IK (TYO:2722) logged consolidated sales of 1.14 billion yen for May, a 14% decline from a year earlier, according to a Thursday filing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Revenue from the sales marketing segment fell 6.2% year-on-year to 954 million yen, while direct marketing revenue plummeted nearly 40% to 190 million yen.
Cumulative sales for the fiscal year that started in November stood at 14.8 billion yen, down 4.7% from the same period a year ago.
Urbanise.com (ASX:UBN) plans to conduct a staged release of upgrades to the Urbanise Strata Management Solution, launch an Urbanise Owners Portal with payments and levies capabilities, as well as a new Urbanise Integration Service connecting Urbanise Strata with National Australia Bank (ASX:NAB) payment and banking infrastructure, according to a Thursday Australian bourse filing.The Urbanise Strata modules now offer the ability to connect levy and supplier payments, automated reconciliations, banking services, and a Body Corporate Manager-branded owner self-service portal within the existing strata management workflow.The Urbanise platform supports integration to a comprehensive range of payment methods, including BPay, Australia Post, PayID, and PayTo, alongside one-off, scheduled, and recurring payment options.
Chinasoft International (HKG:0354) will enter the computing power business as part of its artificial intelligence strategy, according to a Wednesday Hong Kong bourse filing.The company plans to procure high-end AI servers in phases, build computing infrastructure, and develop related businesses, with funding to come from internal resources and external financing.Chinasoft said the business will focus on three areas, comprising computing hardware sales, computing power leasing, and sales of large-model inference tokens.Shares of the IT firm were up over 2% in Thursday morning trade.
Consumer durables shares gained the most on New Zealand's Exchange, rising almost 4% on Thursday.Shares of KMD Brands (NZE:KMD, ASX:KMD) rose nearly 4% in recent trade.Meanwhile, miscellaneous shares fell by more than 2%.Shares of Marlin Global (NZE:MLN) drove the decline, falling past 1% in recent trade.