VALOR HOLDINGS CO.,LTD. [9956.T]
TOKYO, May 13 (Pulse News Wire) – Valor Holdings CO.,LTD. (9956.T) reported its monthly sales figures for April 2026 across various segments.
In the supermarket division, total store sales increased by 8.6%, while overall sales grew by 3.7%. Customer traffic remained steady at 1.0%, with a slight increase in average transaction value by 2.6%. In the drugstore sector, which includes five companies—four subsidiaries of Central Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.—total store sales rose by 2.2%, but overall sales declined by 1.2%. Customer traffic decreased by 4.9%, offset by a rise in customer spending per visit by 3.9%. For the home center segment, comprising three companies—Daiyu Eight Co., Ltd., Home Center Barou Co., Ltd., and Time Co.—total store sales saw a decline of 3.4% in March and improved slightly to -0.6% in April.
Overall sales dropped by 1.8% in March but showed growth of 0.4% in April. Customer traffic fell by 5.6% in March and continued to drop by 4.6% in April, with an average transaction value increasing by 4.0% in March and further rising to 5.3% in April. Additionally, VALOR HOLDINGS reported that in April 2026, it opened 13 new stores, including one supermarket, four drugstores, one home center, two sports clubs, and five others, while closing two pet shops and one sports club. As of the end of April, the group's total number of outlets stood at 1,546, consisting of 365 supermarkets (including 249 operated by Barou), 575 drugstores, 164 home centers, 157 sports clubs, 196 pet shops, and 89 others. (Note: Recent month data is preliminary and subject to revision.).
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