Workman

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The Japan read

From the company's own filing for Q1 (Apr–Jun 2026) · reported 2026-08-03 · the filing

JapanChain-wide store sales rose 18.6% to ¥67.56bn and same-store sales 13.3%: existing-store customers rose 7.9% and spend per customer 5.0% to ¥3,413. The company credits mass-market lines such as recovery wear, while June's cool, wet weather slowed summer goods.
JapanIts September 2026 monthly report shows same-store sales up 20.7% (chain-wide +26.0%), helped by rain gear and recovery wear; for April–September same-store sales rose 15.1% and chain-wide sales 20.2%.
StoresIt opened 13 stores in the quarter (10 Workman Colors, 3 Workman Plus), ending June with 1,107: 732 Workman Plus, 237 Workman, 97 Colors, 31 #Workman Joshi and 10 Pro. It had 1,111 at end-September and plans 1,130 by March 2027.

Other callouts in the filing

SegmentIts own brands reached 74.9% of chain sales, up 6.4 points. The MEDiHEAL recovery-wear line sold 5.04m pieces worth about ¥7.1bn in April–June, and innerwear and socks jumped 89.7% to ¥10.99bn, while work and outdoor wear fell 5.5%.
OutlookFull-year guidance is unchanged: operating revenue of ¥183.38bn (+14.0%), operating profit of ¥32.11bn (+8.2%) and net income of ¥22.33bn (+8.3%). On 3 August it approved a wholly owned Taiwan subsidiary, to run its own stores there.

floortok's reading of the filing, in our own words. Figures are the company's own; where a growth rate is our arithmetic, it says so.

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Q1 (Apr–Jun 2026) · Year-to-Date

Reported 2026-08-03

Operating revenue¥51.8bn+24.7%

Operating profit¥12.0bn+33.3%

Net income¥7.8bn+34.0%

Workman sells low-priced functional and work clothing through 1,107 stores in Japan — Workman, Workman Plus, #Workman Joshi, Workman Colors and Workman Pro — most of them franchised. In April–June 2026 operating revenue rose 24.7% to ¥51.8bn, operating profit 33.3% to ¥12.0bn and net income 34.0% to ¥7.8bn, a first-quarter record.