Nagata: We are very much looking forward to seeing which companies' products and services will win the Grand Prize and Excellence Award at BTAJ2021, which are chosen by a panel of experts and are therefore decided by a single vote. However, about half of the winning companies have since gone on to raise new funds or form new business partnerships, which is encouraging for many of them and gives them a certain level of recognition from investors and businesses alike. I believe that the Akachan Honpo Award will be a very prestigious award as it will reflect the real voices of our employees.
Ajishi：Every day, our employees hear from people who are raising children in our shops about their various problems. It is very interesting to see what kind of products and services are good from the point of view of these people, who are very close to ordinary families raising children, and I myself am looking forward to this.
WE WILL INTRODUCE BABYTECH AT THE POINT OF CONTACT BETWEEN OUR NATIONWIDE SHOPS AND OUR E-COMMERCE SITE.
Nagata: Finally, can you tell us about the future prospects for your company's baby tech initiatives?
Ajishi: The most recent development is that we have set up our first permanent BabyTech corner in the Seven Town Shodosawa shop (Itabashi Ward, Tokyo), which was renovated on 15 October as part of the BTAJ2021 initiative. This is only one shop and some of our products and services are yet to be sold, but we are very much looking forward to providing a place where people can come into contact with BabyTech at any time. One of our strengths is our nationwide network of shops and our e-commerce site, so we will continue to use these points of contact to introduce our products and services to our customers.
Akachan Honpo's corporate message is "Smile for childcare. Our corporate message is "Akachan Honpo, the smiling childcare", and in order to achieve this, it is important that we support our customers to make the hard work and time of childcare as easy and efficient as possible. In order to achieve this, it is important to help make the hard work and time of raising a child as easy and efficient as possible. We hope that BabyTech will support you in your parenting and continue to be of great help to you.
Nagata: We hope that many people will see the Baby Tech Corner in Seven Town Shodosawa and that it will become a place where they can imagine about their future childcare. Thank you very much for your time today!
BabyTech TOUCH" showrooming event to experience BabyTech
