O-words and WAmazing to Host June 4 Webinar on Maximizing Summer Inbound Sales by Turning Mobility and Luggage Pain Points into Opportunities

O-words, a subsidiary of Change Holdings, and WAmazing will co-host an online seminar with NearMe and ecbo titled “Why Aren’t Sales Growing Even Though Foreign Visitors Are Increasing? A Summer Inbound Sales Maximization Strategy That Turns the ‘Negatives’ of Mobility and Luggage into Advantages.” The webinar will be held on Thursday, June 4, 2026, from 13:00 to 14:30, and is intended for businesses interested in attracting inbound visitors. The webinar is designed for businesses struggling with the issue that “foreign visitors are coming, but sales are not following” amid the rapid increase in inbound tourism. Three company leaders will discuss strategies for maximizing inbound sales by turning barriers to store visits, such as inconvenient access and a lack of visit triggers, into advantages. NearMe’s mobility service creates new store visits, ecbo’s hands-free luggage and space utilization services encourage incidental purchases and raise average spend, and O-words’ data-driven promotion connects these areas like a relay to maximize overall sales. The session will offer practical ideas for businesses preparing for the summer 2026 inbound demand season, especially those concerned about being far from a station or having underused space. Key seminar topics include the right order of customer acquisition to avoid wasting advertising spend, especially the importance of improving access and creating visit triggers before launching broad awareness campaigns; specific ways to turn negatives into assets, such as using NearMe’s shuttle services to overcome inconvenient locations and ecbo’s luggage storage to transform empty space into a powerful reason to visit; and a candid leadership discussion among three executives driving the fields of mobility, space sharing and inbound marketing. The agenda includes opening remarks and company introductions, a panel discussion by top leaders, and an extended Q&A session. The discussion will begin with the real-world challenge of “more foreign visitors, but no sales growth,” then explore how mobility and luggage pain points can become strong visit triggers, and what kinds of promotions should be combined with improved customer flows to create new visits and increase average spend through incidental purchases. Event details: Thursday, June 4, 2026, 13:00-14:30, held online via Zoom Webinar. Participation is free, with advance registration required. Speakers include Koichiro Takahara, President and CEO of NearMe; Shinichi Kudo, President and CEO of ecbo; and Fumiko Kato, CEO of WAmazing and Executive Vice President of O-words. Kato will speak from the perspectives of both WAmazing and O-words. O-words supports local governments and companies in attracting inbound travelers to Japan. Based on its regional tourism DX business and inbound marketing partner business, it provides end-to-end support from strategy planning to execution, including research, information dissemination, advertising operations and social media management. Change Holdings operates under the mission “Change People, Change Business, Change Japan,” promoting digital talent development, business process innovation and digitalization, as well as regional revitalization through DX.