Mitsukoshi
Sign in to savethumb|Utagawa Hiroshige designed an print with [[Mount Fuji and Echigoya as landmarks. Echigoya is the former name of Mitsukoshi named after the former province of Echigo. The Mitsukoshi headquarters are located on the left side of the street.]] is an international department store chain with headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. Its holding company, Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings, is a member of the Mitsui Group.
Key facts
- Company.logo
- MITSUKOSHI logo.svg
- Company.image
- Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi main store 9.jpg
- Company.image_caption
- Mitsukoshi main branch in Nihonbashi, originally built in 1914
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- 250px
- Company.type
- Subsidiary (K.K.)
- Company.foundation
- Edo Honmachi (Nihonbashi Hongokuchō, Chūō, Tokyo), Japan
- Company.founder
- Mitsui Takatoshi
- Company.location
- 1-4-1 Nihonbashi-Muromachi, Chūō, Tokyo, Japan
- Company.industry
- Retail
- Company.parent
- Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (100%)
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- History
- Stores
- Japan
- Stores managed by Isetan Mitsukoshi Ltd.
- Stores managed by other companies
- Closed
- China
- Philippines
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- United States
- Former stores
- Asia
- Europe
- North America
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thumb|Utagawa Hiroshige designed an print with [[Mount Fuji and Echigoya as landmarks. Echigoya is the former name of Mitsukoshi named after the former province of Echigo. The Mitsukoshi headquarters are located on the left side of the street.]] is an international department store chain with headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. Its holding company, Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings, is a member of the Mitsui Group.
== History == It was founded in 1673 with the (shop name) , selling kimono. Ten years later in 1683, Echigoya took a new approach to marketing. Instead of selling by going door-to-door, they set up a store where buyers could purchase goods on the spot with cash. Mitsukoshimae Station on the Tokyo Metro is named after the adjacent Mitsukoshi department store.
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