Village Vanguard Co., Ltd. · TSE:2769

Village Vanguard — Q1 FY05/11 Earnings Presentation

34 slides from Village Vanguard's earnings presentation, September 2010

  1. Slide 1: Q1 FY05/11 Results Presentation

    Q1 FY05/11 Results l Presentation i

  2. Slide 2: Note

    Note: Any current plans, forecasts, strategy projections, expressions of confidence and other statements made byy us in these materials are premised on the information that was available at the moment of the initial publication and on models that depend on uncertain factors that could impact future

  3. Slide 3: P&L (Consolidated)

    P&L (Consolidated) Income Statement FY05/09 FY05/10 FY05/11 (Million Yen) Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Est Q3 Est Q4 Est Sales 7,343 7,462 9,739 8,682 8,630 8,273 10,290 9,456 9,359 8,870 11,006 10,175 SG&A 2,270 2,723 2,798 2,831 2,799 2,879 3,069 3,117 3,120 3,394 3,487 3,570 Labor 995 1,094 1,15

  4. Slide 4: BS (Consolidated)

    BS (Consolidated) Balance Sheet FY05/09 FY05/10 FY05/11 (Million Yen) Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Est Q3 Est Q4 Est Cash & Deposit 2,750 2,387 3,011 3,078 2,685 2,957 3,503 4,037 3,045 3,570 3,163 3,589 I Inventories t i 11 340 11,340 13 711 13,711 13 881 13,881 14 131 14,131 15 003 15,003 15 928

  5. Slide 5: CF (Consolidated)

    CF (Consolidated) Cash Flow Statement FY05/09 FY05/10 FY05/11 (Million Yen) Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Est Q3 Est Q4 Est Operating Cash Flow -419 -533 -1,758 -735 -292 -146 298 1,647 -730 -608 -1,268 220 Change in Inventories -412 -2,783 -2,953 -3,203 -872 -1,796 -1,183 -1,335 -644 -1,663 -1,581

  6. Slide 6: Parent Company Village Vanguard Corporation

    Parent Company Village Vanguard Corporation © Village Vanguard corporation, All rights reserved. P.6

  7. Slide 7: What We Do

    What We Do ■Village Vanguard ■Diner Burger shop modeled after an American diner. ■QK ■new style 「Exciting book store for kids」 ■Online For 30 year-olds year olds with unique tastes. Book accessories Book, accessories, CDs – 4,800 4 800 items. items Not only toys. ‘Kids Entertainment’ for kids. © Vil

  8. Slide 8: Examples of Our Merchandising Approach (1)

    Examples of Our Merchandising Approach (1) We offer merchandise by creating unique retail space aimed at entertaining the customer Toy digital camera “mini digital camera” Camera-shaped and a USB memory shoulder bag stick Camera-shaped h d mirror hand Photo albums Scrap books Toy camera Masking tape

  9. Slide 9: Examples of Our Merchandising Approach (2)

    Examples of Our Merchandising Approach (2) © Village Vanguard corporation, All rights reserved. P.9

  10. Slide 10: Examples of Our Merchandising Approach (3)

    Examples of Our Merchandising Approach (3) © Village Vanguard corporation, All rights reserved. P.10

  11. Slide 11: How We Sell?

    How We Sell? We delegate both purchasing and sales decisions to the store level Marketing M k ti -Pursue customer needs in each store Store manager has Purchasing the absolute discretion -Reflect customer needs directly -Unique challenge to discover new needs Proposition -POP, zone creations, and di

  12. Slide 12: Hiring Strategy

    Hiring Strategy Fullll Time Customer Temp Staff Employee  We hire people who really understand what we do  Even temporary staff are allowed to make purchasing decisions g that spans years  Real On-the-Job training © Village Vanguard corporation, All rights reserved. P.12

  13. Slide 13: Store Openings (Parent) Nationwide

    Store Openings (Parent) Nationwide 335 Figures: Directly Managed, (Franchise Stores) Tohoku The breakdown of DM stores Hokkaido DM 21 DM 311 does not include format conversions DM 15 FC 2 Aomori VV 268 5 new style 25 Hokkaido Akita Iwate QK 8 17(2) 4 5 Diner 10 Yamagata Miyagi FC 24 Hokuriku 5 Niiga

  14. Slide 14: Parent Income Statement

    Parent Income Statement Income Statement FY05/09 FY05/10 FY05/11 (Million Yen) Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Est. Sales 7,096 7,144 9,438 8,397 8,271 7,827 9,888 9,008 8,783 8,243 10,464 9,637 Gross Profit 2,821 2,880 3,739 3,506 3,351 3,130 3,994 3,582 3,500 3,317 4,088 3,866 SG&A 2,092 2,521

  15. Slide 15: Comparable Store Sales

    Comparable Store Sales 2.0% 0.5% 0.6% 0.0% -0.5% -1.0% -2.0% -2.7% -4.0% -3.2% -3.4% -4.0% -3.9% -4.2% -4.7% -6.0% -6.1% -6.3% -7.0% 7 0% -8.0% -7.6% Comparable-Store (FY05/10) -10.0% Comparable-Store (FY05/11) -9.8% -12.0% 12.0% Oct-09 Dec-09 Jun-09 Jun-10 Aug-09 Aug-10 Feb-10 Apr-10 © Village Vang

  16. Slide 16: Comparable Store Sales (by Format)

    Comparable Store Sales (by Format) Sales by Format FY05/09 FY05/10 FY05/11 (Million Yen) Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total 6,442 12,483 20,268 27,134 6,734 13,353 22,497 30,695 8,333 Comp Stores YoY 3.9% 2.5% 1.5% 0.2% -5.7% -6.5% -5.6% -4.9% -0.4% Village Vanguard 5,964 11,493 18,538 24,787

  17. Slide 17: Category Sales

    Category Sales Sales by Category FY05/09 FY05/10 FY05/11 (Million Yen) Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 SPICE (Parent) 5,109 5,243 7,102 6,310 6,193 5,926 7,785 6,904 6,713 Books (Parent) 1 038 1,038 1 041 1,041 1 171 1,171 1 087 1,087 1 045 1,045 997 1 147 1,147 1 117 1,117 1 074 1,074 NM (Paren

  18. Slide 18: Store Age Sales YoY

    Store Age Sales YoY Year In Operation 6th and Older 5th 4th 3rd 2nd 1st (Directly Managed Stores) Number of Stores 124 35 31 31 62 28 YoY Sales (%) -2.6% -1.4% 1.3% -0.1% 7.6% - *excluding online and closed stores © Village Vanguard corporation, All rights reserved. P.18

  19. Slide 19: OP Analysis

    OP Analysis (Million Yen) Decline in OP from Comps 12 million yen Operating profit from new stores 900 Main reasons: (<13 months in operation) 86 million yen Decline in non-store GP Lower profitability of Comps 5.5 million yen 39 million yen Decline due to store closures GP Impact from Other Sales (

  20. Slide 20: Store Openings (Incl. Titicaca Subsidiary)

    Store Openings (Incl. Titicaca Subsidiary) New Openings & Closures FY05/09Act FY05/10Act FY05/11Est FY05/11Est FY05/11Est Full-Year Full-Year 1H 2H Full-Year Openings Village Vanguard 42 30 17 16 33 new style 8 1 2 0 2 QK 5 0 0 0 0 Diner 4 1 0 0 0 FC 0 2 0 0 0 Titicaca 12 16 5 4 8 Total New Openings

  21. Slide 21: Theme 1: Dedicated Area Managers

    Theme 1 Sales Improvement from the Introduction of Dedicated Area Managers Dedicated area managers were introduced in March Comp. store C t sales l exceeded d d 2010. 100% in July 2010 after 17 Dedicated area managers introduced in March 2010 months. ※ Playing managers were in charge before March 20

  22. Slide 22: Theme 2: Splitting the Internal Sourcing Team

    Theme 2 Expanding merchandise variation by splitting the internal sourcing team into two competing units Although new products were added from two …There hasn’t been an improvement in store sales yet. teams competing to obtain new suppliers… ■Internally sourced merchandise share ■Proportion of new p

  23. Slide 23: Theme 3: Impact of Organizational Changes

    Theme 3 Impact of organizational changes (Themes 1 & 2) in FY03/11 Costs are included in FY03/11 budget g but anyy positive p effects are not Theme 1 Theme 2 Dedicated area managers Two HQ sourcing teams Impact to FY03/11 Cost increase of 450 million yen Cost increase of 150 million yen (included in

  24. Slide 24: Inventory Control

    Theme 4 Inventory Control FY05/09 FY05/09 FY05/09 FY05/09 FY05/10 FY05/10 FY05/10 FY05/10 FY05/11 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 (Million Yen) Cash Flows From Operations -393 -565 -1,694 -669 -197 -173 380 1,756 -718 ■Net Income Before Tax 744 1,116 2,276 3,149 821 1,320 2,498 3,256 502 ■Net Increase (D

  25. Slide 25: Titicaca

    © Village Vanguard corporation, All rights reserved. P.25

  26. Slide 26: Outside Titicaca Stores

    Outside Titicaca Stores LaLaport Shin Misato Shibuya store Lake Town store store (Saitama) (Tokyo) (Saitama) Early days Now Started as a folk art shop shop, Warm and natural store Image of a Mexican resort with its signs and store interior, offsetting colorful hotel. Exciting store that fixtures han

  27. Slide 27: Inside Titicaca Stores

    Inside Titicaca Stores Apparel Accessories Silver Accessories © Village Vanguard corporation, All rights reserved. P.27

  28. Slide 28: Titicaca – Results: Income Statement

    Titicaca – Results 1. Income Statement Titi Titicaca FY05/09 FY05/10 FY05/11 Income Statement (Million Yen) Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Est. Q3 Est. Q4 Est. Sales 251 322 306 299 361 474 416 467 579 594 519 529 Operating Profit 10 26 7 -7 23 55 -10 -2 66 39 8 -7 Recurring Profit 8 21 5 -9 20 50 -1

  29. Slide 29: Titicaca – Results

    Titicaca – Results 1) Sales 9.3% above budget(+49 million yen vs. budget) Store Actual vs. Amount vs. Breakdown Types Budget Budget Comp. +7.6% +26 million Q1 comparable store sales were +11.5% YoY vs. budget of Stores yen +5.0% YoY. New Stores +14.5% +22 million Strong sales in new stores. The two

  30. Slide 30: Titicaca – Results: Comparable Store Sales

    Titicaca – Results 2. Comparable store sales : +11.5% YoY in Q1 Comparable store sales by product category (directly managed stores) 130% Cl hi Clothing 衣料部門 125.0% Reasons for growth in accessories sales: 125% Goods 雑貨部門 1. Focused on fashion goods; due to strong seasonal Comp. Sales YoY 既存店昨対 dema

  31. Slide 31: Company Profile: Village Vanguard (Hong Kong) Limited

    Company Profile Village g Vanguard g (Hong ( g Kong) g) Limited (Consolidated from FY05/11) © Village Vanguard corporation, All rights reserved. P.31

  32. Slide 32: Inside VVHK stores

    Inside VVHK stores © Village Vanguard corporation, All rights reserved. P.32

  33. Slide 33: Performance Report (VVHK)

    Performance Report (VVHK) ■Existing Stores 3 Directly Managed Stores 2 Kowloon FY05/11 Plans and Results 3 (Million Yen) Q1 (Plan) Q1( Results) Q2( Plan) Q3( Plan) Q4( Plan) Sales 51 36 102 162 209 Gross Profit 23 15 46 73 94 Operating Profit -11 -10 -17 -19 -26 Recurring Profit -11 -10 -17 -19 -26

  34. Slide 34: Issues and Measures (VVHK): Towards positive operating profit

    Issues and Measures (VVHK) Towards positive operating profit Improving in-store merchandising Failing to create a retail experience that truly reflects VV’s unique model. =>On-the-job >On the job training in Japan to learn the VV way of selling. selling Discovering customer needs and reflecting them

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