• J.FRONT Retailing’s department store sales rose 1.9% year over year in October 2026; second-half sales increased 0.6%.
• Total Daimaru Matsuzakaya sales grew 0.9% in October; second-half sales fell 0.4%.
• Daimaru Umeda sales dropped 38.9% in October, the steepest store-level decline.
• Matsuzakaya Nagoya sales fell 8.7% in October, while sales volume increased 6.2%.
• Hakata Daimaru posted the strongest October store-level sales growth at 15%, followed by Daimaru Shinsaibashi at 13%.

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