Yamada Denki - History

History

  • 1973 - Noboru Yamada left JVC to start his own business.
  • 1983 - Yamada Denki Co., Ltd. founded.
  • 1989 - Listed on JASDAQ.
  • 1996 - Started business as internet service provider.
  • September 2000 - Promoted to the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
  • 2002 - Acquired Daikuma from Ito Yokado as a subsidiary.
  • 2004 - Opened Tecc Land Gushikawa store in Gushikawa (now Uruma), Okinawa.
  • 2004 - Yamada Denki's first city-based store, the main Hiroshima store, opened.
  • 2004 - Invests in Kouziro Co., Ltd, owner of Shopland PC.
  • February 25, 2005 - Became the first Japanese specialist store or consumer electronics store to record consolidated sales in excess of 1 trillion yen.
  • July 29, 2005 - With the opening of the Tecc Land Tokushima Aizumi branch, succeeded in opening a store in every prefecture in Japan.
  • March 10, 2006 - Opened the first city store adjacent to a terminus, LABI1 Namba, 700m south of Namba Station in Naniwa-ku, Osaka.
  • November 21, 2006 - Entered a business alliance (and capital alliance) with a Kyūshū-based consumer electronics retailer, Shōichi Denki (株式会社正一電気?). The companies plan to found a joint venture, Kyūshū Tecc Land, by February 2007.
  • 2007–present - Opened a city store in front of the east exit of Takasaki Station in Takasaki, Gunma, and moved the company headquarters, currently in Maebashi, to the new Takasaki store.

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