Mitsukoshi
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Company type | Subsidiary (K.K.) |
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Industry | Retail |
Founded | 1673 Edo Honmachi (Nihonbashi Hongokuchō, Chūō, Tokyo), Japan |
Founder | Mitsui Takatoshi |
Headquarters | 1-4-1 Nihonbashi-Muromachi, Chūō, Tokyo, Japan |
Parent | Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (100%) |
Website | www |
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Mitsukoshi, Ltd. (
History
[edit]It was founded in 1673 with the yagō (shop name) Echigo-ya (
Mitsukoshi is the root of Mitsui group. In the 1970s, Mitsukoshi bought the Oriental Nakamura department store in Nagoya and re-branded them as Mitsukoshi Nagoya.
Genichiro Inokuma designed the wrapping paper in white and red.[1]
In August 2007, it was announced that Mitsukoshi would merge into Isetan, a major department store in Japan.[2] Mitsukoshi TYO: 2779 was unlisted on March 26, 2008, and on April 1, it merged with Isetan under a joint holding company called Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (TYO: 3099).
On April 5, 2019, Mitsukoshi announced that it would further expand its Asian presence by having a Filipino branch established by 2021 at Bonifacio Global City, in Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines.[3] The store opened on November 18, 2022.[4]
Stores
[edit]Japan
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Stores managed by Isetan Mitsukoshi Ltd.
[edit]- Nihonbashi Main Branch (Chūō, Tokyo)
日本橋 本店 - Ginza Mitsukoshi (Chūō, Tokyo)
銀座 三越
Stores managed by other companies
[edit]- Sapporo Store (Chūō-ku, Sapporo)
札幌 店 - Sapporo Mitsukoshi Ltd. - Sendai Store (Aoba-ku, Sendai)
仙台 店 - Sendai Mitsukoshi Ltd. - Nagoya Sakae Main Branch (Naka-ku, Nagoya)
名古屋 栄 本店 - Nagoya Mitsukoshi Ltd. - Hoshigaoka Mitsukoshi (Chikusa-ku, Nagoya)
星ヶ丘 三越 - Nagoya Mitsukoshi Ltd. - Hiroshima Mitsukoshi (Naka-ku, Hiroshima)
広島 三越 - Hiroshima Mitsukoshi Ltd. - Takamatsu Mitsukoshi
高松 三越 - Takamatsu Mitsukoshi Ltd. - Matsuyama Mitsukoshi
松山 三越 - Matsuyama Mitsukoshi Ltd. - Fukuoka Mitsukoshi (Chūō-ku, Fukuoka)
福岡三越 - Iwataya Mitsukoshi Ltd.
Closed
[edit]- Shinjuku Mitsukoshi Alcott (Shinjuku, Tokyo)
新宿 三越 アルコット - Ikebukuro Mitsukoshi (Toshima, Tokyo)
池袋 三越 - closed May 2009 [5] - Musashimurayama Mitsukoshi (Musashimurayama, Tokyo)
武蔵村山 三越 - Kagoshima Mitsukoshi
鹿児島三越 - Tama Center Mitsukoshi (Tama, Tokyo)
多摩 センター三越 - Chiba Mitsukoshi (Chūō-ku, Chiba)
千葉 三越 - Niigata Mitsukoshi (Nishibori-dōri)
新潟 三越 - Niigata Isetan Mitsukoshi Ltd. - JR Osaka Isetan Mitsukoshi (Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka) JR
大阪 三越 伊勢丹 - Ebisu Mitsukoshi (Shibuya, Tokyo)
恵比寿 三越 - closed February 2021[6]
China
[edit]- Shanghai (Okura Garden Hotel)[7]
- Shin Kong Place (Suzhou)
- Shin Kong Place (Chongqing)
- Shin Kong Place (Chengdu)
Taiwan
[edit]The stores in Taiwan are named Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Department Store, a collaboration between the Shin Kong Group and Mitsukoshi. The first Shin Kong Mitsukoshi store opened at Nanjing Road in Taipei in 1991.
The following branches are open as of 2022:[8]
- Taipei:
- Nanjing Road Store, with three buildings (1
館 , 2館 , and 3館 ) - Xinyi New Life Square (
信義 新天地 ): 4 buildings (A4, A8, A9, and A11館 ) - Taipei Main Station Store (
台北 站前店 ) - Tianmu Store
- Nanjing Road Store, with three buildings (1
- Taoyuan:
- Dayou Road Store (
大 有 店 ) - Taoyuan Station Store (站前
店 )
- Dayou Road Store (
- Taichung:
- Zhonggang Road Store (
中港 店 )
- Zhonggang Road Store (
- Chiayi:
- Chuiyang Road Store (
垂 楊店)
- Chuiyang Road Store (
- Tainan:
- Zhongshan Road Store (
中山 店 ) - Ximen Road Store (
西門 店 )
- Zhongshan Road Store (
- Kaohsiung:
- Sanduo Shopping District Store (
三 多 店 ) - Zuoying District Store (
左 營店)
- Sanduo Shopping District Store (
Philippines
[edit]- Taguig: Mitsukoshi BGC, a shopping mall at the Bonifacio Global City (November 18, 2022)[9]
Asia
[edit]Former stores
[edit]- China: The Dalian store closed at the end of the Second World War.[10]
- Hong Kong: The first Mitsukoshi in Hong Kong, covering 12000 sq meters on 4 levels, opened at 500 Hennessy Road, Causeway Bay on 26 August 1981. A second store opened in 1988 in the Sun Arcade in Tsim Sha Tsui, but it closed in 1995. Mitsukoshi closed its original Causeway Bay store on 17 September 2006, due to the redevelopment of Hennessy Centre.[11]
- South Korea: In 1930, Mitsukoshi opened a department store (
京 城 三越 ) in downtown Keijō (today Seoul).[12] After the liberation of Korea and the defeat of Japan in 1945, Samsung took over this store and renamed it Shinsegae (신세계; lit. "New World").[13]
Europe
[edit]Former stores
[edit]- London (Piccadilly) - The London store opened in 1979[14] and closed in 2013.
- Paris - Opened in 1971[14] and closed in 2010.[15]
- Rome - Opened in 1975[14] and closed in 2021.[16]
- Milan
- Düsseldorf
- Frankfurt
- Munich
North America
[edit]- Walt Disney World (Orlando, Florida, United States) – hosted and operated by Mitsukoshi in the Japan Pavilion at Epcot's World Showcase.[17]
Former Stores
[edit]- New York City - Mitsukoshi opened a 10,000 sq ft boutique and restaurant in rented space in the Ritz Tower apartment building at 57th Street and Park Avenue on March 16, 1979.[18] In 1991, Mitsukoshi bought that space, as well as 30,000 sq ft of additional adjoining space, and opened a much larger outlet, which subsequently closed.[19] Mitsukoshi opened a small popup store for one week only in SoHo during New York Fashion Week in February 2014.[20]
References
[edit]- ^ "LDK: Mitsukoshi and yanase-san". Archived from the original on 2003-11-19. Retrieved 2013-04-07.
- ^ 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) - ^ Town & Country Philippines (Apr 5, 2019). "LOOK: Mitsukoshi Mall in Manila Will Have "Japanese Quality" Food and Dining Options". Esquire. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ "Mitsukoshi opens 1st Philippine store to promote Japanese lifestyle".
- ^ http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/h.php?news=mitsukoshi-to-close-six-stores-2008-09-26 Mitsukoshi to close six stores
- ^ "
三越 恵比寿 店 営業 終了 のお知 らせ |三越 店舗 情報 ". www.mitsukoshi.mistore.jp. Retrieved 2021-04-28. - ^ "
三越 伊勢丹 海外 店舗 のご案内 - Overseas Store | Mitsukoshi Isetan". Archived from the original on 2022-03-24. - ^ "
新光 三越 Shin Kong Mitsukoshi". Skm.com.tw. Retrieved 2022-05-26. - ^ "Japan's Famous Mitsukoshi Mall Is Opening in BGC on November 18".
- ^ "China grapples with preserving reminders of Japanese occupation".
- ^ "Mitsukoshi pulls out of Hong Kong after 25-year run". 18 September 2006. Retrieved 7 April 2019 – via Japan Times Online.
- ^ "Korea hit 100 department stores in 2015". 25 November 2016.
- ^ "Elegance rules in Shinsegae's new temple of earthly joy". 26 February 2007.
- ^ a b c The Department Store in Early 20th Century Japan: Luxury, Aestheticization and Modern Life gold.ac.uk
- ^ "Mitsukoshi shutters flagship Paris store". 2 October 2010. Archived from the original on 2014-01-09.
- ^ Japan News Archived 2021-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Mitsukoshi Cultural Representative Program "The MITSUKOSHI Cultural Representative Program". Archived from the original on 2007-03-15. Retrieved 2007-01-27.
- ^ "Mitsukoshi Opens Here". The New York Times. 16 March 1979. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ Strom, Stephanie (19 June 1991). "Noted Japanese Retailer Plans Ritz Tower Store". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ "Isetan Mitsukoshi opening 1-week store in New York". Nikkei Asian Review. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
External links
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- Official website (in English, Chinese, and Korean)
- Mitsukoshi, Ltd. Annual Report (in English)
- Mitsukoshi London Archived 2019-01-24 at the Wayback Machine (in English)
- Mitsukoshi Roma (in Italian)
- Shin Kong Mitsukoshi (in Chinese)
- Department stores of Japan
- Department stores of Hong Kong
- Department stores of China
- Department stores of Taiwan
- Department stores of the Philippines
- Japanese Imperial Warrant holders
- Retail companies established in 1673
- Retail companies based in Tokyo
- Shopping in Taipei
- Japanese brands
- Mitsui
- 1673 establishments in Japan
- 2003 mergers and acquisitions
- 2008 mergers and acquisitions