Yamato Transport and CCC launch initiative to create new lifestyles in the digital society

2017.12.25 Press Releases
Yamato Transport Co., Ltd. / Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd.

- Mutual service collaboration begins as first step -

Yamato Transport Co., Ltd. (Head office: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Nagao Yutaka; hereinafter referred to as "Yamato Transport"), a subsidiary of Yamato Holdings, and Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd. (Head office: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Masuda Muneaki; hereinafter referred to as "CCC") are pleased to announce that they have agreed to begin mutual collaboration between their services, with the aim of creating new value and providing highly convenient services to many customers amid the diversification of lifestyles and accelerating digitalization.

【background】

As digital technology innovations change our living environment, Yamato Transport has been working to expand its Kuroneko Members services and increase the number of locations where parcels can be picked up, such as open-type parcel locker PUDO Stations (hereinafter referred to as "PUDO") and convenience stores, in order to provide more convenient and comfortable services that suit customers' lifestyles.

CCC has proposed new lifestyles to the world through database marketing centered on "T Points," which are used by 65.1 million people, and through projects such as "T-SITE" and "Tsutaya Bookstore."

The two companies have decided to collaborate on services that utilize each other's resources as a first step in combining Yamato Transport's delivery network and CCC's planning capabilities to create and provide customers with a platform for more convenient and comfortable lifestyles in order to solve various social issues.

[Collaboration between the two companies]

■Yamato Transport
In order to make Takkyubin an even easier service to use, we will be introducing the T-Point service from April 2018. Individual customers who use Takkyubin will be able to earn and use T Points when shipping packages or purchasing packaging materials. Starting around summer 2018, we plan to start offering Kuroneko Members customers the opportunity to exchange their points for original goods. We also offer a convenient and advantageous points program that allows you to earn T Points when using Kuroneko Members services.

In the future, we plan to use T Points for trial campaigns for new courier delivery services, including the use of "PUDO."As the digital society continues to evolve, we will continue to consider delivery methods that better suit the individual needs of our customers.

■CCC

CCC will install PUDO in some of the directly managed stores operated by Tsutaya Bookstore and TSUTAYA Co., Ltd. This will provide a service that allows customers to receive parcels at any time, and by planning community-based services with nearby stores centered around PUDO, as well as linking PUDO with TSUTAYA stores and online services, we will work to propose a more convenient and comfortable lifestyle.

Yamato Transport T-Point Service Overview

■Service details:
(1) You can earn and use T points when sending parcels or purchasing packaging materials. (Starting in April 2018)
(2) You can earn T points by using the Kuroneko Members Service. (Scheduled to start in April 2018)　
　*Details of the points service will be announced as soon as they are decided.
　*Kuroneko Points from the "Kuroneko Points Campaign" which ended on Thursday, November 30, 2017, cannot be transferred to T Points. Please see the news release below for the expiration date of Kuroneko Points for exchanging for original goods, entering lotteries, and discounting courier fees.

[PUDO Station Installation Overview at Tsutaya Bookstores and TSUTAYA Stores]
■ PUDO installed stores (installation is scheduled to begin in April 2018):
　Kashiwa-no-ha Tsutaya Bookstore (227-1 Wakashiba, Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture)
　TSUTAYA Sapporo Kotoni Store (1F Corte I, 1-1-1 Kotoni 4-jo, Nishi-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido)
　TSUTAYA Nagai Station Store (4-7-8 Nagai Higashi, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture)
　*We plan to gradually expand the number of stores with these devices installed in the Tokyo metropolitan area and other areas.
■Service details:
　You can receive your parcel at any time using the "PUDO" machines installed at each store. (Starting in April 2018)
　In the future, we will plan to collaborate with TSUTAYA stores and online services and PUDO, as well as to provide community-based services in collaboration with nearby stores.

[Future Plans]
As the two companies seek to develop business strategies unique to each other, they will plan and develop services aimed at creating new value by combining the convenience of the Internet with the richness of the real world, with a focus on "new user experiences," "local ties," and "smartphones."

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Yamato Transport and CCC launch initiative to create new lifestyles in the digital society

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Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd.
Public Relations Officer: Ando　 TEL: 03-6800-4464