Marui Group

Marui — retailer and fintech in equal measure — opened its new fiscal year (April–June 2026) with a record first quarter: revenue rose 7.4% to ¥72.4bn, operating profit 10.5% to ¥15.4bn, and net income 14% to ¥9.0bn, its sixth straight quarter of revenue growth. The EPOS-card fintech arm stayed the bigger profit engine (¥14.0bn, +3%) on record card-credit transaction volume, but the 'shopping building' retail arm grew profit faster (¥3.4bn, +38%) as tenant reshuffling and 'oshi' fan events — their transaction value more than doubling — kept lifting store productivity.

Marui — now as much a fintech as a retailer — grew operating profit 13% to ¥50bn in its year to March 2026. Its EPOS-card business remains the profit engine, while its 'shopping buildings' keep shifting from selling goods to experiences: non-merchandise and experiential tenants are now 70% of floor space, and that retail arm's profit rose 30%.