UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For
the month of November, 2023
Commission File Number 001-39809
MEDIROM
HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGIES INC.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
2-3-1 Daiba, Minato-ku
Tokyo 135-0091, Japan
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:
x Form 20-F
¨ Form 40-F
INFORMATION
CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT
Issuance of Press Release
On November 24, 2023, MEDIROM Healthcare Technologies Inc. (the “Company”)
issued a press release announcing its major Key Performance Indicators, or KPIs, updated for the month of October 2023.
The press release furnished in this report as Exhibit 99.1 shall not
be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject
to the liabilities of that section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, as amended, except to the extent specifically provided in such a filing.
EXHIBIT INDEX
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized.
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MEDIROM Healthcare Technologies Inc. |
Date: November 24, 2023 |
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By: |
/s/ Fumitoshi Fujiwara |
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Name: Fumitoshi Fujiwara |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
Exhibit 99.1
MEDIROM Healthcare
Technologies Inc. Announces October 2023
Key Performance
Indicators (KPIs)
Total Customers
Served: 82,249 – Sales Per Customer: JPY 6,891 – Customer Repeat Ratio: 77.4%
New York/November
24, 2023 – MEDIROM Healthcare Technologies Inc. (NasdaqCM: MRM), a holistic healthcare company based in Japan (the “Company”),
today announced its major Key Performance Indicators, or KPIs, updated for the month of October 2023. Data is provided for all salons
for which comparative financial and customer data is available and excludes certain salons where such information is not available.
Salon Operation
Business
The following monthly
KPIs provide insight into the business fundamentals and progress of the Company, updated for the month of October 2023:
| · | The
number of salons was 315 in October 2023, up from 313 in the year-ago period. |
| · | Total
customers served increased to 82,249 in October 2023 from 72,252 in the year-ago period.
The increase is primarily attributed to the increase in the number of salons with available
financial and customer data. |
| · | Sales
per customer slightly increased to JPY 6,891 in October 2023 from JPY 6,630 in the year-ago
period. The increase is primarily attributed to the price revisions and the upselling of
value-added optional services. |
| · | Repeat
ratio, a measure of repeat customers, decreased to 77.4% in October 2023 from 81.8% in the
year-ago period. The decrease is primarily attributed to the inclusion of financial and client
data of salons in public bath houses, which tend to have a relatively lower repeat ratio
than our other relaxation salons. |
| · | Operation
ratio decreased to 45.4% in October 2023 from 50.0% in the year-ago period. |
| · | The
total number of salons with data increased to 291 in October 2023 from 234 in October 2022.
The increase is attributed to the completion of the replacement of the customer management
system in certain salons. The number of salons with data decreases when we close salons with
data available and increases as we open salons with such data. |
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Number
of Salons(*1) | |
Number
of Salons with Data(*2) | |
Total
Customers Served(*3) | | |
Sales
per Customer(*4) | | |
Repeat
Ratio(*5) | | |
Operation
Ratio(*6) | |
October-22 | |
313 | |
234 | |
| 72,252 | | |
JPY | 6,630 | | |
| 81.8 | % | |
| 50.0 | % |
November-22 | |
312 | |
232 | |
| 65,724 | | |
JPY | 6,717 | | |
| 82.6 | % | |
| 48.8 | % |
December-22 | |
312 | |
231 | |
| 68,571 | | |
JPY | 6,913 | | |
| 82.8 | % | |
| 50.1 | % |
January-23 | |
312 | |
266 | |
| 77,657 | | |
JPY | 6,624 | | |
| 77.9 | % | |
| 48.3 | % |
February-23 | |
312 | |
266 | |
| 71,707 | | |
JPY | 6,612 | | |
| 78.5 | % | |
| 47.3 | % |
March-23 | |
311 | |
273 | |
| 78,063 | | |
JPY | 6,680 | | |
| 77.4 | % | |
| 45.8 | % |
April-23 | |
313 | |
284 | |
| 83,130 | | |
JPY | 6,669 | | |
| 77.0 | % | |
| 47.2 | % |
May-23 | |
314 | |
284 | |
| 86,895 | | |
JPY | 6,660 | | |
| 75.7 | % | |
| 47.5 | % |
June-23 | |
314 | |
287 | |
| 81,280 | | |
JPY | 6,801 | | |
| 76.0 | % | |
| 46.7 | % |
July-23 | |
315 | |
290 | |
| 88,240 | | |
JPY | 6,985 | | |
| 76.0 | % | |
| 48.1 | % |
August-23 | |
316 | |
291 | |
| 87,224 | | |
JPY | 6,946 | | |
| 74.6 | % | |
| 48.0 | % |
September-23 | |
315 | |
290 | |
| 84,393 | | |
JPY | 6,991 | | |
| 76.7 | % | |
| 47.0 | % |
October-23 | |
315 | |
291 | |
| 82,249 | | |
JPY | 6,891 | | |
| 77.4 | % | |
| 45.4 | % |
(*1)
Number of Salons: Includes our directly-operated salons and franchisees’ salons.
(*2)
Number of Salons with Data: The number of salons for which comparable financial and customer data is available.
(*3)
Total Customers Served: The number of customers served at salons for which comparative financial and customer data is available.
(*4)
Sales Per Customer: The ratio of total salon sales to number of treated customers at all salons for which comparable financial and customer
data is available.
(*5)
Repeat Ratio: The ratio of repeat customer visits to total customer visits in the applicable month for all salons for which comparable
financial and customer data is available.
(*6)
Operation Ratio: The ratio of therapists’ in-service time to total therapists’ working hours (including stand-by time) for
the applicable month for all salons for which comparable financial and customer data is available.
*
Repeat ratios shown in the chart above do not include salons in public bath houses. In October 2023, the repeat ratios for all salons
and salons in public bathhouses only were 77.4% and 59.3%, respectively.
*Since July 2021,
the salon operation business has been managed by Wing Inc., which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.
Health Tech
Business (Lav®)
The Company offers
a government-specific health guidance program (the “Program”) using Lav®, an on-demand
training application developed by the Company. The Program is designed to be less burdensome for the users and is delivered through
a completely remote support style using the web remote interview and chat function of Lav®.
This approach helps to reduce the dropout rate of the conventional specific health guidance program.
The
Program provides support to medical professionals, such as public health nurses, dietitians, etc., that assist eligible individuals (age
between 40 and 74) who are at risk of developing lifestyle-related diseases that can be caused by
an unbalanced diet, lack of sleep, lack of exercise, smoking, stress, and other factors, by reviewing their lifestyle habits through
specific health checkups that focus on metabolic syndrome. The implementation of specific health checkups and specific health guidance
has become mandatory for medical insurers, including the national health insurance and the employee’s health insurance, since April
2008.
The Ministry of
Health, Labor and Welfare has set a nationwide target of at least 70% for specific medical checkup implementation rates and at least
45% for specific health guidance implementation rates. In fiscal year 2021, however, the medical checkup implementation rates and specific
health guidance implementation rates were only 56.5% and 24.6%, respectively. As a result, the market for these services is expected
to expand due to the government’s effort to achieve the set target implementation rates. According to a survey by the Japan Health
Guidance Association, the utilization of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has been increasing, and the adoption rate has
exceeded 50% due to the impact of COVID-19 in recent years.
As of October 2023,
the Company has entered into contracts with 71 corporate insurance associations, and the
cumulative number of users of our Lav® app has exceeded 6,000 people, bringing the total
to 6,006 individuals.
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Number
of New Contracts with Corporate Insurance Associations(*1) | |
Number
of Users(*2) | |
Cumulative Number of
Contracts with Corporate Insurance Associations | |
Cumulative Number
of Users | |
October-22 | |
4 | |
186 | |
62 | |
| 3,610 | |
November-22 | |
1 | |
241 | |
63 | |
| 3,851 | |
December-22 | |
1 | |
183 | |
64 | |
| 4,034 | |
January-23 | |
2 | |
177 | |
66 | |
| 4,211 | |
February-23 | |
0 | |
188 | |
66 | |
| 4,399 | |
March-23 | |
0 | |
220 | |
66 | |
| 4,619 | |
April-23 | |
1 | |
295 | |
67 | |
| 4,914 | |
May-23 | |
1 | |
158 | |
68 | |
| 5,072 | |
June-23 | |
1 | |
199 | |
69 | |
| 5,271 | |
July-23 | |
0 | |
163 | |
69 | |
| 5,434 | |
August-23 | |
0 | |
100 | |
69 | |
| 5,534 | |
September-23 | |
2 | |
179 | |
71 | |
| 5,713 | |
October-23 | |
0 | |
293 | |
71 | |
| 6,006 | |
(*1) Number of
new contracts with corporate insurance associations entered into in the month to implement specified health guidance program offered
by us.
(*2)
Number of new users that started using specified health guidance offered by us in the month.
Forward-Looking
Statements
Certain statements
in this press release are forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under the U.S. Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may include estimates or expectations about the Company’s possible or assumed operational
results, financial condition, business strategies and plans, market opportunities, competitive position, industry environment, and potential
growth opportunities. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by terms such as “may,” “will,”
“should,” “design,” “target,” “aim,” “hope,” “expect,” “could,”
“intend,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “believe,” “continue,”
“predict,” “project,” “potential,” “goal,” or other words that convey the uncertainty
of future events or outcomes. These statements relate to future events or to the Company’s future financial performance, and involve
known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the Company’s actual results, levels of activity, performance,
or achievements to be different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these
forward-looking statements. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements since they involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors which are, in some cases, beyond the Company’s control and which could, and likely will, affect
actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Any forward-looking statement reflects the Company’s current views
with respect to future events and is subject to these and other risks, uncertainties and assumptions relating to the Company’s
operations, results of operations, growth strategy and liquidity. The Company assumes no obligation to publicly update or revise these
forward-looking statements for any reason, or to update the reasons actual results could differ from those anticipated in these forward-looking
statements, even if new information becomes available in the future.
About MEDIROM Healthcare
Technologies Inc.
MEDIROM, a holistic
healthcare company, operates 315 (as of October 31, 2023) relaxation salons across Japan, Re.Ra.Ku®, being its leading
brand, and provides healthcare services. In 2015, MEDIROM entered the health tech business, and launched new healthcare programs using
on-demand training app called “Lav®”, which is developed by the Company. MEDIROM also entered the device business
in 2020 and has developed a smart tracker “MOTHER Bracelet®”. MEDIROM started selling “MOTHER Bracelet®”
to individual customers in 2021, and has already received orders from corporate clients. MEDIROM hopes that its diverse health related
services and products offering will help it collect and manage healthcare data from users and customers and enable it to become a leader
in big data in the healthcare industry. For more information, visit https://medirom.co.jp/en.
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