Yahoo! Shopping Annual Best Store 2025: 22 EC Businesses Using Next Engine Awarded. NE Simultaneously Receives "Best Commerce Partner Award"

NE Corporation (Headquarters: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture; Representative Director and CEO: Noriyoshi Higo; hereinafter "NE") is pleased to announce that a total of 22 EC businesses utilizing "Next Engine," the SaaS-based EC backend system developed and provided by NE, have received awards in the "Yahoo! Shopping Annual Best Store 2025," which recognizes the most successful stores on "Yahoo! Shopping" during the year 2025.

In addition, NE simultaneously received the "Best Commerce Partner Award," given to the partner who has contributed most to supporting the operations of store owners.

■Overview

This time, 22 EC businesses using Next Engine received the "Yahoo! Shopping Annual Best Store 2025" award.

Furthermore, NE received the "Best Commerce Partner Award," which is given to the partner who has contributed most to store owners among Yahoo! JAPAN Commerce Partners.

Details here: https://business-ec.yahoo.co.jp/commerce_partner/notice/promo/2025/index.html

We are confident that the simultaneous awarding of numerous users and NE's partner award is a result of Next Engine's provision of "stable store operations through centralized management" and the resulting "aggressive sales strategies," which have led to high performance on Yahoo! Shopping.

■Voices of joy from awarded users

We received comments from the awarded EC businesses regarding this award. (In no particular order, store names in parentheses)

• B.B.T. Co., Ltd. (Baseball Town)

This award has been a truly great encouragement. The existence of our supportive customers is our driving force. Without being satisfied here, we will continue to strive for even higher levels of products, services, and challenges, and work with all our might to become one of the leading shops on Yahoo! Shopping.

• Shoku no Tatsujin Co., Ltd. (Shoku no Tatsujin Morigen Shoten)

We are very honored to receive the Best Store Award again this year.

With the help of Next Engine, we will continue to strive for even greater heights.

• Vector Co., Ltd. (ice field)

2025 Best Award Winner! By utilizing Next Engine, we were able to streamline our operations and provide higher quality services.

We thank our customers for their support and will continue to deliver the latest trends and peace of mind.

• Fujimori Co., Ltd. (Conspirit Bicycle Supplies)

Following last year, we are deeply humbled to receive the honorable award of 2nd place in the Bicycle category of the "Yahoo! Shopping Annual Best Store" for the second consecutive year. We are confident that our ability to reliably deliver products to customers while accelerating our multi-store expansion is thanks to Next Engine's centralized management system.

Building on this award, we will continue to work with Next Engine to operate a shop loved by customers.

• Abe Beikoku Co., Ltd. (Abe Beikoku)

We are very honored to have received this award. It is thanks to Next Engine's system that we are able to handle a large number of orders with a small number of staff. We will continue to strive to satisfy even more customers in the future.

• Campanella Co., Ltd. (OutdoorStyle Sunday Mountain)

This time, we were able to receive the "Yahoo! Shopping Annual Best Store Category Award." We are very happy to receive this award for the third consecutive year.

In our daily store operations, we utilize Next Engine's system to streamline order and inventory management. We are grateful for their support in ensuring stable operations. We will continue to work towards better store operations in the future.

• Aoki Shoten Co., Ltd. (Aoki Fruits Yahoo! Shopping Store)

We are very honored to receive the Yahoo! Shopping Best Store Award 2025. We sincerely thank our customers who use our services daily and all those involved in our operations.

Our staff will continue to work together to deliver health and happiness to our customers through fruit and to provide products and services that meet their expectations.

• Ishibashi Gakki Co., Ltd. (Ishibashi Gakki)

We are very honored to have received the Yahoo! Shopping Annual Best Store Award. Thank you very much.

We will continue to strive to satisfy even more customers in the future. Thank you for your continued support.

• Kameya Fishing Tackle Co., Ltd. (Kameya Fishing Tackle)

This time, we were able to receive the honorable "Yahoo! Shopping Best Store Award 2025."

We sincerely thank our loyal customers and Next Engine for their support and cooperation in providing a stable system.

We will continue to make every effort to maximize the use of Next Engine to deliver prompt and high-quality services to our customers. Thank you for your continued support.

• Akazukin-chan Co., Ltd. (Tozainanbokuya)

Thanks to everyone, we were able to receive a very prestigious award. We sincerely thank our loyal customers and cooperative partners for their support.

We will use this award as encouragement to make even greater efforts to become a store that can satisfy our customers even more.

• Marucho Co., Ltd. (daily-3.com)

We are very honored to receive the Annual Best Store Award. We sincerely thank Next Engine for supporting our daily operations.

All of our staff will continue to strive to ensure that many customers are pleased with our products, so we ask for your continued support.

■Looking Ahead

NE would like to sincerely congratulate all 22 companies that received awards this time for their creative challenges accumulated day by day. Furthermore, NE's receipt of the "Best Commerce Partner Award" is a great joy, as it is a result of the path we have walked with our users being highly evaluated by the platform.

In the e-commerce market today, "changes in customer structure," such as the spread of AI and the diversification of purchasing behavior, are accelerating. In this period of transformation, we believe that what is important is not just the automation of operations, but rather "how to deliver unique experiential value to customers" beyond efficiency.

Building on this award, we will further deepen our responsibility and trust as a partner, ensuring that the passion for business created by everyone reaches customers without stagnation. Supporting this cycle is NE's greatest mission. Under the purpose of "Enthusiasm for Commerce," we will continue to open up a future overflowing with moving experiences together with everyone.

■About Yahoo! Shopping Annual Best Store 2025

This award targets approximately 1.3 million stores on "Yahoo! Shopping" and comprehensively evaluates stores that have achieved excellent results over the one-year period from January to December 2025, based on transaction volume, customer evaluation, and innovativeness.

In 2025, more than 150 stores were selected, including 14 departmental awards and newly established awards related to sustainability.

https://shopping.yahoo.co.jp/promotion/event/beststores/shp/shop_year/

■Next Engine Overview

Next Engine is a cloud (SaaS) type EC platform for EC businesses. It centralizes and supports efficient operation of necessary tasks for online shop management, from order reception, ordering, purchasing, inventory management, product information management, to analysis.

Key features are as follows:

・ Consolidates functions necessary for online shops, such as centralized management of orders, inventory, product information, and analysis.

・ Supports over 50 malls, one of the largest in the industry.

・ Flexible function expansion through Next Engine apps.

・ Provides a platform for developing and selling Next Engine apps.

・ Number of contracted companies: 6,737 (as of January 31, 2026, adopted by companies of various industries and sizes).

Next Engine will continue to support the growth of EC businesses and strive to further improve its services.

URL: https://next-engine.net

■NE Corporation Overview

Name: NE Corporation (TSE Growth, Securities Code: 441A)

Representative: Noriyoshi Higo, Representative Director and CEO

Location: 16F EPIC TOWER SHIN YOKOHAMA, 3-2-3 Shin-Yokohama, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture

Established: May 2, 2022

Business Activities: EC support/SaaS business, regional revitalization/local government support business, consulting business

Corporate Website: https://ne-inc.jp

【Inquiries regarding this article】

Contact: NE Corporation Public Relations Department

Phone: 03-4540-6512

e-mail: pr@ne-inc.jp