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BRUNO, Inc.

3140・Growth Market・Wholesale Trade

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Business

BRUNO Inc. (formerly IDEA International Co., Ltd.) was founded in 1995 and changed to its current company name in 2021. With "BRUNO" and "MILESTO" as its core brands, the company plans, develops, and sells home-related lifestyle products such as interior goods, kitchen appliances, travel goods, and cosmetics. Its sales channels comprise four pillars: wholesale to interior shops and other retailers, corporate sales promotion sales, directly-operated stores (BRUNO, TRAVEL SHOP MILESTO, and GOOD GIFT GO), and Internet Sales (E-Commerce) through its own EC site and Amazon, among others. The group consists of six companies, including five consolidated subsidiaries, with RIZAP Group, Inc. as its parent company. Its primary customers are domestic general consumers, corporations, and inbound tourists, and the company is also accelerating its expansion into overseas markets.

Business Model

Combining original products co-planned with in-house and external designers with select products from domestic and overseas brands, the company generates revenue across three segments: wholesale (Manufacturing and Wholesale segment: net sales of ¥7,042 million), directly-operated retail plus EC (Retail segment: net sales of ¥7,405 million), and design outsourcing (¥54 million). Within the Retail segment, EC sales of ¥4,929 million account for approximately 34% of the total, with the expansion of catalog gift offerings capturing gift demand and driving profit growth. The Design segment is a highly profitable model in which net sales and operating profit are nearly identical.

Company Strengths

The BRUNO brand's core products, including compact hot plates, have continued to gain support both domestically and internationally, with overall BRUNO brand sales for FY2025 (ended June 2025) reaching 114% of the previous period. The Volume Knob Speaker spread from domestic social media to Chinese social media, driving a sharp expansion in overseas sales from ¥523 million in the previous period to ¥1,577 million.

Internet sales in the retail business reached ¥4,929 million (up 22.5% year on year), of which BRUNO catalog gifts grew remarkably to 152% of the previous period. Efforts to consolidate unprofitable stores also proved effective, with retail business operating profit reaching ¥1,182 million (versus ¥847 million in the previous period), up 39.6% year on year, significantly outpacing the 14.7% sales growth rate.

The company operates through three sales channels—wholesale, directly-operated stores, and e-commerce—and multiple brands including BRUNO (interior appliances), MILESTO (travel goods), and Japan Gals (beauty appliances). MILESTO achieved 127% of the previous period's results, supported by a recovery in inbound tourism and travel demand. This structure, which avoids dependence on a single channel or brand, contributes to the stability of business performance.

ENVALITH's Perspective

For the nine months ended cumulative through Q3 of FY2026 (ending June 2026), net sales came to ¥10,321 million (down 8.8% year on year), while operating profit rose to ¥506 million (up 26.7%) and ordinary profit to ¥393 million (up 41.9%). This clearly shows a structural shift in which margin improvement is offsetting the decline in sales. Whether profitability can continue to be enhanced even amid the headwind of the mainstay hot plate business entering a market-maturation phase will be the core focus of future evaluation.

Cumulative net income attributable to owners of the parent for the nine months through Q3 of FY2026 (ending June 2026) surged to ¥564 million (up 276.6% year on year), but this was boosted by a settlement received of ¥201 million (extraordinary income). The full-year net income forecast of ¥380 million falls below the ¥564 million already recorded cumulatively through Q3, implying a loss for Q4 on a standalone basis. It will be necessary to scrutinize the consistency between the underlying ordinary profit level (¥393 million cumulative through Q3) and the full-year ordinary profit forecast of ¥400 million.

Against the full-year net sales forecast of ¥13,000 million (up 89.6% year on year), cumulative results through Q3 stood at ¥10,321 million. This means ¥2,679 million in sales is needed in the remaining single quarter. Compared with the same period a year earlier (Q4 of FY2025, ending June 2025: ¥14,502 million minus ¥11,314 million = ¥3,188 million), this level appears achievable, but given external factors such as the hot plate business's transition to a maturation phase and difficulty capturing travel demand at MILESTO, the accuracy of the forecast warrants continued close monitoring.

Growth Strategy

Pursuing revenue growth through four pillars: overseas expansion, strengthening of EC channels, expansion into new categories, and enhancement of brand value

The company is expanding sales of new kitchen appliances such as air fryers, multi-blenders, and glass air fryers as a revenue pillar following hot plates. In the cumulative nine months of FY2026 (ending June 2026), both wholesale and retail channels performed well, contributing to sales stabilization through portfolio diversification.

The company positions the EC and mail-order channels as a core revenue source for the retail business, promoting higher-priced catalog gift products. In the cumulative nine months of FY2026 (ending June 2026), catalog gift sales rose to 124% year-on-year, setting a record high and expanding the company's presence in the gift market.

Overseas sales, centered on cross-border EC, continued to perform well. In the cumulative nine months of FY2026 (ending June 2026), overseas sales were ¥1,056 million (versus ¥1,096 million in the same period of the prior year), a slight decrease, but still contributed to the improvement in wholesale business profitability. Bidirectional foreign exchange risk from yen depreciation and appreciation remains an external factor.

The company continues to implement procurement and inventory control, cost reduction measures, and logistics-related expense cuts. In the cumulative nine months of FY2026 (ending June 2026), the gross margin exceeded that of the same period of the prior year, and operating profit increased 26.7% despite a decline in sales, demonstrating tangible results. The closure of unprofitable stores has also been completed, advancing the optimization of the cost structure.

Following a resolution by the Board of Directors on April 17, 2026, the company will propose at an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders scheduled for June 26, 2026, a capital reduction of ¥1,409 million out of total capital of ¥1,509 million, reducing capital to ¥100 million. There will be no change in net assets, and the purpose is to secure flexibility in capital policy and optimize tax costs.

Last updated: July 17, 2026