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2012.05.07 Press Releases
Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd.

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Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd. (Tokyo Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Muneaki Masuda) is pleased to announce that the total number of T-CARD transactions for the year from January to December 2011 reached a record high of 1,572,740,000*1 (105% compared to the previous year) for its T-POINT service, Japan's largest common point service.

In 2011, consumer spending experienced a temporary decline due to the impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake on consumer sentiment. However, it began to recover from June, and from October onward, the number of transactions increased in many industries of companies partnered with T-POINT. Under these circumstances, the record-high number of T-CARD usages can be attributed to the gradual introduction of T-POINT services at local small and medium-sized stores and drugstores starting in April 2011. As a result, the number of T-POINT partner stores increased by 20% year-on-year to 42,157 by the end of December 2011, expanding the opportunities for T-POINT to be used in daily life.
In 2011, new and unprecedented ways to use T-POINT expanded, including collaborations with food manufacturers such as Bourbon and Nissui, the introduction of T-POINT in Aplus's shopping credit program, and the adoption of T-POINT as employee benefits by temporary staffing agencies. In 2011, a total of 17 companies, including APLUS, NISSOU KOUSAN, SK Marketing & Company (Korea), YKK AP, Drug Eleven, MTI, Opt, Toppan Printing, Bridgestone Sports, and Suruga Bank, launched the T-POINT service. T-POINT is a common point service that can be used at 80 companies and 122 brands nationwide.*2 Furthermore, the number of T-CARD users who have used their cards in the past year and whose names have been consolidated*3 is 38.58 million, an increase of 2.07 million compared to the same month last year.

*1 The number of uses includes rewards, cashbacks, and exchanges.
*2 As of the end of December 2011
*3 If a customer has multiple T-CARD, they will be counted as one person, with all T-CARD combined into one.

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In 2011, the total number of T-CARD transactions reached a record high of 1,572,740,000 (105% increase compared to the previous year).

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