Kimono Industry

Kimono specialty retailers, Kimono wholesalers, Kimono/Kimono-related manufacturers, and businesses of Kimono processing/sewing

I   Trends in Entire Kimono Market

• Last-minute surge of demands before consumption tax increase was surely large but lengthy afterwards reduction of demands has been much larger

1. Trends in Kimono retail market by channel from 2013 to 2014
2. Characteristics of consumption and usage of Kimono
3. Noteworthy trends

II   Trends in the Kimono Retail Market

• As Kimono retail market faces issues of aging customers and expanding demands for rental Kimonos, each of retailers are trying to acquire new customers

1. Trends of large Kimono specialty store chains

1. Current status of large Kimono specialty store chains
2. Large Kimono specialty retailers are simultaneously good developers, so that they open a kimono shop whenever they find a place with good location and good conditions
3. Although large events held outside the stores have been reduced in size and number, each enterprises show no change in their attitudes to place importance on sales and promotions at some events
4. Future plans and challenges of large Kimono specialty retailers

• Detailed Profiles of 15 Leading Kimono Retailers
• Brief Profiles of 79 Nationwide Leading Kimono Retailers
• Sales Ranking of Kimonos at Nationwide Kimono Retailers
• List of Nationwide Kimono Retailers by Region

III   Trends in Kimono Wholesalers

• New moves have come to be witnessed despite a decreasing tendency

1. Current status of Kimono wholesale market

1. Status of Kimono wholesalers
2. Sales structures and product policies
3. Promotional strategies
4. Future challenges and perspectives of Kimono wholesalers

• Detailed Profiles of 8 Leading Kimono Wholesalers
• Brief Profiles of 58 Kimono Wholesalers
• Sales Ranking of Kimonos at Kimono Wholesalers
• List of Kimono Wholesalers by Region

IV   Trends in Kimono Manufacturers and Production Districts

• This is the era that only the Kimono manufacturers with ability to turn any risks to forward-looking views can survive

• Detailed profiles of 3 Kimono manufacturers
• Brief profiles of 65 Kimono and Kimono-related-goods manufacturers
• Sales Ranking of Kimonos at Kimono related manufacturers
• A list of manufacturers/brokers
• Nationwide Kimono turnover by district

V   Trends in Processing and Sewing of Kimono

• Trends in the industry regarding processing and sewing of Kimono