This year marked 43 years since SoftBank began the IT distribution business, which is its original business, and ten years since that business was spun off into a separate company—SoftBank Commerce & Service. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all of you for your unwavering support, which has been the cornerstone of our steady growth.

Since assuming the role of President in April of last year, I have expressed our commitment to fostering sustainable business growth together with our sales partners and vendors by steadily implementing three key growth strategies: expanding our business domains, evolving our business models, and increasing our recurring revenue streams. To these, we’ve added specific focus on AI.

In our corporate business, in response to the rapidly expanding demand for AI and by collaborating with world-leading vendors, we provide one-stop AI infrastructure services both on-premises and cloud AI infrastructures. Furthermore, we have enhanced our lineup of advanced cloud services and cybersecurity at home and abroad, and are promoting the provision of information and solution proposals by a dedicated team of experts, including engineers.

In our consumer business, we are introducing products that combine cutting-edge technologies, such as smart home appliances, to the domestic market, and are proceeding with expansion into emerging growth markets, such as HealthTech and BeautyTech.

In addition, while IT continues to spread through all industries, we are developing business that cater to rapidly growing markets and domains. For example, our multi-payment service PayCAS has been introduced to municipalities, stores, and clinics nationwide.

To deliver new technologies achieved by the “information revolution” with extraordinary speed in easier-to-use mechanisms and forms for users across the country together with our sales partners and vendors —this has been our mission since the beginning, which aligns with our business vision: “Tsunagu ~ Harnessing the power of technology for an exciting tomorrow.”

With the accelerated global push for digital transformation (DX) driven by the evolution of AI and other technologies, we strive to contribute to enhancing the competitiveness of domestic companies by assuming the role of “Tsunagu” .

With our renewed commitment to being a company that is chosen by all our stakeholders, all of us at SB C&S will continue striving to offer high-quality services and solutions. We look forward to your continued support and guidance in the year ahead.

Kazuya Kusakawa

SB C&S Corp., President & CEO