User:Jack Sebastian/ABC-Mart

{ {Infobox company

| name                = ABC-Mart, Inc.
株式会社エービーシー・マート
| logo                = ABC MART logo.svg
| type                = [ [Public company|Public]] ([ [Kabushiki gaisha|K.K.]])
| traded_as           = TYO: 2670
| industry            = [ [Retail]]
| founded             = 1985 June 6
| founder             = [ [Masahiro Miki]]
| hq_location_city    = [ [Shibuya]], Tokyo
| hq_location_country = [ [Japan]]
| num_locations       = 1,000+

| area_served =

• Japan
• South Korea
• Taiwan

| key_people          = Minoru Noguchi (President)

| products =

• [ [Footwear]]
• [ [Apparel]]

| num_employees       = 

| subsid =

• ABC-Mart Korea, Inc.
• ABC-Mart Taiwan, Inc.
• [ [LaCrosse Footwear]]

| homepage            = www.abc-mart.net

}} [ [Image:1 Chome Nishiikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tōkyō-to 171-0021, Japan - panoramio (59).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Toshima Store, in Tokyo]] { {nihongo4|ABC-Mart, Inc.|株式会社エービーシー・マート|Kabushiki gaisha Ē Bī Shī Māto}} is a Japanese footwear company, with stores in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan.

History

The company was founded by [ [Masahiro Miki]] in [ [Shinjuku]] in 1985 as Boeki Shoji Inc. In 1987, the company moved to [ [Arakawa, Tokyo|Arakawa]] and changed its name to International Trading Corporation (ITC). It was in 1990 that ABC-Mart was established, with three stores opening in Tokyo. A year later, ABC-Mart acquired the exclusive sales rights of [ [Vans]] products in Japan. The company was then re-established as a joint stock company in 1997 before moving its headquarters to [ [Shibuya]] a year later.

In 2002, ITC absorbed ABC-Mart and was renamed ABC-Mart, Inc. before being publicly listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The company then opened its first branch in South Korea in 2003 and in [ [Taiwan]] in 2009.

In 2012, ABC-Mart bought the American company [ [LaCrosse Footwear]], which in turn purchased the U.S. boot maker Whites Boots in 2014.

In 2019, ABC-Mart set a milestone by opening its 1,000th store.

= Acquisitions and brands

Danner Boots

External links

{ {commons category|ABC-Mart}}

• { {Official website|https://www.abc-mart.net/}}

[ [Category:Japanese brands]] [ [Category:1985 establishments in Japan]] [ [Category:Athletic shoe brands]] [ [Category:Clothing retailers of Japan]] [ [Category:Companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange]] [ [Category:Footwear retailers]] [ [Category:Retail companies based in Tokyo]] [ [Category:Retail companies established in 1985]] [ [Category:Shoe brands]] [ [Category:Shoe companies of Japan]]

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