J. Front's September sales fall 1.9% as Daimaru Umeda's shrinking floor drags, even as duty-free jumps 17.7%
J. Front Retailing's Daimaru Matsuzakaya stores posted a 1.9% September sales decline group-wide, but strip out the shrinking Daimaru Umeda flagship and most of the estate is growing in double digits on a duty-free boom — the clearest sign yet of how unevenly Japan's inbound recovery is landing on one operator's own floors.
J. Front Retailing's Daimaru Matsuzakaya department stores posted group-wide sales down 1.9% year on year in September, the operator said in its monthly sales flash dated October 1, while sales excluding the Daimaru Umeda main store rose 1.5%.