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JAPAN'S ITO-YOKADO REDUCES EARNINGS PROJECTIONS TO US$409.2 MLN.

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TOKYO, Mar 1 Asia Pulse - Supermarket operator Ito-Yokado Co. (TSE: 8264) has scaled back its earnings projections for the fiscal year ended Feb. 28 and now anticipates a consolidated net profit of 48 billion yen (US$409.2 million), up 0.8 per cent on the year but well short of the previously forecast 60 billion yen.

Parent-only operating profit, a performance indicator for its core business, is expected to come to no more than 20 billion yen, compared with the 30.5 billion yen total of the year before. Coupled with rival Jusco Co.'s (TSE: 8267) estimated 12 per cent rise in operating profit to about 23 billion yen, Ito-Yokado appears likely to have relinquished its top spot in the supermarket industry for the first time in 16 years.

But because of dividends of nearly 12 billion yen from subsidiary Seven-Eleven Japan Co. (TSE: 8183), Ito-Yokado appears certain to remain No. 1 in pretax profit, which is forecast to ...

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