Nitori Co., Ltd is a

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and home accessories retail company. It is the largest furniture and home furnishing chain in Japan. Founded in 1967 by the company's current

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Akio Nitori. Nitori currently has more than 400 stores in Japan and more than 50 stores in

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, the

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and

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. Nitori's headquarters are located in

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, Japan. The company's products are sold in the

under the Aki-Home brand name. NITORI_Takatsuki

History

* 1967 - Established NITORI furniture store in Sapporo * 1973 - Adopted direct purchasing scheme from vender * 1975 - Built Japan's first air dome opened Nango store * 1980 - Introduced the first automated vertical warehouse in the Japanese distribution industry * 1986 - Began full-scale direct imports of overseas products * 1987 - Invested in furniture manufacture, Marumitsu Woodwork, effectively establishing it as a subsidiary * 1993 - Opened first

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store * 1994 - Commenced operations at own plants overseas * 2000 - Opened

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distribution center * 2003 - Achieved Sales 100 billion Japanese yen and 100 stores * 2004 - Entered the online sales business * 2007 - Opened Kaohsiung Dream Time store in Taiwan, the first store overseas * 2009 - Achieved Sales 200 billion Japanese yen and 200 stores * 2011 - Launched new format "Deco Home" and commenced shopping mall business in operations by NITORI * 2012 & 2013 - Achieved Sales 340 billion Japanese Yen and 300 stores * 2013 - Opened "Aki-Home", the first store in the United States * 2014 - Opened first store in

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, China *2022 - Opened its first store in

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at LaLaport Bukit Bintang City Centre. A second store will also be opening in third quarter of the year at

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. At the same time, Singapore opened the Nitori furniture outlet at Courts Nojima at The Heeren on 31 March 2022 in Orchard Road. Nitori_taiwan_01

References

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