Bigger and Newer Stores

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Rendering of Daimaru Tokyo store after increasing its floor space (Summer 2012)

Big Projects in Progress ―Strengthening Competitiveness by Expanding the Basis for Growth
J. Front Retailing is increasing the size of and innovatively renewing

comprehensive department store oﬀering lifestyle products in a

department stores in large cities to enhance the appeal of its storescomprehensive manner. And then we will add high sensitivity ofand further strengthen its business infrastructure.

urban stores and dailiness to provide convenience to working
women and businessmen. The investment amount will be ¥27 billion.

Daimaru Shinsaibashi store fails to attract customers in their 20s and
30s who constitute a large percentage of the persons visiting theDaimaru Tokyo store completed the ﬁrst phase of relocation anddistrict because it has focused to a certain extent on the upper classexpansion and opened as a new store under the store concept ofincluding its main gaisho (out-of-store sales) customers with a ﬂoor

TOKYO/ADULT/LIFESTYLE Department Store in November 2007. In

space of 37,490 square meters, a medium size for the current urban

the ﬁrst phase, while further improving and enhancing already strong fooddepartment store. Using the facilities of Sogo Shinsaibashi store thatdepartments, the store expanded the cosmetics ﬂoor into Tokyo s largest

we have decided to acquire recently, we will open ascale and the restaurant ﬂoor into two ﬂoors with a restaurant open until

40,000-square-meter new annex next to the main building in

24:00 and gain popularity with women and men working around Tokyo

November 2009 to develop a new market and further reduce costs bystation. In summer 2012, it will complete the second phase of

combining the operation of the main building and the annex. This isconstruction and fully open with the ﬂoor space increased by 1.4 times toalso positioned as a trial toward the establishment of a new

46,000 square meters. Positioned as part of the Tokyo Station City

department store business model for the future that J. Front Retailingplan, which sees Tokyo station including Yaesu, Nihonbashi andis aiming at. We are planning to invest ¥41 billion in this project.

Marunouchi exits and JR station yard as a big city, it is meant to be anExisting customers and new strategic target of Shinsaibashi store

innovative store that is worthy of the gateway to the metropolis. The total

Young

Around 30 Around 40 Around 50 Around 60SeniorHigh consumer

investment amount of the ﬁrst and second phases is planned to be ¥18billion.

Upper consumer
Medium consumer

In the meantime, Matsuzakaya is working on a large-scale project toStandard consumer
Lower consumer

develop the combined two blocks of Ginza 6-chome district where
New strategic target

Major customers of the exisiting store

Matsuzakaya Ginza store is located. The total redevelopment area isDaimaru Umeda store will increase its ﬂoor space by 1.6 times toabout 9,000 square meters, of which about 66% is owned by

64,000 square meters in spring 2011. Under the redevelopment plan

Matsuzakaya. While promoting a business plan by bringing togetherof JR Osaka station area, West Japan Railway Company and Osaka

the department store operation know-how of JFR Group, we will

Terminal Building Co., Ltd. have considered the redevelopment andcreate a high-grade and innovative symbol store of the department

revitalization of the south side of JR Osaka station to develop thestore business of JFR Group, which has a highly fashionable image

south side of the station and create its face.

and is worthy of the world-class commercial location Ginza.

Successive

developments of commercial facilities including this project will
increase the potential of Umeda area and we believe that the store
will be able to substantially improve store competitiveness byincreasing its ﬂoor space. Now it is a specialty department store
focusing on fashion. However, by increasing its range of food andhousehold products while keeping the present sensitivity andorii-dDevelopment of2 blocks combined

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atmosphere, we will create a fashionable and contemporary

Ginza 4-chome

Ginza 5-chome

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Rendering of Daimaru Umeda store after increasing its floor space15