History of Daimaru

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1907
Founder Hikoemon Shokei Shimomura

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1927

Osaka store opened in 1726

Edo store in Odenma-cho
by Utagawa Hiroshige

1928
1947
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2000

Daimaru s famous umbrellaborrowing in ukiyoe print

2002
2003

Show windows of Osaka store thatﬁrst appeared in Osaka in 1914

2005
2006
2007

Hikoemon Shokei Shimomura opened a kimono fabric store Daimonjiya in Fushimi, Kyoto.
(Foundation of Daimaru)■ Osaka store Matsuya opened in Shinsaibashisuji, Osaka and began cash sales at ﬁxedprices (present location of Shinsaibashi store).
■ Nagoya store opened at Honmachi 4-chome, Nagoya and used the name Daimaruya
for the ﬁrst time.
■ Announced the store creed of Service Before Proﬁt to all stores.
■ Daimaru ﬂagship store Daimonjiya opened in Funaya-cho, Higashinotoin, Kyoto.
■ Edo (Tokyo) store opened at Odenma-cho 3-chome, Nihonbashi, Edo.
■ The Oshio Rebellion broke out. Daimaru escaped burning at the hands of mobs due to its
reputation as a philanthropic merchant.
■ Established Kabushiki Goshi Kaisha (joint-stock limited partnership) Daimaru Gofukuten(kimono fabric store) with a capital of ¥500,000.
■ Closed Edo and Nagoya stores.
■ Kyoto store opened at the present location.
■ Kobe branch opened in Motomachi, Kobe.
■ Established Kabushiki Kaisha (stock company) Daimaru Gofukuten with a capital of¥12 million.
■ Established the ﬁrst weekly holiday (Monday) system in the department store industry.
■ Kobe store moved to the present location.
■ Established the ﬁrst Dyeing Laboratory & Hygienic Laboratory (present Consumer End-UseResearch Institute) in the department store industry in Osaka store (present Shinsaibashistore).
■ Changed the company name to Kabushiki Kaisha Daimaru.
■ Kochi Daimaru opened.
■ Established Daimaru Kogyo, Ltd.
■ Shimonoseki Daimaru opened.
■ Hakata Daimaru opened.
■ Tokyo store opened at the Yaesu exit of Tokyo station.
■ Launched the original men s brand Trojan.
■ Established Peacock Industries Co., Ltd. (present Peacock Stores).
■ Adopted a corporate identity system (CIS) and created a new logo.
■ Umeda store opened in Osaka Terminal Building Acty Osaka.
■ Kobe store opened its ﬁrst nearby directly-operated store(present Former Foreign Settlement Bldg. 38).
■ Kobe store was hit by the Great Hanshin Earthquake.
■ Kobe store was restored and grand opened.
■ The annex to Fukuoka Tenjin store of Hakata Daimaru grand opened with increased
ﬂoor space.
■ Out-of-store sales reform started.
■ Store-based sales reform started.
■ The Customer s View project started.
■ Personnel system reform started.
■ Back-oﬃce functions reform started.
■ Established Daimaru s environmental philosophy.
■ Introduced a new merchandise information system.
■ Hakata Daimaru and Nagasaki Daimaru merged.
■ Sapporo store opened.
■ Launched a new customer information system.
■ The 2nd store-based sales reform started.
■ New personnel system reform started.
■ Newly formed Planning Oﬃce for New Umeda Store.
■ LaLaport Yokohama store opened.
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September 3, 2007 The Daimaru, Inc. and Matsuzakaya Holdings Co., Ltd. established■Osaka store whose ﬁrst phase ofconstruction was completed in 1922

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■Urawa Parco store opened.
Tokyo store moved to a new building and opened in first phase.