Senior Executive Officer
In charge of Retailing Business

Tenant success is imperative to a successful retailing business. It is MARUI GROUP's enduring commitment to co-creation with business partners that has enabled it to survive over the nine decades since its founding. The responsibility of the Retailing segment does not end when a tenant sets up shop in one of our stores. No, our responsibility continues until we have ensured the success of that tenant. If a tenant does not see their brand become more well-known throughout society and does not grow as a company, then there was no point in them opening their store. The stores that do not sell and eventful stores described in the new medium-term management plan are meant to win customer support and thereby contribute to ongoing earnings growth. In this manner, our impact-related and financial key performance indicators are not unrelated; they both describe the same path. The only difference is whether this path is described in terms of resolving social issues or achieving economic growth.

If MARUI GROUP was purely a retailing company, we would not be able to create the stores that do not sell and eventful stores we advocate, and contributing to tenant success would thus be impossible. It is our business model merging retailing, fintech, and forward-looking investments that provides tenants with value and that helps grow earnings. It is also this business model that is an indispensable part of achieving our desired impacts.