| 2018 |
- September
- Opened an overseas flagship store on Kaola.com, a cross-border E-commerce site, completing the move to open a flagship store on each of the three largest E-commerce platforms in China (T-mall, Suning.com, & Kaola.com)
- April
- Made Shaddy Co., Ltd., which sells gift-related products, a subsidiary
- January
- Acquired shares of SAP Corporation, which manages events at cultural heritage sites, to make it a subsidiary
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| 2017 |
- December
- Established Laox Shopping Center Development Co., Ltd., a subsidiary that manages and operates commercial facilities
- July
- Acquired shares of Aito Transportation Co., Ltd., which operates sightseeing taxi service, to make it a subsidiary
- March
- Established Food Creation Co., Ltd., a subsidiary that manages restaurants
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| 2016 |
- August
- Acquired shares of Shinei Co., Ltd., which designs and wholesales women’s shoes, and Shinko Shoes Co., Ltd., which manufactures women’s shoes
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| 2015 |
- December
- Concluded an agreement with Greenland Holdings, one of the largest real estate developers in China, to establish a joint venture
- September
- Established Onward J Bridge Co., Ltd., a joint venture company, with Onward Holdings Co., Ltd.
- July
- Acquired shares of Mode Et Jacomo Co., Ltd., a maker and seller of women’s shoes, to make it a subsidiary
- April
- Implemented the capital increase through the third-party allotment to our parent company
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| 2013 |
- November
- Opened Laox Ginza Main Store, a new type of large-scale tax-free store in the Ginza area
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| 2011 |
- December
- Opened Nanjing Laox LifeYinhe Store, the first store in China
※Physical stores were closed under the revised strategy in 2016.
- November
- Established Laox (Nanjing) Product Procurement CO., LTD. and Laox (Nanjing) Trading CO., LTD. in preparation for full-scale expansion into the Chinese market
- August
- Suning Appliance Co., Ltd. (currently Suning.com) became Laox’s parent company
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| 2010 |
- May
- Established Laox (Legousi) (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd to spearhead the advance into the Chinese market
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| 2009 |
- October
- Opened Laox Akihabara Main Store, the first general tax-free store
- June
- Concluded a business capital alliance agreement with Suning Appliance. Co., Ltd. (currently Suning.com) and Japan Tax-Free Tourism Co., Ltd.
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| 1999 |
- December
- Shares listed on Second Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange
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| 1976 |
- October
- Changed trade name to Laox Co., Ltd.
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| 1948 |
- July
- Electric home appliance division spun off from Taniguchi Electric Corporation and established as Asahi Musen KK
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| 1945 |
- October
- Taniguchi Shoten moved to Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, organized into a corporation, and established as Taniguchi Electric Corporation
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| 1930 |
- May
- Founder Taniguchi Masaharu established Taniguchi Shoten in Sumida-ku, Tokyo
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