H2O Retailing

H₂O Retailing Corporation
エイチ・ツー・オー リテイリング株式会社

Type	Public K.K.
Traded as	TYO: 8242
Industry	Retail
Predecessor	Keihanshin Kyuko Railway Company
Founded	Osaka, Japan (March 7, 1947 (1947-03-07), Hankyu Department Stores, Inc.)
Headquarters	8-7, Kakudacho, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan
Key people	Shunichi Sugioka (Chairman and CEO) Jun Wakabayashi (President)
Revenue	¥505,589 million (March 31, 2012)[1]
Operating income	¥9,958 million (March 31, 2012)[1]
Profit	¥1,057 million (March 31, 2012)[1]
Total assets	¥335,230 million (March 31, 2012)[1]
Total equity	¥168,855 million (March 31, 2012)[1]
Owner	Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (15.19%) Takashimaya Company, Limited (10.65%) Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc. (7.97%)
Number of employees	5,693 (consolidated, 2012)
Parent	Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc. Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
Subsidiaries	Hankyu Hanshin Department Stores, Inc. Hanshoku Co., Ltd. Persona Co., Ltd.
Website	h2o-retailing.co.jp (en)

H₂O Retailing Corporation (エイチ・ツー・オー リテイリング株式会社, Eichi Tsū Ō Riteiringu Kabushikigaisha) is a stock holding company which is a member company of Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group. This article covers about Hankyu Hanshin Department Stores, Inc. (株式会社阪急阪神百貨店, Kabushikigaisha Hankyū Hanshin Hyakkaten) a subsidiary which owns 2 department store chains: Hankyu Department Store and Hanshin Department Store.

History

• March 7, 1947: The department store business was separated from Keihanshin Kyuko Railway Company (present: Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc.) and Hankyu Department Stores, Inc. was founded.
• October 1, 2007: "Hankyu Department Stores, Inc." subsidiarized "the Hanshin Department Store, Ltd." and was renamed "H₂O Retailing Corporation". The department store business was separated to the newly founded company, "Hankyu Department Stores, Inc."
• October 1, 2008: Hankyu Department Stores, Inc. consolidated the Hanshin Department Store, Ltd. and was renamed "Hankyu Hanshin Department Stores, Inc."

See also

• Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group
  • H₂O Retailing Corporation
    • Hankyu Hanshin Department Stores, Inc.
      • Hankyu Department Store
      • Hanshin Department Store
  • Hankyu Railway
  • Hanshin Electric Railway

References

1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Financial Report 2012" (PDF). H2O Retailing Corporation. September 13, 2012. 

External links

• H₂O Retailing Corporation(in English)
• Hankyu Hanshin Department Stores, Inc.(in Japanese)

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