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Real-Time Actual Sales Data
Over 30 years
Accumulated since 1985
Data used
for the Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Use as an Alternative Data
POS data is beginning to gain attention as an alternative data recently.
Please use for judging new investments.
Things Nikkei POS makes possible
By providing daily actual values of sales trends of foods/miscellaneous goods, Nikkei POS can be utilized in a wide variety of ways according to the various analysis needs of financial clients.
Find were to invest | Due diligence for Potential investment | Market trend analysis | Consulting for investee | |
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1 Finding investment destination
The Nikkei Product Dictionary, created by the Nikkei Group’s expert investigators, enables clients to search out Niche Top Companies.
As products are classified into about 2,000 detailed categories, clients can find out market shares for each company’s products.
2 Due diligence on the investment candidate
The high reporting speed of Nikkei POS makes it possible to ascertain the actual strength of a company as of now that can not be seen by financial information alone.
POS sales data also enables clients to foresee the content of a company’s financial statements before disclosing.
3 Market trend analysis
Clients can research “Growing market/Shrinking market” from among about 2,000 categories. By breaking down sales trend for each product of the growing market, clients can search for a reason of market growth.
4 Management support and strategy planning for investment destination
Data-driven support/strategy planning can be provided to investment destination.
About Nikkei
Nikkei is a media organization withnewspaper publishing at its core.
Our flagship daily newspaper, The Nikkei, hasapproximately three million subscribers.
Nikkei’s multi-platform media distributionalso includes online, broadcast andmagazines.
Nikkei POS data
– POS data structure –
POS data is collected from supermarkets, convenience stores, and drugstores nationwide.
POS data is transferred from all over Japan.

Sales performance data of 38,000 companies, and 2.88 million products, including processed foods, alcoholic beverages, and household goods.
Users can access sales performance data in Nikkei POS.
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