Yoshitsu Co., Ltd Partners with Digital Transformation Service Provider, iEnt Co., Inc., to Enter Domestic Duty-free E-commerce Market for Foreigners
July 06 2022 - 08:00AM
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Yoshitsu Co., Ltd (“Yoshitsu” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq:
TKLF), a retailer and wholesaler of Japanese beauty and health
products, as well as other products in Japan, today announced
that it has signed a service agreement (the “Agreement”) with iEnt
Co., Inc. (“iEnt”), a digital transformation (“DX”) service company
that provides Online-Merge-Offline (“OMO”) solutions and operates a
duty-free shopping website, TaxFreeOnline.jp ("TFO”), to enter the
domestic duty-free E-commerce market for foreign visitors.
In partnering with iEnt, the Company plans to
list its Japanese beauty, health and other products on TFO and
leverage iEnt’s extensive network and expertise in DX service and
OMO solutions to provide more foreign visitors with convenient
access to the Company’s diversified duty-free Japanese
products.
TFO is a website dedicated to providing foreign
visitors with a seamless shopping experience prior to or during
their visits to Japan. Visitors can place orders on TFO at
https://www.taxfreeonline.jp/, and may pick up their orders at
designated places, such as hotels, airports, and pharmacies.
According to a report by Kyodo News Agency, the
Japanese Government doubled the number of permitted daily arrivals
from abroad from 10,000 to 20,000 on June 1, 2022 and will now
classify visitors into three categories according to infection
risk, with the lowest category being exempt from Covid-19 testing
and quarantine. For more information about the report, please visit
the website at
https://nordot.app/900276411085078528?c=113147194022725109.
Mr. Mei Kanayama, the Principal Executive
Officer of Yoshitsu Co., Ltd, commented, “We are excited to
partner with iEnt and enter the domestic market of duty-free
E-Commerce to drive our business growth. The partnership with iEnt
may provide a great opportunity to expand our customer base and
boost the sales of our products to overseas customers, while
enhancing our brand recognition. Since May 2022, Japan has
gradually resumed inbound tourism for foreign visitors, signaling
the beginning of the recovery in the duty-free retail business from
the adverse impacts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and border
restrictions in Japan. Going forward, we expect this partnership to
help us develop market opportunities and create long-term value for
the Company's shareholders.”
About iEnt
Co., Inc.
Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, iEnt focuses on
the businesses of the fashion community website management, fashion
attaché de press business, online duty-free inbound business,
retail tech service business, SaaS type system development and
operation, website production and development business, and
smartphone application development business. iEnt holds an online
tax exemption service (TaxFreeOnline) business model program patent
(Patent No. 6554650) and Software as a Service (“SaaS”) type
slipless system, POPPO, business model program patent (Patent No.
6935893), and has applied for international patents in 38
countries, including the European Union. For more information,
please visit the Company’s website at
https://ient.co.jp/company/.
About Yoshitsu Co.,
Ltd
Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, Yoshitsu Co., Ltd
is a retailer and wholesaler of Japanese beauty and health
products, as well as other products. The Company offers various
beauty products (including cosmetics, skin care, fragrance, and
body care products), health products (including over-the-counter
drugs, nutritional supplements, and medical supplies and devices),
and other products (including home goods, food, and alcoholic
beverages). The Company currently sells its products through
directly-operated physical stores, through online stores, and to
franchise stores and wholesale customers. For more information,
please visit the Company’s website
at https://www.ystbek.co.jp/irystbek/.
Forward-Looking Statements
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historical fact in this press release are forward-looking
statements, within the meaning of Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and as defined in
the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown
risks and uncertainties and are based on current expectations and
projections about future events and financial trends that the
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obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect
subsequent occurring events or circumstances, or changes in its
expectations, except as may be required by law. Although the
Company believes that the expectations expressed in these
forward-looking statements are reasonable, it cannot assure you
that such expectations will turn out to be correct, and the Company
cautions investors that actual results may differ materially from
the anticipated results and encourages investors to review other
factors that may affect its future results in the Company’s
registration statement and in its other filings with
the SEC.
For more information, please
contact:
Yoshitsu Co.,
LtdInvestor Relations
DepartmentEmail: ir@ystbek.co.jp
Ascent Investors Relations
LLCTina XiaoPresidentPhone:
+1-917-609-0333Email: tina.xiao@ascent-ir.com
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