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Company History
| 1990 |
May Opened the first directly operated BOOKOFF store in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture
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| 1991 |
Aug Established BOOKOFF CORPORATION LIMITED Oct Launched BOOKOFF franchise chain business in Japan Nov The first BOOKOFF franchise store opened |
| 1994 |
Aug Opened Sagamihara Tana Product Center (merged with the Tomei Yokohama Logistics Center in May 2007) |
| 1996 |
Dec Began handling used home electronics as a HARD OFF franchisee
Opened Seminar House (training center) |
| 1998 |
Jul Moved head office to current location Sep Opened Sagamihara Central Product Center (merged with the Tomei Yokohama Logistics Center in May 2007) |
| 1999 |
Apr Began handling used children’s goods |
| 2000 |
Jan Began handling used sports and outdoor goods Feb Opened BOOKOFF's first overseas store Apr Began handling used jewelry and watches
Began handling used clothing items Sep Joined TSUTAYA as a franchisee for video rentals Dec Opened the first Chuko-Gekijo (comprehensive, large-format reuse store) (currently BOOKOFF SUPER BAZAAR) |
| 2001 |
Sep Began handling used tableware and other used miscellaneous items |
| 2004 |
Mar Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange Jun Opened the first BOOKOFF store in France handling Japanese cultural products |
| 2005 |
Mar Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| 2007 |
Apr Began handling used plastic models and figurines and other used hobby items May Opened Tomei Yokohama Logistics Center Aug Opened BOOKOFF Online (E-commerce site) Sep Opened the first BOOKOFF store in France handling local books, CDs and DVDs |
| 2008 |
Sep Merged YCC Ltd. as a wholly owned subsidiary (absorbed by subsidiary BOOKOFF Media, Inc. via merger in April 2010) Nov Established Aoyama Book Center Ltd. by acquiring the operation of Aoyama Book Center and Ryusui Shobo (absorbed by subsidiary Brass Media Corporation, Ltd. via merger in April 2012) |
| 2009 |
Sep Opened the first BOOKOFF SUPER BAZAAR (comprehensive, large-format reuse store) |
| 2010 |
Oct Established B-Assist, Inc. (designated as a special subsidiary company in December 2010) |
| 2011 |
Dec Began handling used mobile phones |
| 2012 |
Sep Published “Be Picture Book” as BOOKOFF Group’s first private-label brand |
| 2013 |
Jan Acquired a portion of the shares of franchisee BOOKOFF With Co., Ltd., making it a subsidiary Apr Established hugall, Inc. |
| 2014 |
Apr Established a capital and business alliance with Yahoo Japan Corporation May Established Reuse Connect Co., Ltd. (a wholly owned subsidiary) for operation of BOOKOFF stores in Japan Oct 31 TSUTAYA transferred to newly spun-off subsidiary Brass Media Corporation, with 80% of shares transferred to NIPPON SHUPPAN HANBAI INC. |
| 2015 |
Mar Canceled HARD OFF franchising agreement with HARD OFF CORPORATION Co., Ltd. May Acquired all shares of franchisee Booklet Co., Ltd., making it a wholly owned subsidiary
Established BOOKOFF OKINAWA, inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary) for further operation of BOOKOFF stores in Japan |
| 2016 |
Jan Acquired all shares of Booklog, Inc., making it a wholly owned subsidiary, for the purpose of operating a community book review website in Japan Jul Acquired capital stake in and made subsidiary of BOK MARKETING SDN BHD, established by KOIKE MALAYSIA SDN BHD based on triparty agreement by shareholders of BOOKOFF CORPORATION, KOIKE CORPORATION LIMITED, and KOIKE MALAYSIA SDN BHD, for the purpose of operating reuse shops in Malaysia Nov BOK MARKETING SDN BHD opened reuse shop Jalan Jalan Japan in One City Sky Park mall in Malaysia |
| 2017 |
Apr Acquired all shares of franchisee Manas Co., Ltd., making it a wholly owned subsidiary |
| 2018 |
Mar hugall, Inc. merged with BOOKOFF Online, Inc., with BOOKOFF Online, Inc. as the surviving entity Oct Established BOOKOFF GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED as pure holding company (wholly owning parent company) via an independent share transfer from BOOKOFF CORPORATION LIMITED, which became a wholly owned subsidiary |
| 2019 |
Jan BOOKOFF Minami Kyushu was established to operate domestic BOOKOFF stores. Apr Reuse Connect Co., Ltd. was absorbed by BOOKOFF CORPORATION LIMITED Sep Acquired all shares of Jewelry Asset Managers Inc. and Aidect Hong Kong Limited., making them wholly owned subsidiaries |
