Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
An arm of shops connecting to Lonsdale Street was also added, replacing 19th century warehouses, [12] and via footbridges connected through to the Myer store. An anchor tenant was also found, with Japanese department store Daimaru signed on over six floors of the shopping centre due to the involvement of the Japanese Sumitomo Bank on the project.
Daimaru (大丸) is a Japanese department store chain, principally located in the Kansai region of Japan. The chain is operated by Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Stores, a subsidiary of J. Front Retailing. At one time Daimaru was an independent company, The Daimaru, Inc. (株式会社大丸), headquartered in Chūō-ku, Osaka. [1]
This store was much smaller at only 442 square meters (approx. 4,750 square feet), and items were originally priced at $1, $1.50, and $2 (all USD). [32] The inventory was expanded to include packaged food and items priced up to $8, though most items remained at the $1.50 minimum until a 25-cent increase in 2022.
In Minami, Takashimaya expanded from 56,000 to 78,000 m 2, and in Abeno, Kintetsu grew from 48,000 to a whopping 100,000 m 2, [2] making it the largest department store in Japan. [3] The resulting market saturation led West JR–Isetan to close in 2015, less than 4 years after opening; two-thirds of the space was converted to midsize shops and ...
Sogo Co., Ltd. (株式会社そごう, Kabushiki gaisha Sogō) is a department store chain that operates an extensive network of branches in Japan. In 2009, it merged with The Seibu Department Stores, Ltd. (株式会社西武百貨店) to become Sogo & Seibu Co., Ltd. (株式会社そごう・西武).
A second Kyoto store opened in 1893, followed by a Tokyo store in 1897 and an Osaka store in 1898. [4] Takashimaya was incorporated as a gomei kaisha (unlimited liability company) in 1909 and converted to a kabushiki kaisha (stock company) in 1919.
This department store is older than Sogo, and its original kimono store opened in Osaka in 1830 (Tenpo era of the Edo period). In 1918, the company began full-fledged department store business as Sogo Kimono Co., Ltd. After that, in line with Japan's modernization, the company expanded its stores one after another, and at its peak had 28 stores.
The department store, widely regarded as one of the most luxurious to ever open in the nation, had in-store boutiques of brands such as Yves Saint Laurent, Aigner, Versace, A. Testoni , Kenzo, Escada, Trussardi, and more [2] - completed by beauty counters of Prada, Dior, etc. However, due to the 1997/8 recession and location, Jakarta Seibu ...