Yodobashi camera
| Yodobashi camera | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Kabushiki kaisha (joint stock company) |
| founding | July 1967 |
| Seat | Kita-Shinjuku , Shinjuku , Tokyo |
| Number of employees | 4500 (as of October 2009) |
| sales | 701.2 billion yen (5.3 billion euros, as of March 2009 ) |
| Branch | retail trade |
| Website | www.yodobashi.com |
KK Yodobashi Camera ( Japanese 株式会社 ヨ ド バ シ カ メ ラ , Kabushiki-gaisha Yodobashi camera ; English Yodobashi Camera Co., Ltd. ) is a Japanese retail chain that mainly sells electronics products. The company is based in Shinjuku , Tokyo .
Sales in the 2008/2009 fiscal year amounted to 701.2 billion yen , and in October 2009 the company had 4,500 employees. It has eight branches in Tokyo Prefecture, four in Kanagawa Prefecture and eight in the rest of the country. In 2008/2009, Yodobashi Camera made a profit of 35.6 billion yen.
Yodobashi Camera was founded by Terukazu Fujisawa, who started selling cameras and accessories in Shibuya in 1960 . In 1967 he founded the KK Yodobashi Shashin Shōkai ( 株式会社 淀 橋 写真 商会 ) in the Yodobashi district , which has been called Yodobashi Camera since 1974. The main house in Shinjuku opened in 1975.
Web links
- Official Website (Japanese)