H2O Retailing

Stock holding company
  • Hankyu Hanshin Holdings:
    • directly (8.26%)
    • through Hanshin Electric Railway (11.78%)
  • Takashimaya cross ownership (5%)
Number of employees
5,693 (consolidated, 2012)ParentHankyu Hanshin Toho GroupSubsidiariesHankyu Hanshin Department Stores, Inc.
Hanshoku Co., Ltd.
Persona Co., Ltd.Websiteh2o-retailing.co.jp (en)
Hankyu Hanshin Department Stores, Inc.
Native name
株式会社阪急阪神百貨店
Romanized name
Kabushiki gaisha Hankyū Hanshin Hyakkaten
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryRetail
PredecessorHankyu Department Stores, Inc. (present H2O Retailing Corporation)
The Hanshin Department Store, Ltd.
FoundedOsaka, Japan (October 1, 2007 (2007-10-01)), Hankyu Department Stores, Inc.; took over the department store business from Hankyu Department Stores, inc. (first)
Headquarters8-7, Kakudacho, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan
Number of locations
11 in Japan (Hankyu)
4 in Japan (Hanshin)
ParentH2O Retailing Corporation
Websitehankyu-hanshin-dept.co.jp

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 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

  • Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group
    • H2O Retailing Corporation
      • Hankyu Hanshin Department Stores, Inc.
        • Hankyu Department Store
        • Hanshin Department Store
    • Hankyu Railway
    • Hanshin Electric Railway

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Financial Report 2012" (PDF). H2O Retailing Corporation. September 13, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 5, 2012.
  • H2O Retailing Corporation(in English)
  • Hankyu Hanshin Department Stores, Inc.(in Japanese)
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