\":{\\\"position\\\":\\\"top\\\"}},\\\"scales\\\":{\\\"y\\\":{\\\"beginAtZero\\\":true}}}}\"}, {\"jir_chart_id\": \"askul_revenue_trend\", \"jir_chart_type\": \"line\", \"jir_chart_title\": \"ASKUL Segment Sales Trend (June 2025 - March 2026)\", \"jir_chart_json_data\": \"{\\\"type\\\":\\\"line\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"labels\\\":[\\\"June\\\",\\\"July\\\",\\\"August\\\",\\\"September\\\",\\\"October\\\",\\\"November\\\",\\\"December\\\",\\\"January\\\",\\\"February\\\",\\\"March\\\"],\\\"datasets\\\":[{\\\"label\\\":\\\"Current Period ASKUL Sales (Million Yen)\\\",\\\"data\\\":[32651,30140,28211,31141,26877,1700,8843,16864,25789,24870],\\\"borderColor\\\":\\\"#3cba9f\\\",\\\"fill\\\":false},{\\\"label\\\":\\\"Previous Period ASKUL Sales (Million Yen)\\\",\\\"data\\\":[31740,29126,27506,31012,27291,31616,32410,24221,32390,29357],\\\"borderColor\\\":\\\"#e8c3b9\\\",\\\"fill\\\":false}]},\\\"options\\\":{\\\"responsive\\\":true,\\\"plugins\\\":{\\\"legend\\\":{\\\"position\\\":\\\"top\\\"}},\\\"scales\\\":{\\\"y\\\":{\\\"beginAtZero\\\":true}}}}\"}, {\"jir_chart_id\": \"lohaco_revenue_trend\", \"jir_chart_type\": \"line\", \"jir_chart_title\": \"LOHACO Segment Sales Trend (June 2025 - March 2026)\", \"jir_chart_json_data\": \"{\\\"type\\\":\\\"line\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"labels\\\":[\\\"June\\\",\\\"July\\\",\\\"August\\\",\\\"September\\\",\\\"October\\\",\\\"November\\\",\\\"December\\\",\\\"January\\\",\\\"February\\\",\\\"March\\\"],\\\"datasets\\\":[{\\\"label\\\":\\\"Current Period LOHACO Sales (Million Yen)\\\",\\\"data\\\":[3091,3611,3397,3178,2712,3,13,13,2433,3234],\\\"borderColor\\\":\\\"#ff6384\\\",\\\"fill\\\":false},{\\\"label\\\":\\\"Previous Period LOHACO Sales (Million Yen)\\\",\\\"data\\\":[3464,2856,3264,2897,2851,2773,3072,3114,3156,2989],\\\"borderColor\\\":\\\"#36a2eb\\\",\\\"fill\\\":false}]},\\\"options\\\":{\\\"responsive\\\":true,\\\"plugins\\\":{\\\"legend\\\":{\\\"position\\\":\\\"top\\\"}},\\\"scales\\\":{\\\"y\\\":{\\\"beginAtZero\\\":true}}}}\"}, {\"jir_chart_id\": \"askul_customer_unit_price_growth\", \"jir_chart_type\": \"line\", \"jir_chart_title\": \"ASKUL Segment Customer Unit Price Growth Rate (Year-over-Year)\", \"jir_chart_json_data\": \"{\\\"type\\\":\\\"line\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"labels\\\":[\\\"June\\\",\\\"July\\\",\\\"August\\\",\\\"September\\\",\\\"October\\\",\\\"November\\\",\\\"December\\\",\\\"January\\\",\\\"February\\\",\\\"March\\\"],\\\"datasets\\\":[{\\\"label\\\":\\\"Current Period Unit Price Growth Rate (%)\\\",\\\"data\\\":[3.6,4.1,3.8,2.6,1.2,-47.3,-45.6,-20.0,-13.1,-9.2],\\\"borderColor\\\":\\\"#f39c12\\\",\\\"fill\\\":false}]},\\\"options\\\":{\\\"responsive\\\":true,\\\"plugins\\\":{\\\"legend\\\":{\\\"position\\\":\\\"top\\\"}},\\\"scales\\\":{\\\"y\\\":{\\\"beginAtZero\\\":false}}}}\"}, {\"jir_chart_id\": \"askul_customer_number_growth\", \"jir_chart_type\": \"line\", \"jir_chart_title\": \"ASKUL Segment Customer Number Growth Rate (Year-over-Year)\", \"jir_chart_json_data\": \"{\\\"type\\\":\\\"line\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"labels\\\":[\\\"June\\\",\\\"July\\\",\\\"August\\\",\\\"September\\\",\\\"October\\\",\\\"November\\\",\\\"December\\\",\\\"January\\\",\\\"February\\\",\\\"March\\\"],\\\"datasets\\\":[{\\\"label\\\":\\\"Current Period Customer Number Growth Rate (%)\\\",\\\"data\\\":[-0.7,-0.6,-1.2,-2.2,-2.6,-89.8,-49.8,-12.9,-8.4,-6.7],\\\"borderColor\\\":\\\"#c0392b\\\",\\\"fill\\\":false}]},\\\"options\\\":{\\\"responsive\\\":true,\\\"plugins\\\":{\\\"legend\\\":{\\\"position\\\":\\\"top\\\"}},\\\"scales\\\":{\\\"y\\\":{\\\"beginAtZero\\\":false}}}}\"}]","ir_related_company":9390,"ir_release_date":"","ir_type":"","ir_is_new":false,"ir_document_url":"","jir_ir_type":"sales_update","footnotes":""},"sector":[],"importance":[],"class_list":["post-37333","ir_release","type-ir_release","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Notice of Monthly Performance for March 2026 Fiscal Period - Japan IR<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/company\/company-2678\/ir\/2678-20260327-04_wp_sales_update\/\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/company\/company-2678\/ir\/2678-20260327-04_wp_sales_update\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/company\/company-2678\/ir\/2678-20260327-04_wp_sales_update\/\",\"name\":\"Notice of Monthly Performance for March 2026 Fiscal Period - Japan IR\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-27T07:17:25+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/company\/company-2678\/ir\/2678-20260327-04_wp_sales_update\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/company\/company-2678\/ir\/2678-20260327-04_wp_sales_update\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/company\/company-2678\/ir\/2678-20260327-04_wp_sales_update\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Notice of Monthly Performance for March 2026 Fiscal Period\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Japan IR\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Notice of Monthly Performance for March 2026 Fiscal Period - Japan IR","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/company\/company-2678\/ir\/2678-20260327-04_wp_sales_update\/","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/company\/company-2678\/ir\/2678-20260327-04_wp_sales_update\/","url":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/company\/company-2678\/ir\/2678-20260327-04_wp_sales_update\/","name":"Notice of Monthly Performance for March 2026 Fiscal Period - Japan IR","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-03-27T07:17:25+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/company\/company-2678\/ir\/2678-20260327-04_wp_sales_update\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/company\/company-2678\/ir\/2678-20260327-04_wp_sales_update\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/company\/company-2678\/ir\/2678-20260327-04_wp_sales_update\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Notice of Monthly Performance for March 2026 Fiscal Period"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/","name":"Japan IR","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"related_company_data":{"id":"9390","title":"ASKUL CORP","ticker":"2678"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ir-release\/37333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ir-release"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ir_release"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ir-release\/37333\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"sector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sector?post=37333"},{"taxonomy":"importance","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/importance?post=37333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}