HISTORYDaiso Memorial– Daiso Past and Present –
We never stopped for 50 years.
One Price is the mission of Daiso.
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- Pre-establishment
to Establishment -
- March 1972
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The Origin of Daiso Industries
“I want to sell quality goods that please customers.” “I want to create (So) a big (Dai) company with annual sales of 100 million yen.” This was stated by Hirotake Yano, the founder of Daiso, in the early stages of the company. After a half century, let us look at the history and DNA of Daiso. - October 1973
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First Oil Crisis
- Conversion to
Permanent Shops -
- 1977
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Yano Shoten was renamed and incorporated as Daiso Industries Co., Ltd.
- January 1979
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Second Oil Crisis
- Opened offices in
different
cities of Japan
for nationwide deployment -
Interviews with amazing people
who supported Daiso's progress- 1980
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Opening of the Tokyo office
- 1981
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Opening of the Kyushu office
- September 1985
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Plaza Accord Followed by Period of Yen Appreciation
- 1985
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With sales of 3.6 billion yen, Daiso Industries achieved its first operating profit.
We all lodged in a room at the small Fukuoka office. - 1986
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Opening of the Osaka office
- 1987
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Full-scale operation of 100-yen Shop Daiso
We piled the merchandise up to the ceiling to impress customers. - 1991
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Bursting of the economic bubble
- Nationwide supply
chain -
- 1991
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Opening of the first directly managed store in Takamatsu, Kagawa, as the origin of the supply chain
- November 1994
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Won the Award of Excellence at the New Business Awards presented by the New Business Conference
- March 1997
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Achieved annual sales of 30 billion yen
- 1997
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Establishment of the Fukuyama warehouse in Hiroshima, which has a floor area of approximately 3,300 m2, to triple the capacity and introduced the Warehouse Management System (WMS)
- 1999
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Achieved the milestone of 1,000 shops in Japan (directly managed shops and agencies)
The monthly shop opening schedule was filled with new store openings. - 2001
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Achieved the milestone of 2,000 shops in Japan
