On the 14th, Japan Kimono Holdings <2499> announced its consolidated financial results for the first quarter of the 2024 fiscal year (January-March 24). Revenue increased by 11.0% year-on-year to 0.989 billion yen, operating loss was 0.054 billion yen (loss of 0.116 billion yen in the same period last year), ordinary loss was 0.062 billion yen (loss of 0.125 billion yen in the same period last year), and net loss for the quarter attributable to the parent company's shareholders was 0.043 billion yen (loss of 0.099 billion yen in the same period last year).
During the first quarter, we actively promoted the "3 free trial dressing experience course" that was launched in this period only, and focused on classroom management. The curriculum of the "3 free trial dressing experience course" is significantly different from the traditional dressing classroom, with no sales meetings, only dressing, and after the experience course, we guide participants to the "super easy and easy dressing classroom" (5 times in total, with a sales meeting, free of charge for tuition). By significantly renovating the spring classroom, the number of participants in this classroom has received favorable reviews, an increase of about 150% compared to the previous year. For existing customers, we have launched events with concepts that match their needs. As a result, the number of customers increased, and the handling amount of the "Brilliance district preliminary tournament" increased by about 130% compared to the previous year. In the product tour, we finished the "Kyoto early spring tour" and achieved better profits in each stage in the first quarter than the previous year. In addition, the newly opened EC site "KAERUWA" in January added two contents: "Kimono tour" which mainly features washable kimonos and obis at reasonable prices that were not offered in the same group company before, and "Small Japanese goods tour" which mainly features small Japanese goods, striving for enhancement of EC site.
Regarding the consolidated performance forecast for the 2024 fiscal year ending December, revenue is expected to increase by 2.1%-4.4% compared to the previous year to 4.6-4.7 billion yen, operating profit is expected to increase by 1.6%-14.8% to 0.4-0.452 billion yen, ordinary profit is expected to increase by 1.9%-15.3% to 0.358-0.406 billion yen, and net income attributable to the parent company's shareholders is expected to increase by 27.8%-47.0% to 0.22-0.254 billion yen.