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        = Japan

South Korea

Taiwan | key_people         = Minoru Noguchi (President) | products           = [ [Footwear]] | [ [Apparel]] |undefined | num_employees      = | subsid             = ABC-Mart Korea, Inc.

ABC-Mart Taiwan, Inc.

[ [LaCrosse Footwear]] |undefined | homepage           = https://www.abc-mart.net/ }} { {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
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.

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.

In 2012, ABC-Mart bought the American company [ [LaCrosse Footwear]], which in turn purchased the U.S. boot maker Whites Boots in 2014.

In 2019, ABC-Mart set a milestone by opening its 1,000th store.

Acquisitions and brands
Danner Boots