User:Jack Sebastian/ABC-Mart
{ {Infobox company
| name = ABC-Mart, Inc.
株式会社エービーシー・マート | logo = ABC MART logo.svg | type = [ [Public company|Public]] ([ [Kabushiki gaisha|K.K.]]) | traded_as = TYO: 2670 | industry = [ [Retail]] | founded = 1985 June 6 | founder = [ [Masahiro Miki]] | hq_location_city = [ [Shibuya]], Tokyo | hq_location_country = [ [Japan]] | num_locations = 1,000+
| area_served =
| key_people = Minoru Noguchi (President)
| products =
- [ [Footwear]]
- [ [Apparel]]
| num_employees =
| subsid =
- ABC-Mart Korea, Inc.
- ABC-Mart Taiwan, Inc.
- [ [LaCrosse Footwear]]
| homepage = www
}} [ [Image:1 Chome Nishiikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tōkyō-to 171-0021, Japan - panoramio (59).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Toshima Store, in Tokyo]] { {nihongo4|ABC-Mart, Inc.|株式会社エービーシー・マート|Kabushiki gaisha Ē Bī Shī Māto}} is a Japanese footwear company, with stores in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan.
History[edit]
The company was founded by [ [Masahiro Miki]] in [ [Shinjuku]] in 1985 as Boeki Shoji Inc. In 1987, the company moved to [ [Arakawa, Tokyo|Arakawa]] and changed its name to International Trading Corporation (ITC). It was in 1990 that ABC-Mart was established, with three stores opening in Tokyo. A year later, ABC-Mart acquired the exclusive sales rights of [ [Vans]] products in Japan. The company was then re-established as a joint stock company in 1997 before moving its headquarters to [ [Shibuya]] a year later.[1]
In 2002, ITC absorbed ABC-Mart and was renamed ABC-Mart, Inc. before being publicly listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The company then opened its first branch in South Korea in 2003 and in [ [Taiwan]] in 2009.[1]
In 2012, ABC-Mart bought the American company [ [LaCrosse Footwear]], which in turn purchased the U.S. boot maker Whites Boots in 2014.[2]
In 2019, ABC-Mart set a milestone by opening its 1,000th store.[1]
= Acquisitions and brands[edit]
Danner Boots
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Corporate History". ABC-Mart. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
- ^ "Masahiro Miki - Forbes". Forbes. Retrieved 2015-05-07.
External links[edit]
{ {commons category|ABC-Mart}}
- { {Official website|https://www.abc-mart.net/}}
[ [Category:Japanese brands]] [ [Category:1985 establishments in Japan]] [ [Category:Athletic shoe brands]] [ [Category:Clothing retailers of Japan]] [ [Category:Companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange]] [ [Category:Footwear retailers]] [ [Category:Retail companies based in Tokyo]] [ [Category:Retail companies established in 1985]] [ [Category:Shoe brands]] [ [Category:Shoe companies of Japan]]
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