Nitori Co., Ltd is a

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and home accessories retail company headquartered in

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. The company is the largest furniture and home furnishing chain in Japan. Nitori was founded in

in 1967, by the company's current

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, Akio Nitori. Nitori currently has more than 700 stores in Japan and more than 70 stores in

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, more than 50 stores in

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, the

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, and

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. The company's products are sold in the

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under the Aki-Home brand name. In November 2010, Nitori Holdings, Inc. was established as a wholly owned subsidiary of Nitori Holdings (holding company) following the transition to a holding company structure, which was established in 2012 and began operating stores under the name "AKi-Home" (after Akio's name) the following year. Nitori was ranked the #1 most desirable company to work for among new graduates in 2023 and 2024. NITORI_Takatsuki

History

* 1967 - Established NITORI furniture store in Sapporo * 1973 - Adopted direct purchasing scheme from vender * 1975 - Built Japan's first air dome, opened Nango store * 1980 - Introduced the first automated vertical warehouse in the Japanese distribution industry * 1986 - Began full-scale direct imports of overseas products * 1987 - Invested in furniture manufacture, Marumitsu Woodwork, effectively establishing it as a subsidiary * 1993 - Opened first

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store * 1994 - Commenced operations at own plants overseas * 2000 - Opened

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distribution center * 2003 - Achieved Sales 100 billion Japanese yen and 100 stores * 2004 - Entered the online sales business * 2007 - Opened Kaohsiung Dream Time store in Taiwan, the first store overseas * 2009 - Achieved Sales 200 billion Japanese yen and 200 stores * 2011 - Launched new format "Deco Home" and commenced shopping mall business in operations by NITORI * 2012 & 2013 - Achieved Sales 340 billion Japanese Yen and 300 stores * 2013 - Opened "Aki-Home", the first store in the United States * 2014 - Opened first store in

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, China * 2022 - Opened its first store in

at LaLaport Bukit Bintang City Centre. A second store will also be opening in third quarter of the year at

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. At the same time, Singapore opened the Nitori furniture outlet at Courts Nojima at The Heeren on 31 March 2022 in Orchard Road. * 2023 - Opened its first store in

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shopping complex,

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* 2024 - Opened its first store in the

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in Taguig, as well as in

at Jakarta's

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