Bigger andNewer Stores

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Rendering of Daimaru Umeda store after increasing its floor space（spring 2011）

Multiple Big Projects ―Enhancing Regional Competitiveness of Stores by Expanding Their Bases for Growthspring 2011. As part of ongoing development
project of Osaka station, West Japan Railway
Company and Osaka Terminal Building Co., Ltd.
will implement that to improve the south gatewayof Osaka station, the biggest terminal in westernJapan. Osaka Umeda area will increase its

around Osaka station and we believe that thestore will be able to substantially improve store
competitiveness by increasing its ﬂoor space. It
was a specialty department store focusing on
Daimaru Shinsaibashi store

fashion. However, by increasing its range ofN

Development of2 blocks combinedHarumiredevelopment project including the district-doripotential as a shopping area through theGinza 4-chome

Ginza 5-chome

MGi atsunz za akayChuoa-doriGinza 6-chome

J. Front Retailing is increasing the size of andfood and household products while keeping its

innovatively renewing department stores in large

sensitivity and atmosphere, we will create acities to enhance their appeal and further

fashionable and contemporary comprehensive

while further improving and enhancing alreadystrengthen their business infrastructure.

department store making lifestyle proposals in astrong food departments, the store expanded thecomprehensive manner. And then we will add

cosmetics ﬂoor into Tokyo s largest scale andPlanned redevelopment site of Matsuzakaya Ginza store

In November 2009, Daimaru Shinsaibashi store

high sensitivity of urban stores and dailinessthe restaurant ﬂoor into two ﬂoors with aopened the north wing (40,000 square meters) asto provide convenience to working women andrestaurant open until 24:00 and gains popularity

a launching pad for the new department store

businessmen. The investment amount will bewith women and men working around Tokyo

model and was reborn as a large-scale store with¥30 billion.

station. In summer 2012, it will complete thethe total ﬂoor space of 78,000 square meters

second phase of construction and fully open withcombined with the existing main building andDaimaru Tokyo store completed the ﬁrst phasethe ﬂoor space increased by 1.4 times to 46,000

south wing. The store increased its lineup ofof relocation and expansion and opened as asquare meters. Positioned as part of the Tokyo

brands to include the ones that department storesne w s t or e under the s t or e c onc ep t o f

Station City plan, which sees Tokyo station

had no t carried be fore, while crea tingTOKYO/ADULT/LIFESTYLE Department

including Yaesu, Nihonbashi and Marunouchi

lifestyle-themed sections and the sections with aStore in November 2007. In the ﬁrst phase,exits and JR station yard as a big city, it is meant

stronger focus on service consumption as well asto be an innovative store that is worthy of theproduct consumption in an eﬀort to expand target

gateway to the metropolis. The total amount ofcustomers and the width of product assortment.

investment in the ﬁrst and second phases isAbove all, specialty ﬂoors Ufufu Girls enjoy

planned to be ¥18 billion.

popularity. They were developed targeting
women in their 20s and 30s constituting a large

In the meantime, Matsuzakaya Ginza store ispercentage of visitors to this area whom the store

working on a large-scale project to develop thehad failed to attract so that they can feel thatcombined two blocks of Ginza 6-chome district

Combined

where it is located. The total redevelopment area

operation with the main building and the south

is about 9,000 square meters, of which about

wing enabled the north wing to be operated by

65% is owned by Matsuzakaya. By bringing

75 employees (as of April 2010) and thus wetogether the department store operation know-how

these are their shopping places.

of J. Front Retailing Group, we aim to create

realized lower-cost operation.

high-grade, innovative and highly fashionable
Daimaru Umeda store will increase its ﬂoor
space by 1.6 times to 64,000 square meters in

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

commercial facilities that are worthy of theworld-class commercial location Ginza.

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