Takashimaya Co., Ltd. - Takashimaya

Japanese: 高島屋[株] - たかしまや

In 1831, Iida Shinshichi founded Takashimaya, a cotton merchant, in Karasuma, Kyoto. In 1855, it became a kimono merchant. In 1909, it became Takashimaya Iida General Partnership, and in 1919, it became Takashimaya Kimono Store Co., Ltd., a Kansai-based department store that adopted its current name in 1930. It is a long-established department store on a par with Mitsukoshi. It has 14 stores, including the Shinjuku store that opened in 1996, in Osaka, Tokyo, Kyoto, Sakai, Wakayama, etc. In 1996, it merged with its subsidiary Yokohama Takashimaya and other stores. Since then, it has been the top in the industry in terms of sales. Head office is in Osaka. In 2011, the company's capital was 56 billion yen, and sales for the fiscal year ending February 2011 were 869.4 billion yen. Sales breakdown (%) is department stores 89%, construction and decoration 2, real estate 3, finance 1, and other 4.

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Japanese:

1831年，飯田新七が京都烏丸に木綿商高島屋を創業。1855年呉服商となる。1909年高島屋飯田合名会社，1919年株式会社高島屋呉服店となり1930年現社名となった関西系百貨店。三越と並ぶ百貨店の老舗。1996年開店の新宿店を含め，大阪，東京，京都，堺，和歌山など14店舗。1996年に子会社の横浜高島屋などを合併。以後売上高で業界トップ。本社大阪。2011年資本金560億円，2011年２月期売上高8694億円。売上構成（％）は，百貨店業89，建装２，不動産業３，金融業１，その他４。

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