
United Arrows' consolidated financial results for the fiscal year ending March 2013 saw a second consecutive year of record profits and a fourth consecutive year of operating profit growth.
Sales were 112.7% higher than the previous year at 115,041 million yen, operating profit was 122.5% higher at 12,562 million yen, and net profit was 145.9% higher at 7,316 million yen, all of which exceeded revised targets.
United Arrows' standalone sales were 106,605 million yen (111.7% higher than the previous year). Revenue increased across all businesses, including United Arrows, Green Label Relaxing, and Chrome Hearts, with same-store sales up 2.6% year-on-year at retail (customer numbers 101.8%, average customer spend 100.8%), online sales at 108.5%, and retail + online sales at 103.4%, with online sales accounting for 11.2%, up 0.1 points year-on-year.
Gross profit margin decreased 0.9 points in the second half due to measures prioritizing sales, and for the full year it was down 0.2 points to 53.9%, but the selling, general and administrative expense ratio decreased 1.2 points year-on-year, resulting in a new record high in profits.
For this fiscal year, the company plans to achieve consolidated sales of 125.5 billion yen (up 9.1% year-on-year) and operating profit of 13.4 billion yen (up 7.2%). United Arrows plans to achieve standalone sales of 114.6 billion yen (up 7.5%) and operating profit of 12.5 billion yen (up 8.5%), both of which would mark a third consecutive year of record profits. Online sales are expected to reach 12.587 billion yen, up 3.5% year-on-year on an existing store basis and 5.9% year-on-year including new businesses.
Furthermore, the company has resumed its temporarily suspended new business development efforts this fiscal year. The company is cultivating "Monkey Time Beauty & Youth" and launching a new "Steven Alan" brand. Cohen, which has been performing well, plans to open 11 new stores this fiscal year, and Figo plans to open two. For the full fiscal year, the group is expected to open 49 stores and close six, bringing the total number of stores to 314 at the end of the fiscal year.
In addition, a digital marketing department will be launched this fiscal year. With the spread of smartphones, the company plans to strengthen its recommendation functions and, as a measure to strengthen O2O, promote "the linking of online and in-store services in the best way that meets customer needs" (President Mitsuhiro Takeda).

















