Business Description
The domestic segment supplies the great majority of revenue and profit: Don Quijote and MEGA Don Quijote discount stores, which sell everything from cosmetics and food to electronics and costumes, plus the UNY general-merchandise chain acquired from FamilyMart's parent and progressively converted to a Don Quijote-influenced format. North America covers supermarkets in Hawaii and California serving Japanese and Asian shoppers, and the Asian business runs the DON DON DONKI banner in Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, Taiwan, Macau and Malaysia, where Japanese food and produce are the main draw.
The domestic format rests on two habits the company has kept since its founding: compressed display, which packs merchandise floor to ceiling so shopping feels like a treasure hunt, and unusually wide authority delegated to individual store staff over what to stock and how to price it. That makes each store a local experiment and makes same-store sales, inbound tourist spending and the yen the numbers to watch. Takao Yasuda opened the first store in Tokyo in 1978 and the company was established in September 1980; it took its present holding-company name in 2019. Unusually among Japanese retailers, the fiscal year ends on 30 June.
Corporate Data
| Ticker | 7532 |
|---|---|
| Exchange | Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| Size Category | TOPIX Mid400 |
| Market Segment | Prime Market |
| Sector | Retail Trade |
| Head Office | Dogenzaka-dori, 2-25-12 Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0043, Japan |
| Founded | September 5, 1980 |
| Fiscal Year End | June 30 |
| Website | Official website |