Isetan Mitsukoshi's five Tokyo flagships jump 11% in September sales, Ginza up almost 20%
Isetan Mitsukoshi's five central-Tokyo flagships posted an 11.0% September sales rise, Ginza up almost 20%, but the gain wasn't universal: two suburban stores fell, and growth still leans heavily on three Tokyo addresses and a recovering flow of overseas spending.
Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings said combined storefront sales across its five Tokyo-area flagship department stores — Isetan Shinjuku, Mitsukoshi Nihombashi, Mitsukoshi Ginza, Isetan Tachikawa and Isetan Urawa — rose 11.0 per cent year on year in September, according to the company's monthly sales flash dated October 1. Mitsukoshi Ginza led the group with a 19.9 per cent jump, ahead of Isetan Shinjuku's 11.5 per cent and Mitsukoshi Nihombashi's 9.2 per cent.