MARUI GROUP's History

• 2000JanuaryLaunched Marui store website

• FebruaryOpened Marui Family Shiki
  Established sales companies Fashion Freak Co., Ltd. and Access Co., Ltd.

• AprilOpened specialty store on 4th floor of LaLaport TOKYO-BAY

• AugustBegan offering special benefit services for people having weddings

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  2000
  New Akai Card

  OctoberBegan issuing new Akai Cards and introduced new revolving payment system for cash advances

• 2001JanuaryBegan issuing GALA@DEBUT Cards featuring special benefits for job seekers

• FebruaryEstablished Marui be Machida (currently Machida Modi) Established sales company M's Mode Co., Ltd.

2002AprilOpened Marui Family Ebina

• 2003FebruaryEstablished Marui Smart Support Co., Ltd. to provide office function outsourcing services

• AprilChanged fiscal year from February 1–January 31 to April 1–March 31

• MayEstablished food product procurement and sales company Marui Seasoning Co., Ltd.

• OctoberSwitched Group to an integrated management system
  Opened Kobe Marui, the first Marui store in the Kansai region

• 2004FebruaryOpened Kitasenju Marui, the largest Marui store to date

• MarchEstablished women's accessory procurement and sales company Marui Palette Co., Ltd. and women's clothing procurement and sales company Marui Fashion Navi Co., Ltd.

• OctoberEstablished credit card company Marui Card Co., Ltd.
  Began introducing new IT systems for sales

• NovemberEstablished collection and management of receivables business subsidiary MRI Co., Ltd.

• 2005FebruaryEstablished PM Business Division in AIM CREATE CO., LTD. and Staff Dispatch & Education Division in Marui Smart Support Co., Ltd.

• MarchObtained special license from Visa International for MARUI Card that included direct issuance rights

• AprilTadao Aoi became Chairman; Hiroshi Aoi became President

• MayAnnounced MARUI GROUP's medium-term management plan

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  2006
  EPOS card

  2006MarchBegan issuing EPOS cards

• AprilEstablished e-commerce and mail-order sales company Marui Voi, Co., Ltd.

• AugustEstablished interior product procurement and sales company in The Room Co., Ltd.

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  2006
  Namba Marui

  SeptemberOpened Namba MaruiAIM CREATE CO., LTD. established Machida Modi on the site of former Marui be Machida, representing a shift to a new business

• 2007FebruaryOpened Marui City Shinjuku-1 (currently Shinjuku Marui Annex)

• MarchEstablished Totsuka Modi
  Established Kawagoe ModiEstablished Procent Inc. as a joint venture with OMC Card, Inc.

• MayEstablished sporting goods procurement and sales company Marui Field Co., Ltd.

• SeptemberIntegrated Moving's home delivery business into Yamato's Home Convenience service
  Established Tachikawa Modi

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  2007
  Yurakucho Marui

  OctoberSwitched to holding company system; Changed name to MARUI GROUP CO., LTDEstablished watch procurement and sales company MARUI 4 DOT WATCH CO., LTD.Established Marui Home Service Co., Ltd. which commenced operations after spinoff in January 2008, to expand the home service operations of CSC Service Co., Ltd.Opened Yurakucho Marui

• 2008FebruaryBegan issuing HP Directplus EPOS CARD, the first collaboration card with a partner company

• MarchOpened ru JEANS Tokyo Marui in Jiuguang Department Store in Shanghai, China

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  2008
  EPOS Gold cards

  AprilStarted the MARUI GROUP's "The Power of Fashion to you." campaignBegan issuing EPOS Gold cards

• JuneTadao Aoi became Honorary Chairman

• AugustEstablished Marui (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. as retailing business base in China

• SeptemberBegan issuing EPOS Hundred Design Cards

• OctoberIntegrated all procurement and sales companies into MARUI CO., LTD.

• 2009FebruaryReorganized six stores in Shinjuku
  Opened Shinjuku Marui One and Shinjuku Marui Karen

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  2009
  Shinjuku Marui Main Building

  AprilOpened Shinjuku Marui Main Building

• SeptemberOpened Shinjuku Marui Annex