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With all the recent controversy in Japan about the "BUY AMERICAN" talk in Washington, I was interested to find out somethings that Panasonic and Toyota are doing. It sounds like "BUY JAPANESE" to me. Am I mistaken? Comments, anyone?
Panasonic orders 10,000 employees to buy its products by July
Friday 13th February, 02:58 PM JST
OSAKA —
Panasonic Corp has directed about 10,000 managerial-level group employees to buy company products by July under the ‘‘Buy Panasonic’’ campaign to shore up shrinking sales that have eroded its profits, company officials said Friday.Executives and senior managers are being asked to buy at least 200,000 yen worth of Panasonic goods, such as refrigerators, flat-panel TVs and Blu-ray disc players, said Akira Kadota, the spokesman. Lower level managers are asked to buy at least 100,000 yen worth of such products, he said.The campaign is voluntary, but Panasonic is an old-style Japanese comany where loyalty to the company is deeply rooted among its ranks.The “buy Panasonic” campaign follows a similar effort among managers at Toyota Motor Corp, who are being asked to buy a Toyota car. Panasonic is expecting a 380 billion yen net loss for the fiscal year through March, its first annual net loss in six years, and is slashing about 15,000 jobs and shuttering 27 plants worldwide. Panasonic blamed plunging consumer demand, lower gadget prices and the soaring yen, which erodes overseas income, for the poor performance.Toyota is sinking into its first net loss in since 1950, forecasting a 350 billion yen net loss for the fiscal year through March—a stunning reversal from the record 1.72 trillion yen profit it posted the previous year.
Friday 13th February, 02:58 PM JST
OSAKA —
Panasonic Corp has directed about 10,000 managerial-level group employees to buy company products by July under the ‘‘Buy Panasonic’’ campaign to shore up shrinking sales that have eroded its profits, company officials said Friday.Executives and senior managers are being asked to buy at least 200,000 yen worth of Panasonic goods, such as refrigerators, flat-panel TVs and Blu-ray disc players, said Akira Kadota, the spokesman. Lower level managers are asked to buy at least 100,000 yen worth of such products, he said.The campaign is voluntary, but Panasonic is an old-style Japanese comany where loyalty to the company is deeply rooted among its ranks.The “buy Panasonic” campaign follows a similar effort among managers at Toyota Motor Corp, who are being asked to buy a Toyota car. Panasonic is expecting a 380 billion yen net loss for the fiscal year through March, its first annual net loss in six years, and is slashing about 15,000 jobs and shuttering 27 plants worldwide. Panasonic blamed plunging consumer demand, lower gadget prices and the soaring yen, which erodes overseas income, for the poor performance.Toyota is sinking into its first net loss in since 1950, forecasting a 350 billion yen net loss for the fiscal year through March—a stunning reversal from the record 1.72 trillion yen profit it posted the previous year.
Wire reports
