CompaniesJapan furniture seller Nitori's profit dips for 1st time in 24 years
Price hikes drive away customers from affordable homeware chain
Nitori's same-store sales rose 1.2% on the year, but customer traffic declined 5.6%. (Photo by Shihoko Nakaoka)
KANOKO SAKAMOTO and KYOKA OMICHI, Nikkei staff writers
TOKYO -- Japanese furniture retailer Nitori Holdings on Tuesday reported a consolidated net profit of 95.1 billion yen ($703.6 million) for the fiscal year ended March, marking the first decline in 24 years as price increases drove customers away from the budget store.