Exhibit 99.1
MEDIROM Healthcare Technologies Inc. Announces April 2023
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Total Customers Served: 83,130 – Sales Per Customer: JPY 6,669 – Customer Repeat Ratio: 77.0%
New York/May 22, 2023 – MEDIROM Healthcare Technologies Inc. (NasdaqCM: MRM), a holistic healthcare company based in Japan (the “Company”), today announced its major Key Performance Indicators, or KPIs, updated for the month of April 2023. Data is provided for all salons for which comparative financial and customer data is available and excludes certain salons where such information is not available.
The following monthly KPIs provide insight into the business fundamentals and progress of the Company, updated for the month of April 2023:
| · | The number of salons was 313 in April 2023, up from 309 in the year-ago period. |
| · | Total customers served increased to 83,130 in April 2023 from 69,986 in the year-ago period. The increase is primarily attributed to the increase in the number of salons with available financial and customer data. |
| · | Sales per customer slightly increased to JPY 6,669 in April 2023 from JPY 6,616 in April 2022. |
| · | Repeat ratio, a measure of repeat customers, decreased to 77.0% in April 2023 from 82.0% in the year-ago period. The decrease is primarily attributed to the inclusion of financial and client data of salons in public bath houses, which tend to have a relatively lower repeat ratio than our other relaxation salons. |
| · | Operation ratio decreased to 47.2% in April 2023 from 48.3% in the year-ago period. |
| · | The total number of salons with data increased to 284 in April 2023 from 232 in April 2022. The increase is attributed to the completion of the replacement of the customer management system in certain salons. The number of salons with data decreases when we close salons with data available and increases as we open salons with such data. |
| Number
of Salons (*1) | Number
of Salons with Data (*2) | Total
Customers Served (*3) | Sales
per Customer (*4) | Repeat
Ratio (*5) | Operation
Ratio (*6) | |||||||||||||||||||
| April-22 | 309 | 232 | 69,986 | JPY | 6,616 | 82.0 | % | 48.3 | % | |||||||||||||||
| May-22 | 308 | 232 | 77,291 | JPY | 6,461 | 79.6 | % | 50.1 | % | |||||||||||||||
| June-22 | 307 | 231 | 73,259 | JPY | 6,511 | 80.4 | % | 50.3 | % | |||||||||||||||
| July-22 | 309 | 231 | 76,521 | JPY | 6,668 | 80.6 | % | 50.3 | % | |||||||||||||||
| August-22 | 311 | 232 | 72,250 | JPY | 6,705 | 80.1 | % | 49.8 | % | |||||||||||||||
| September-22 | 312 | 233 | 71,770 | JPY | 6,505 | 80.8 | % | 50.3 | % | |||||||||||||||
| October-22 | 313 | 234 | 72,252 | JPY | 6,630 | 81.8 | % | 50.0 | % | |||||||||||||||
| November-22 | 312 | 232 | 65,724 | JPY | 6,717 | 82.6 | % | 48.8 | % | |||||||||||||||
| December-22 | 312 | 231 | 68,571 | JPY | 6,913 | 82.8 | % | 50.1 | % | |||||||||||||||
| January-23 | 312 | 266 | 77,657 | JPY | 6,624 | 77.9 | % | 48.3 | % | |||||||||||||||
| February-23 | 312 | 266 | 71,707 | JPY | 6,612 | 78.5 | % | 47.3 | % | |||||||||||||||
| March-23 | 311 | 273 | 78,063 | JPY | 6,680 | 77.4 | % | 45.8 | % | |||||||||||||||
| April-23 | 313 | 284 | 83,130 | JPY | 6,669 | 77.0 | % | 47.2 | % | |||||||||||||||
| (*1) | Number of Salons: Includes our directly-operated salons and franchisees’ salons. |
| (*2) | Number of Salons with Data: The number of salons for which comparable financial and customer data is available. |
| (*3) | Total Customers Served: The number of customers served at salons for which comparative financial and customer data is available. |
| (*4) | Sales Per Customer: The ratio of total salon sales to number of treated customers at all salons for which comparable financial and customer data is available. |
| (*5) | Repeat Ratio: The ratio of repeat customer visits to total customer visits in the applicable month for all salons for which comparable financial and customer data is available. |
| (*6) | Operation Ratio: The ratio of therapists’ in-service time to total therapists’ working hours (including stand-by time) for the applicable month for all salons for which comparable financial and customer data is available. |
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| * | Repeat ratios shown in the chart above do not include salons in public bath houses. In April 2023, the repeat ratios for all salons and salons in public bathhouses only were 77.0% and 56.8%, respectively. |
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*Since July 2021, the salon operation business has been managed by Wing Inc., which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.
About MEDIROM Healthcare Technologies Inc.
MEDIROM, a holistic healthcare company, operates 313 (as of April 30, 2023) relaxation salons across Japan, Re.Ra.Ku®, being its leading brand, and provides healthcare services. In 2015, MEDIROM entered the health tech business, and launched new healthcare programs using on-demand training app called “Lav®”, which is developed by the Company. MEDIROM also entered the device business in 2020 and has developed a smart tracker “MOTHER Bracelet®”. MEDIROM hopes that its diverse health related services and products offering will help it collect and manage healthcare data from users and customers and enable it to become a leader in big data in the healthcare industry. For more information, visit https://medirom.co.jp/en.
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Forward-Looking Statements
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■Contacts
Investor Relations Team
ir@medirom.co.jp
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