H2O Retailing

{{Short description|Stock holding company}}

{{DISPLAYTITLE:H2O Retailing}}

{{Infobox company

| name = H2O Retailing Corporation

| former_name = Hankyu Department Stores, Inc. (1947—2007)

| native_name = エイチ・ツー・オー リテイリング株式会社

| native_name_lang = ja

| romanized_name = Eichi Tsū Ō Riteiringu kabushiki gaisha

| logo = File:H2O Retailing Logo.svg

| logo_size = 200px

| type = Public (Kabushiki gaisha)

| traded_as = {{tyo|8242}}

| founder = Ichizō Kobayashi (for the Hankyu Department Stores branch)

| location = Hankyu Department Store Umeda Main Store
8-7, Kakudacho, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan
{{small|Registered office}}
{{ill|Osaka Umeda Twin Towers South|ja|大阪梅田ツインタワーズ・サウス}}
13-1, Umeda 1-chōme, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan
{{small|Corporate headquarters}}

| key_people = Shunichi Sugioka
(Chairman and CEO)
Jun Wakabayashi
(President)

| industry = Retail

| revenue = {{increase}} ¥505,589 million (March 31, 2012){{cite web|url=http://www.h2o-retailing.co.jp/annual/pdf/f_report2012.pdf|title=Financial Report 2012|date=September 13, 2012|format=PDF|publisher=H2O Retailing Corporation|access-date=November 5, 2012|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073932/http://www.h2o-retailing.co.jp/annual/pdf/f_report2012.pdf|url-status=dead}}

| operating_income = {{decrease}} ¥9,958 million (March 31, 2012)

| net_income = {{decrease}} ¥1,057 million (March 31, 2012)

| assets = {{decrease}} ¥335,230 million (March 31, 2012)

| equity = {{increase}} ¥168,855 million (March 31, 2012)

| owner = {{plainlist|

| num_employees = 5,693 (consolidated, 2012)

| parent = Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group

| subsid = Hankyu Hanshin Department Stores, Inc.
Hanshoku Co., Ltd.
Persona Co., Ltd.

| homepage = {{URL|h2o-retailing.co.jp}} {{URL|h2o-retailing.co.jp/e/|(en)}}

| foundation = {{Start date|1947|3|7}} in Osaka

}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Hankyu Hanshin Department Stores, Inc.

| native_name = 株式会社阪急阪神百貨店

| native_name_lang = ja

| romanized_name = Kabushiki gaisha Hankyū Hanshin Hyakkaten

| logo = File:HanshinLogo.svg

| type = Subsidiary

| predecessor = Hankyu Department Stores, Inc. (present H2O Retailing Corporation)
The Hanshin Department Store, Ltd.

| location = Hankyu Department Store Umeda Main Store
8-7, Kakudacho, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan
{{small|Registered office}}
Osaka Umeda Twin Towers South
13-1, Umeda 1-chōme, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan
{{small|Corporate headquarters}}

| locations = 11 in Japan (Hankyu)
4 in Japan (Hanshin)

| industry = Retail

| parent = H2O Retailing Corporation

| homepage = {{URL|hankyu-hanshin-dept.co.jp}}

| foundation = Osaka, Japan ({{Start date|2007|10|1}}), Hankyu Department Stores, Inc.; took over the department store business from Hankyu Department Stores, inc. (first)

}}

{{nihongo|H2O Retailing Corporation|エイチ・ツー・オー リテイリング株式会社|Eichi Tsū Ō Riteiringu Kabushikigaisha}} is a stock holding company which is a member company of Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group. This article covers about {{nihongo|Hankyu Hanshin Department Stores, Inc.|株式会社阪急阪神百貨店|Kabushikigaisha Hankyū Hanshin Hyakkaten}} a subsidiary which owns 2 department store chains: Hankyu Department Store and Hanshin Department Store.

History

  • March 7, 1947: The department store business was separated from Keihanshin Kyuko Railway Company (present: Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc.) and Hankyu Department Stores, Inc. was founded.
  • October 1, 2007: "Hankyu Department Stores, Inc." subsidiarized "the Hanshin Department Store, Ltd." and was renamed "H2O Retailing Corporation". The department store business was separated to the newly founded company, "Hankyu Department Stores, Inc."
  • October 1, 2008: Hankyu Department Stores, Inc. consolidated the Hanshin Department Store, Ltd. and was renamed "Hankyu Hanshin Department Stores, Inc."

See also

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