Mitsukoshi

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Mitsukoshi, Ltd.
株式会社三越
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryRetail
Founded1673, Edo Honmachi (Nihonbashi Hongokuchō, Chūō, Tokyo), Japan
FounderMitsui Takatoshi
Headquarters1-4-1 Nihonbashi-Muromachi, Chūō, Tokyo, Japan
ParentIsetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (100%)
Websitemitsukoshi.co.jp (Japanese)
The Mitsukoshi Department Store in the Nihonbashi section of Tokyo
Utagawa Hiroshige printed an Ukiyoe, in which Mt. Fuji and Echigoya are located as landmarks. Echigoya (越後屋）is the former name of Mitsukoshi named after the former province of Echigo. Currently the headquarters of Mitsukoshi is located on the left side of the street (SMBC on the right side, BOJ down the street).
Mitsukoshi Department Store in the Nihonbashi Main Store
File:Mitsukoshi01.jpg
Mitsukoshi Gofukuten Postcard pre-1914

Mitsukoshi, Ltd. (株式会社三越, Kabushiki-gaisha Mitsukoshi) (TYO: 2779 unlisted on March 26, 2008) is an international department store chain with headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. It was founded in 1673 with the yagō (shop name) "Echigoya.". Ten years later in 1683, Echigoya took a new approach to marketing. Instead of selling by going door-to-door, they set up a store where buyers could purchase goods on the spot with cash. Mitsukoshimae Station on the Tokyo Metro is named after the adjacent Mitsukoshi department store. Mitsukoshi is the root of Mitsui group.

In August 2007, it was announced that Mitsukoshi would merge into Isetan, a major department store in Japan.[1] On April 1, 2008, Mitsukoshi and Isetan were merged under a joint holding company called Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (TYO: 3099).

Stores

Japan

In Japan, there are a number of stores.

  • Nihonbashi Main Branch (Chūō) 日本橋本店(東京都中央区日本橋室町）
  • Ginza Mitsukoshi (Chūō) 銀座三越（東京都中央区）
  • Shinjuku Mitsukoshi ALCOTT (Shinjuku) 新宿三越アルコット（東京都新宿区）
  • Ikebukuro Mitsukoshi (Toshima) 池袋三越（東京都豊島区）- closing May 2009
  • Ebisu Mitsukoshi (Shibuya) 恵比寿三越（東京都渋谷区）
  • Tama Center Mitsukoshi (Tama) 多摩センター三越（東京都多摩市）
  • Musashimurayama Mitsukoshi (Mushashimurayama) 武蔵村山三越（東京都武蔵村山市）
  • Chiba Mitsukoshi (Chiba Chūō-ku) 千葉三越（千葉市中央区）
  • Sapporo Store (Sapporo Chūō-ku) 札幌店（札幌市中央区）
  • Sendai Store (Sendai Aoba-ku) 仙台店（仙台市青葉区）
  • Nagoya Sakae Main Branch (Nagoya Naka-ku) 名古屋栄本店（名古屋市中区）
  • Hoshigaoka Mitsukoshi (Nagoya Chikusa-ku) 星ヶ丘三越（名古屋市千種区）
  • Niigata Mitsukoshi (Niigata Nishibori-dōri) 新潟三越（新潟市西堀通）
  • Hiroshima Mitsukoshi (Hiroshima Naka-ku) 広島三越（広島市中区）
  • Takamatsu Mitsukoshi (高松三越)
  • Matsuyama Mitsukoshi (松山三越)
  • Fukuoka Mitsukoshi (Fukuoka Chūō-ku) 福岡三越（福岡市中央区）
  • Kagoshima Mitsukoshi (鹿児島三越)

Taiwan

In Taiwan, there are also number of stores. Taiwan is Mitsukoshi's most successful overseas market

  • Taipei Nanjing Store 1 (台北市南京店一館)
  • Taipei Nanjing Store 2 (台北市南京店二館)
  • Taipei Nanjing Store 3 (台北市南京店三館)
  • Taipei Xinyi New Life Square A4 (台北市信義新天地 A4)
  • Taipei Xinyi New Life Square A8 (台北市信義新天地 A8)
  • Taipei Xinyi New Life Square A9 (台北市信義新天地 A9)
  • Taipei Xinyi New Life Square A11 (台北市信義新天地 A11)
  • Taipei Main Station Store (台北站前店)
  • Taipei Tianmu Store (台北天母店)
  • Taoyuan Dayou Store (桃園大有店)
  • Taoyuan Station Store (桃園站前店)
  • Hsinchu Chunghwa Store (新竹中華店)
  • Taichung Zhonggang Store (台中中港店)
  • Chiayi Chuiyang Store (嘉義垂楊店)
  • Tainan Zhongshan Store (台南中山店)
  • Tainan Ximen Store (台南西門店)
  • Kaohsiung Sanduo Shopping District Store (高雄三多店)
  • Kaohsiung Zuoying District Store (高雄左營店)

The stores in Taiwan are named Shin Kong Mitsukoshi (新光三越), a collaboration between the Shin Kong Group (a large Taiwan conglomerate) and Mitsukoshi.

China

In 1930, Mitsukoshi opened the department store (京城三越) in downtown Seoul. Later, Samsung took over this store and was renamed Shinsegae in 1963. Also, Mitsukoshi used to have its own department store in Dalian, China (大連三越), until the end of World War 2.

Europe

The stores in Germany closed in 2008 and 2009.

North America

The closure of Mitsukoshi Hong Kong, Causeway Bay

Mitsukoshi Hong Kong, which is, as of 2006, one of the only three Japanese-owned department stores in Hong Kong, was opened in 1981. It was first located at 500 Hennessy Road, Causeway Bay. In June 2006, Mitsukoshi Ltd. announced the closure of its Hong Kong store on 17 September, 2006 due to the redevelopment of Hennessy Centre. The store was scheduled to relocate to another location in 2009, but Hong Kong Mitsukoshi has yet to re-open as of the end of 2010.

References

  1. ^ http://www.mitsukoshi.co.jp/pc/corp/pdf/0070823.pdf 株式会社伊勢丹と株式会社三越との共同持株会社設立による 経営統合に関するお知らせ August 23, 2007 (in Japanese)
  2. ^ Mitsukoshi Cultural Representative Program http://www.tcw.jp/disney/en/index.html

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