Japanese trading companies of the garment manufacturing industry contracted

Japanese trading companies and garment manufacturers from Japan, SPA, discount stores and other clothing contract these companies planning overseas manufacturing operations. Not only is the production, planning, design contract by the trading companies are also many examples. By the Japanese consumer downturn, the scale of the contracting business is shrinking. Retail and apparel industry in order to arouse consumer desire to begin work towards low-price goods, which the contracting business to bring trading revenue pressure. Resistance in this kind of measures taken before trading it?

Itochu Textile Company is responsible for contracting business sector, while the reduction of funding through the "planning proposal to strengthen the power" to achieve revenue growth. 95% of sales in the textile industry sewn products produced by the residential contracting business to achieve gold property although the reduction in income, but the ROA (total assets OPE) will be increased by 0.3 percentage points to 8.2%. The company's corporate Shanghai China Sumikin Bussan's fiber business (sales of about 25 billion yen) are sewn through the sale of products for the Chinese domestic production contracting business on the right track, is to "complete physical benefits" to change.
Professional textile trading company is also working. MORIRIN Although the company's fiber-related business revenue, but sales of sewing products from the previous year's 33.8 billion yen to 34.8 billion yen to expand. Sales, gross profit margins also increased by 1 percentage points to 15.1%. The company's logistics network in China clothing on the Heisen billion organize the logistics company to promote the reform to make a contribution. YAGI's sewn products division's sales rose 3.6 percent to 709 billion yen. Through all the company's marketing departments using the specified shipping company, the designated flights, reduced logistics costs, achieved revenue growth.
Beijing Olympic Games to be held in August last year until contract cause of many trading companies have pointed out that the Chinese have been busy since leaving the sewing factory orders decline and China's ability to labor costs rise. But since September, Lehman Brothers incident, so no opinion on the basic. With the appreciation of the yen, many Japanese trading companies are contracted to improve the business sewn products manufacturing profitability.
In addition, the reduction of logistics costs to improve profitability is the reason. MORIRIN companies and Toshima company, and so Tamura horse company set up in China's logistics network dedicated to the delivery window to China to Japan to the network intensive. Sumikin Bussan Corporation and tag manufacturers TOSIBATEC company, retail clothing FLANDRE production company teamed up to conduct the cause of Japanese Economy and Industry commissioned the "fiber field tag empirical experiment." Purpose is to establish the future use of electronic tags sewn products production contract type business model.
To further cut costs, but also appeared to be commissioned intensive sewing factory movement. Marubeni to focus 150 sewing factory commissioned to 90, the main business focus to the knitted fabric varieties shirt, shirts, uniforms and other five species.
Build a new production base in Southeast Asia trends
The use of EPA, to further cut costs
Japanese trading companies hear frequently from "sewing factory in China has come to an end out with high-tech capabilities of the plant stayed." "China also wanted to build for the domestic sales of own brand sewing factory, want to help them build brands, create new business", some trading companies have been very positive.
Even so, the trading company's line of sight is not only focused on China. Although as long ago emphasized "ChinaPlusOne" production base reduces the need for trading, but many are still trading company entirely focused on the production base in China, a country concerned.
The cost of production is the trading company was forced to further cut production base to explore the reasons for the new. In Japan, Aeon and Ito-Yokado and other discount stores for the center, clothing price war is continuing. Shopping centers and department stores have begun to expand low-cost goods. U.S. apparel specialty stores "Forever21" visit Tokyo • Harajuku, Japan began a strong sense of garment retail industry "low price" is the key word about clothing sales.
Trading of the contract will need to address the cause of responsible retail industry awareness of this change. So far, many varieties of small batch production capability sharpening will be well received, but as more and more of the trading companies have this capability, it has gradually become a "well deserved capacity."
In this business environment, the use of EPA (Economic Partnership Agreement) in Southeast Asia set a new trend is to strengthen the production base.
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