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Metrical Inc

METRICAL INC. is an independent leading Corporate Governance research firm in Japan where Corporate Governance is increasingly recognized as an important element on corporate management in these days. Thus, CG research and solutions would become an essential component of global capital markets and play important to contribute to transparency of the markets and maximize shareholders’ value in Japan. 

METRICAL INC. provides Corporate Governance research and analysis including rating services, and  also offers investment research and IR services with solutions and customized profound research on CG and IR issues.

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Executive Director, Metrical Inc

Aki Matsumoto

Executive Director

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<li>There was no supplementary explanation from financial perspectives regarding the details of plans to open new stores in each region, plans for supermarket M&amp;As, or the amount of these investments.</li>
<li>Aoki has yet to come up with effective pricing policies and sales promotion to boost SSSG. Its higher prices are leading to a decline in the frequency of store visits.</li>
<li>Its goal of "providing customers with one-stop shopping" is based on the assumption that consumers will not "buy separately" at discount drugs and discount supermarkets.</li>
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There was no supplementary explanation from financial perspectives regarding the details of plans to open new stores in each region, plans for supermarket M&amp;As, or the amount of these investments.
Aoki has yet to come up with effective pricing policies and sales promotion to boost SSSG. Its higher prices are leading to a decline in the frequency of store visits.
Its goal of "providing customers with one-stop shopping" is based on the assumption that consumers will not "buy separately" at discount drugs and discount supermarkets.


Japan's Governance: Kusuri No Aoki Holdings (3549): 2QFY5/2022 Financial Results Briefing