Culture Convenience Club

{{Short description|Japanese video rental and bookstore chain}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Culture Convenience Club Company, Limited

| native_name = カルチュア・コンビニエンス・クラブ株式会社

| romanized_name = Karuchua Konbiniensu Kurabu Kabushikigaisha

| logo = Culture Convenience Club (CCC) logo.svg

| caption =

| image = TSUTAYA Ibaraki.JPG

| image_caption = A Tsutaya shop in Ibaraki, Osaka

| type = Private KK

| foundation = Hirakata, Osaka (1982)

| founder = Muneaki Masuda

| location_city = Tokyo

| location_country = Japan

| location =

| locations =

| area_served = Japan
Taiwan{{cite web |title=關於 |url=https://www.facebook.com/pg/TsutayaBookstoreTW/about |website=Tsutaya Bookstore Taiwan - facebook |access-date=2020-06-16}}
Malaysia{{Cite web | title=TSUTAYA BOOKS MALAYSIA SDN. BHD. | url=https://www.ccc-my.com/ | website=ccc-my.com}}

| key_people = Muneaki Masuda (CEO)

| industry = Video rental shop
Bookselling

| products =

| services =

| revenue = JPY 189,299 million (2010){{cite web|url=http://www.ccc.co.jp/eng/fileupload/pdf/news/100528FY09-4Q_eng.pdf|title=CCC Group consolidated annual results for year ending Mar 31, 2010|date=May 11, 2010|access-date=June 13, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227140151/http://www.ccc.co.jp/eng/fileupload/pdf/news/100528FY09-4Q_eng.pdf|archive-date=December 27, 2010}}

| operating_income = JPY 12,841 million (2010)

| net_income = JPY 9,424 million (2010)

| aum =

| equity = JPY 124,229 million (2010){{cite web|url=http://www.ccc.co.jp/fileupload/pdf/news/100511_tanshin201003.pdf|title=平成22年3月期 決算短信|date=May 11, 2010|access-date=June 13, 2010}}

| owner = Muneaki Masuda (DBA MM Holdings KK)

| num_employees =

| parent =

| divisions =

| subsid = Esquire Magazine Japan
Tokuma Shoten
CCC Media House

| homepage = {{url|http://www.ccc.co.jp/}}

}}

{{nihongo|Culture Convenience Club Company, Limited|カルチュア・コンビニエンス・クラブ株式会社|Karuchua Konbiniensu Kurabu Kabushikigaisha}} is a Japanese company that operates Tsutaya (蔦屋), a chain of video rental shops and bookstores throughout Japan and Taiwan. The company is headquartered in Ebisu, Tokyo.{{cite web|url=http://www.ccc.co.jp/company/profile/officelist/|title=会社概要|access-date=June 13, 2010|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619112919/http://www.ccc.co.jp/company/profile/officelist/|archive-date=June 19, 2010}} The stock of the company was formerly listed in the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange ({{TYO|4756}}), but it has since been delisted following a management buyout in 2011.{{cite web |url=http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNASGD0301A_T00C11A2000000/ |title=「TSUTAYA」のCCCがMBO 買い付け総額700億円 |date=3 February 2011 |access-date=June 4, 2014}}

History

As of December 2013, the company and its franchisees operate 1,461 Tsutaya rental shops in Japan.{{cite web|url=http://www.ccc.co.jp/showcase/sc_004049.html?cat=tsutaya|title=TSUTAYA|access-date=June 13, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923201153/http://www.ccc.co.jp/showcase/sc_004049.html?cat=tsutaya|archive-date=September 23, 2015|url-status=dead}}

The T Card, the membership card of Tsutaya, works as a platform for a cross-industry loyalty program. As of May 2010, more than 35 million holders of the card earn "T Points" at FamilyMart, Book Off, Lotteria, and so forth as well as Tsutaya shops.{{cite news |url=http://www.jiji.com/jc/zc?k=201006/2010060800460 |title=CCC、T会員数3500万人突破 |publisher=Jiji Press |date=June 8, 2010 |access-date=June 13, 2010 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}[http://tsite.jp/ T Card official website]

On 17 March 2017, the company acquired magazine publishing brand Tokuma Shoten. The deal was expected to be completed at the end of March.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/biz/asia/japan-culture-convenience-club-to-buy-tokuma-1202010725/|title=Japan Video Leader Culture Convenience Club to Buy Publisher Tokuma|date=17 March 2017}} In September 2017, the Culture Convenience Club signed a deal with China's CITIC Press Group to create a joint cultural content distribution platform.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}

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