Shop Development
around Department Stores

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From Dots to Areas ―Revitalization to Make the Areas Attractive

From dots to areas―

J. Front Retailing operates highly

sensitive shops around its department stores to revitalize thewhole areas, as well as making the stores themselves attractive.
Daimaru Kobe store initiated these eﬀorts in 1987. At thattime, Motomachi, where Daimaru Kobe store is located, wasrelatively losing vitality because the center of transportation andbusiness of Kobe area was shifted to Sannomiya. It was urgent
to create the appeal of the store to attract people.
The development began with Daimaru s own buildings, butthey were not enough to revitalize the area. Therefore, Daimaru
actively invited brand shops to open their branches in otherbuildings in the Former Foreign Settlement of Kobe to draw
more customers throughout the area. Now we operate 68【Stores operated by Daimaru Kobe store】
JR Motomachi
StationA.P.C.

DAIMARU (Kobe)
BLOCK47 Castelbajac
kate spade
Sport
VIVIENNE TAM
trippenFormer Foreign
Jill Stuart
Settlement Bldg. 38 BLOCK44agnés b.
HuntingWorldDAIMARU
Old England MIU MIU
AnnexBLOCK31 BLOCK30GENIUS GALLERYJURGEN LEHLBLOCK32CABANE de zucca /NTT Shin-Kobe Bldg.
tsumori chisato
EPOCA THE SHOP
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Dress Gallery White DoorDAIMARU Interior Annex Bldg.
Le Style

LAURA ASHLEY

various unique brands and shops using the familiar but new

Buildings occupied by several brand shops

including Former Foreign Settlement Bldg. 38 and Block 30,
Such know-how is applied to other stores.

【Stores operated by Daimaru Shinsaibashi store】
DAIMARU (Oﬃce)
YEVS

Subway(Shinsaibashi Station)
Crysta Nagahori (Underground mall)

Daimaru Shinsaibashi store has been working witharea. However, amid changes in the environment surrounding
the stores nearby and generational changes of their landlords
beginning around 2003, some old stores have chosen towithdraw from the business. With a sense of crisis that theshopping are a will dama g e the f a shionable ima g e o f

Hieldshops around itself by adopting the method of Kobe store. Bolddepartment store. And it attracted high-proﬁle shops one after

Kyoto Daimaru store has also developed shops around itself
starting with Louis Vuitton Store, which opened as the ﬁrst shop
in 2004, and now operates 12 brands and shops to enhanceacca
Nike OSAKA

alfredo BANNISTER

Sanrio Gallary
ROPÉ Le Marche Blanc

BonpointHannari
ROPÉ Le Marche Blanc【Stores operated by Daimaru Kyoto store】

A.P.C.
Hankyu(Karasuma Station)

EMPORIO ARMANIDSQUARED²
Daimaru Relaxing Garden Kyoto

DAIMARU (Kyoto)

四条通り
BOTTEGA VENETAJOSEPH THE STORE
Subway(Shijo Station)

Hankyu Kyoto LineEMPORIO ARMANILOUIS VUITTON StoreHouse ofJILL STUART

Takakura-dori※All the numbers of stores are as of May 2009.

Studio V

Grand Afternoon Tea Shinsaibashi

Higashinotoin-doriongoing development of the area.

M-premier
THE BODY SHOP
Paul Smith Womenagnés b.

Karasuma-doriMatsuzakaya Ueno store in line with the progress of theSwatch Store Osaka

Big Step

the appeal of the whole area.
In the future, we will attract shops to the area aroundJ. M. WESTON

alfredo BANNISTER / FLAGS Cafe

Flower shop
"Bouquet"

Subway Karasuma Line

Shijo Kawaramachi, a high commercial accumulation district,

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bliss

kinoshohampu

another and now operates 25 brands and shops.
For the purpose of revitalizing Shijo Karasuma area as much as

LONGCHAMP
Samantha Thavasa

FREE S SHOP

shop design and environment are possible in a stand-alone
shop, whereas they are subject to certain restraints within aDAIMARU (Shinsaibashi)

White Avenue（in Hotel Nikko Osaka）

Shinsaibashi rather than losing vigor if the situation is left as itis, Daimaru Shinsaibashi store launched the development ofMidosuji

Shinsaibashisuji Shopping Arcade to create the prosperity of theBlue Blue

Lloyd's Antiquesappearance of historical modern western-style architecture
which bring new life to the history of the city.

GENIUS GALLERYLOUIS VUITTON Store

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