Funai Electric files for bankruptcy... Losing market share to Chinese competitors, sluggish television performance, and unpaid advertising fees for hair removal salons cause credit concerns

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0001Nanahara Tandai★.Oct. 24, 2024 (Thu) 20:00:04.23ID:lprRlumj9
Funai Electric to file for bankruptcy… TV market share lost to Chinese competitors, credit worries over unpaid advertising fees for hair removal salons
Yomiuri Shimbun
2024/10/24 17:57
Teikoku Databank announced on the 24th that Funai Electric (Daito City, Osaka Prefecture), which manufactures “FUNAI” brand TVs and other products, received a decision from the Tokyo District Court to start bankruptcy proceedings on the same day. The total amount of debt is currently under investigation, but as of the end of March 2024 it was approximately 46.1 billion yen. In addition to the slump in its television business, a problem with unpaid advertising fees by a hair removal salon chain that was part of the group has led to widespread concerns about the company’s creditworthiness, making it difficult to see any prospects for a recovery. Founded in 1951, Funai Electric manufactured televisions and video imaging equipment, and expanded its business by selling televisions at low prices through OEM (original equipment manufacturer) methods. In the fiscal year ending March 2005, sales reached 353.5 billion yen, but the company gradually lost market share to Chinese companies which gained an advantage in price competition, and losses became the norm. In 2021, it was acquired by publishing company Hidewa System and became a subsidiary. In order to rebuild, Funai Electric established Funai Electric Holdings in 2011, moved to a holding company system, and acquired Musee Platinum, a hair removal salon operator, but sold it after about a year. The company had just recently revamped its management structure with the retirement of President Tomokazu Ueda in September of this year.

船井電機が破産手続きへ…中国勢にシェア奪われテレビ不振、脱毛サロンの広告代金未払いで信用不安も
【読売新聞】 帝国データバンクは24日、「FUNAI」ブランドのテレビなどを製造する船井電機(大阪府大東市)が同日、東京地裁から破産手続きの開始決定を受けたと発表した。負債総額は調査中だが、2024年3月末時点で約461億円。テレビ
0013Anonymous Donburako.Oct. 24, 2024 (Thu) 20:09:07.32ID:aB/pBmGl0
>>1
I had the impression that it was going well at Yamada
(I don’t know about the stores, but from flyers, etc.)
0025Anonymous Donburako.Oct. 24, 2024 (Thu) 20:18:29.69ID:MRkwVXRP0
>>1
Funai Electric’s failure was that it was acquired by a shady parent company.
0035Anonymous Donburako.Oct. 24, 2024 (Thu) 20:33:08.97ID:0GrSemis0
>>1
I wonder if Chinese companies will come and buy them for patent purposes.
I wonder if the transformers will be replaced by Tango from Funai Electric…
0003Anonymous Donburako.Oct. 24, 2024 (Thu) 20:03:13.07ID:FtPkbgl30
Yet another brand I have to compromise on…
0004Security Guard [lv.5] [Sprout].Oct. 24, 2024 (Thu) 20:03:26.01ID:f9EBgzaz0
When business is struggling, everyone always runs to hair removal salons lol.
0005Anonymous Donburako.Oct. 24, 2024 (Thu) 20:03:42.44ID:KUJjmclT0
A TV that can only be found at Yamada Denki.
0006Anonymous Donburako.Oct. 24, 2024 (Thu) 20:04:24.01ID:yEoh9axh0
Is there a dedicated store for the Funai brand at Yamada Denki?
0007Anonymous Donburako.Oct. 24, 2024 (Thu) 20:04:42.77ID:7REE+qul0
Television and video.
0009Anonymous Donburako.Oct. 24, 2024 (Thu) 20:04:44.68ID:HMo5/Z040
Even though number two was already standing there about 30 minutes earlier.
0010Anonymous Donburako.Oct. 24, 2024 (Thu) 20:05:02.56ID:nqjc1nJy0
I bought a cheap TV 30 years ago and it’s amazing it’s still around today.
0011Anonymous Donburako.Oct. 24, 2024 (Thu) 20:05:44.18ID:HVUsRIOr0
I was once forced to buy Funai by a Yamada Denki employee
I’d buy Sony even if it was 100,000 yen more expensive.
0014Security Guard [lv.7] [Sprout].Oct. 24, 2024 (Thu) 20:09:40.13ID:QL30+GxH0(1/2)
That’s why we need to raise interest rates quickly, strengthen the yen, and lower prices.
0040Anonymous Donburako.Oct. 24, 2024 (Thu) 20:40:17.96ID:NusuiXzg0
>>14
It’s not something you need to worry about.
0015Anonymous Donburako.Oct. 24, 2024 (Thu) 20:10:04.74ID:cPnoAzwl0
There was also a manufacturer called Orion, but Aiwa survives as a brand name.
0016Windowsill policy secretary now windowsill defendant ◆xjhikokuwu.Oct. 24, 2024 (Thu) 20:10:54.85ID:nPBWQfFj0
(´ⅴ`)ノ<Even the cheap emperor has fallen.
0017Anonymous Donburako.Oct. 24, 2024 (Thu) 20:11:30.47ID:rAMkgquP0
Orion, do your best.
0018Anonymous Donburako.Oct. 24, 2024 (Thu) 20:14:09.92ID:QwVH4Awg0
Iris Ohyama is one of Japan’s leading electronics stores.
0019Anonymous Donburako.Oct. 24, 2024 (Thu) 20:15:03.55ID:2REMRY870
The lesson learned is that cost-cutting strategies alone are not enough to survive.
0020Anonymous Donburako.Oct. 24, 2024 (Thu) 20:15:35.95ID:BzoGq/J30
What are the positive effects of a weak yen?
0023Security Guard [lv.7] [Sprout].Oct. 24, 2024 (Thu) 20:16:50.92ID:QL30+GxH0(2/2)
>>20
There’s no good that comes from a cheaper domestic currency.
0022Anonymous Donburako.Oct. 24, 2024 (Thu) 20:16:21.40ID:RpR4KwQX0
What about the dx antenna?
It was sold to ELECOM.
0024Anonymous Donburako.Oct. 24, 2024 (Thu) 20:18:27.27ID:2OnlPywe0
Occult Electric.
0027Anonymous Donburako.Oct. 24, 2024 (Thu) 20:20:16.57ID:6vAj1fj50
I wonder who bought it, but it turns out it’s Hidewa System,
a company that often publishes computer-related instruction books, so I hope it doesn’t have a negative impact on their main business.
0028Anonymous Donburako.Oct. 24, 2024 (Thu) 20:21:37.08ID:zGF00l040
I should have bought two or three of the last VHS decks.
0030Anonymous Donburako.Oct. 24, 2024 (Thu) 20:29:12.72ID:dRY5ITiG0
I think a lot of college students who have just started living on their own watch Funai on TV.
0031Security Guard [lv.7] [Sprout].Oct. 24, 2024 (Thu) 20:30:35.92ID:gGdSdXaF0
College students use their smartphones even when watching TV.
0032Anonymous Donburako.Oct. 24, 2024 (Thu) 20:30:47.72ID:CTJtccJy0
I remember this brand being quite popular in the 1990s. Did you also work as a management consultant?
0033Anonymous Donburako.Oct. 24, 2024 (Thu) 20:30:48.48ID:QgO4puDR0
I think I’ve bought Funai before, why?
Orion, Aiwa, Sanyo,
or rather I never felt the need to buy a higher-end brand.
0034Anonymous Donburako.Oct. 24, 2024 (Thu) 20:31:47.86ID:zIBGDjc20
Was it a mistake to team up with Yamada?
0036Anonymous Donburako.Oct. 24, 2024 (Thu) 20:36:20.09ID:ed1ktdtz0
I wish Yume Group had sold it to me.
0037Anonymous Donburako.Oct. 24, 2024 (Thu) 20:36:34.15ID:usf0qnOC0
Recently, there are LCD TVs made by Sansui, even though Sansui went bankrupt.
0038Anonymous Donburako.Oct. 24, 2024 (Thu) 20:37:29.59ID:DThEuNDu0
The impression is that they specialize in cheap products.
0039Anonymous Donburako.Oct. 24, 2024 (Thu) 20:38:22.85ID:BH+O9MHq0
A while ago I heard that things were going well…
0041Anonymous Donburako.Oct. 24, 2024 (Thu) 20:42:16.40ID:8CXZ2N8k0
Wasn’t it enough to just team up with Yamada Denki to solve the problem?
0042Anonymous Donburako.Oct. 24, 2024 (Thu) 20:43:04.03ID:3BELpRce0(1/4)
Isn’t this the company that made the bread maker before Panasonic?
0043Anonymous Donburako.Oct. 24, 2024 (Thu) 20:45:39.07ID:3BELpRce0(2/4)
You see, in “Kacho Shima Kosaku” it was said that Panasonic made it, but actually Funai was the one who made the first home bakery.

ヒストリー|FUNAI製品情報
グローバルメーカー「世界のFUNAI」の歴史
0045Anonymous Donburako.Oct. 24, 2024 (Thu) 20:47:45.58ID:DG0cfDba0
An image of a cheap VHS deck.
0046Anonymous Donburako.Oct. 24, 2024 (Thu) 20:52:42.33ID:3BELpRce0(3/4)
panasonic idea for sony.
0047Anonymous Donburako.Oct. 24, 2024 (Thu) 20:53:41.95ID:kVSGOGx90
You guys love home improvement stores, as do I. They sell everything from clothes to watches to electrical appliances.
0048Anonymous Donburako.Oct. 24, 2024 (Thu) 20:54:19.18ID:IHm5CSiQ0
A few decades ago, North America had a pretty big share of the TV market.
0049Anonymous Donburako.Oct. 24, 2024 (Thu) 20:54:33.28ID:clqwXgSs0
I feel like it was getting rave reviews a while ago.
0050Anonymous Donburako.Oct. 24, 2024 (Thu) 20:55:19.93ID:3BELpRce0(4/4)
Is that product really your and your employees’ idea?
0053Anonymous Donburako.Oct. 24, 2024 (Thu) 21:01:20.48ID:uSAqWV5e0
I’m using a Funai TV. I think I should buy a new one.
0056Hunter [lv.5] [Wood Guard].Oct. 24, 2024 (Thu) 21:15:26.90ID:NCaI9eX70(1/3)
Almost all of the TVs made by major Japanese electronics manufacturers are made in China.
Reference: https://asahi.5ch.net/test/read.cgi/newsplus/1729767604, World Data and graph

Other languages: 船井電機が破産手続きへ…中国勢にシェア奪われテレビ不振、脱毛サロンの広告代金未払いで信用不安も, Funai Electric va a declararse en quiebra... La empresa ha perdido cuota de mercado frente a los actores chinos, no le va bien en la televisión y está preocupada por su credibilidad debido a los impagos de las tarifas de publicidad de los salones de depilación.

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