CORRECTION…by JCB
TOKYO — Contact of the release dated June 21, 2017 has been updated.
The corrected release reads:
JCB Co., Ltd. and Nowcast, Inc. have released “JCB Consumption NOW”, a new consumption statistics service that measures consumption activities based on JCB credit card user information and payment statistics.
The six types of indexes released as a membership service consist of one index representing all industries and five individual industry indexes, including the food services, pharmacies and medicines, family restaurants, petrol stations, and e-commerce industry. Each index may be viewed in monthly or bimonthly units (1st half of the month from its 1st day up to the 15th, 2nd half of the month from the 16th up to the last day). Subscription to the service is necessary for viewing on the service website (https://www.jcbconsumptionnow.com/en).
The service has most recently published data for the second half of May (16th-31st) and the entire month of May.
The non-adjusted index of the month of May measured 106.3.
E-Commerce, the petrol stations and family restaurants continued to show steady increases.
The detailed figures are available on the member exclusive pages.
The next delivery of data is scheduled around July 6th.
*Delivery dates may be changed accordingly. Thank you for your understanding.