Price Trend Survey of Consumer Goods Manufacturers
– published on Nikkei MJ

While 39.2% of respondents said that retail prices "increased as expected," 38.0% said the increase was "smaller than expected," indicating that the companies are struggling to penetrate the price increase. Out of 41.2% of companies that raised shipping prices between January and March this year, more than 80% raised prices multiple times. As for sales volume, 48.2% of companies answered it “decreased due to the price hikes."