History
April, 1980 | Established by president Masahiro Fujiwara under the name of RIGHT ON Co.,Ltd. at Koenji, Suginami-ku,Tokyo, with a capital of 4 million yen, as a retailer for jeans and casual wears. |
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April, 1985 | Opened Azuma Store in Tsukuba City as the first store in Ibaraki Prefecture, discovering the potentials of area. |
March, 1987 | Opened the first roadside store in Tsuchiura City, Ibaraki Pref. |
May, 1988 | Established the Head Office in Tsukuba City. |
December, 1988 | Increased the capital to 16 million yen. |
June, 1989 | Increased the capital to 24 million yen. |
October, 1990 | Opened the retail store in Chiba. (Kamagaya) |
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November, 1990 | Opened the retail store in Tochigi. (Kuroiso) |
December, 1990 | Opened the retail store in Gunma. (Kiryu) Increased the capital to 71 million yen. |
April, 1991 | Opened the retail store in Saitama. (Ageo) |
August, 1991 | Increased the capital to 99 million yen. |
September, 1991 | Opened the retail store in Niigata. (Kameda) |
March, 1992 | Opened the retail store in Gifu. (Kani) |
August, 1992 | Increased the capital to 209 million yen. |
March, 1993 | Opened the retail store in Fukuyama. (Kooriyama) Installed security system to reduce the inventory loss. Increased the capital to 317 million yen. |
August, 1993 | Installed POS system to all retail stores. |
November, 1993 | Opened the retail store in Aichi. (Anjo) Opened the retail store in Mie. (Yokkaichi) Number of retail stores reached 50. |
December, 1993 | Opened the retail store in Shiga. (Ritto) |
February, 1994 | Increased the capital to 557 million yen. |
March, 1994 | Opened main store in Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Pref. Head office moved to Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Pref. |
October, 1994 | Opened the retail store in Yamanashi. (Kofu-showa) |
November, 1994 | Transferred the head office registration to the head office location(37-1 Higashi-Arai, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Pref.) |
May, 1995 | Offered stocks to the public in the over-the-counter market. Increased the capital to 791 million yen. |
September, 1995 | Opened the retail store in Hokkaido. (Noboribetsu) |
October, 1995 | Opened the retail store in Nagano. (Ueda) |
December, 1995 | Retail stores exceeded 100 stores in number. |
August, 1996 | Intoroduced the Second POS system to all retail stores. |
November, 1996 | Opened the retail store in Kyoto. (Kyoto-Kintetsu-Momoyama) |
April, 1997 | Opened the retail store in Osaka. (Fujiidera-APT) |
November, 1997 | Opened the retail store in Fukuoka. (Tenjin-Shoppers) |
September, 1998 | Opened the retail store in Kagawa. (Takamatsu-Yume-Town) |
April, 1999 | Opened the retail store in Hiroshima. (Tenmaya-Happy town Port Plaza) |
September, 1999 | Opened the retail store in Okayama. (Kurashiki-Ion) |
October, 1999 | Opened the retail store in Kanagawa. (Higashi-Totuska-Daie) Opened the retail store in Shizuoka. (Hamamatsu-Irino) |
February, 2000 | Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange First Section Market. Increased the capital to 4,746 million yen. |
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April, 2000 | Opened the retail store in Nagasaki. (Nagasaki YumeSite) Opened the retail store in Hyougo. (Station Park Kotsukayama) |
May, 2000 | Opened the retail store in Toyama. (Takaoka SATY) |
July, 2000 | Opened the retail store in Oita. (Sanko-Ion) |
September, 2000 | Opened the retail store in Saga. (Yamato-Ion) Opened the retail store in Kumamoto.(Kumamoto Minami Diamond City) |
October, 2000 | Opened the retail store in Fukui. (Fukui Owada Apita) |
November, 2000 | Retail stores exceeded 200 stores in number. |
December, 2000 | Opened the retail store in Ehime. (Palty Fuji Kinuyama) |
January, 2001 | Opened the retail store in Kochi. (Kochi-Ion) Opened the retail store in Wakayama. (O STREET Uchida) |
December, 2001 | Opened the retail store in Ishikawa. (Matto-Apita) |
September, 2002 | Advanced into the outlet business fields. Opened the retail store in Iwate. (Kitakami-Sakurano) |
October, 2002 | Opened the retail store in Aomori. (Hirosaki-Sakurano) |
March, 2004 | Opened the retail store in Miyazaki. (Miyakonojo Daimaru-Center) |
April, 2004 | Opened the retail store in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi. (Chofu Yume-town) |
June, 2004 | Opened the retail store in Yokote, Akita. (Yokote-Minami Ion Super-Center) |
November, 2004 | Increased the capital to 6,014 million yen. |
December, 2004 | Opened the retail store in Sakata, Yamagata. (Sakata Rock Town) Increased the capital to 6,158 million yen. |
May,2005 | Retail stores exceeded 300 stores in number. |
June,2005 | Increased the capital to 6,176 million yen. |
November,2005 | Opened the retail store in Tottori,Tottori.(Tottori Trinity-Mall) |
April,2006 | Opened the retail store in Tokushima.(Fuji Gran Ishii) |
August,2006 | Moved headquarters and head office to 1-11-1 Azuma, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture |
September,2006 | Opened first store in Kagoshima Prefecture in Kagoshima City (SQUARE MALL Kagoshima-Usuki store). |
October,2006 | Opened first store in Okinawa Prefecture in Itoman City (Okinawa San-a Shiozaki City store). |
June,2008 | Opened first store in Shimane Prefecture in Izumo City (You Me Town Izumo store). |
November,2008 | Began rollout of e-commerce operations. |
March,2010 | Established Harajuku Design Office at Jingumae, Shibuya Ward, Tokyo. |
February,2012 | Opened new store format Salt&Pepper. |
March,2012 | Established Shibuya Design Office in Jinnan, Shibuya Ward, Tokyo (transferred from Harajuku design office). |
December,2013 | Opened new store format BACK NUMBER. |
August,2015 | 514 stores in operation as of fiscal year end. |
April,2018 | Sales department such as product section have been moved to the headquarters in Harajuku. |
June,2019 | Our headquarters and main office are moving to 260-1 Onozaki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture. |