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History of Matsuzakaya
| 1611 | ・Ito Genzaemon Sukemichi, a son of Ito Ranmaru Sukehiro who served Oda Nobunaga, opened a kimono fabric and fancy goods wholesale store in Honmachi, Nagoya. (Foundation of Matsuzakaya) |
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| 1659 | ・Sukemichi’s son Sukemoto opened a kimono fabric and fancy goods wholesale store in Chayamachi, Nagoya and called himself Ito Jirozaemon. (Since then the heads of the Ito family succeed to the name Jirozaemon.) |
| 1736 | ・Ito Gofukuten changed its trade from a silk kimono fabric wholesaler to a silk and cotton kimono fabric retailer. |
| 1740 | ・Ito Gofukuten became a kimono fabric purveyor to the Owari Tokugawa clan. |
| 1745 | ・Kyoto Merchandising Branch opened in Muromachi Anekoji. (Newly built in Shinmachidori Rokkaku in 1749) |
| 1768 | ・Acquired Matsuzakaya in Ueno Hirokoji and began business as“Ito Matsuzakaya.” |
| 1907 | ・Ueno store was rebuilt into a Western-style building to display goods for sale and reorganized into “Goshi Kaisha (limited partnership) Ito Gofukuten” (capital ¥250,000) to become financially independent. Employed saleswomen. |
| 1910 | ・Established “Kabushiki Kaisha Ito Gofukuten” with a capital of ¥500,000. Reopened Nagoya store at Sakaemachi Kado, Nagoya as the first department store in the Nagoya region. |
| 1911 | ・Formed Ito Gofukuten Boys Music Band. (Present Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra) |
| 1917 | ・Completed the new main building of Ueno store. (Burnt down in the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923) |
| 1918 | ・Adopted uniforms for the first time in the department store industry. (Striped cotton kimono with a muslin sash) |
| 1924 | ・Ginza store opened at the present location. Allowed customers to enter all floors with their shoes on for the first time in the department store industry. |
| 1925 | ・Changed the company name to “Kabushiki Kaisha Matsuzakaya.” ・Established Seikosha Co., Ltd. (Renamed Matsuzakaya Seiko Co., Ltd. in 2005) ・Nagoya store moved to Minamiotsumachi (present location). |
| 1929 | ・Established Shoei Foods Co., Ltd. ・Rebuilt the new main building of Ueno store at the present location. ・The first elevator girls in the department store industry debuted in Ueno store. |
| 1930 | ・The basement of Ueno store was directly connected to Ueno Hirokoji station on subway Ginza line. |
| 1932 | ・Shizuoka store opened. |
| 1957 | ・Added a south wing to Ueno store. ・Established Matsuzakaya Kimono Museum in Kyoto. |
| 1962 | ・Established Yokohama Matsuzakaya Store. |
| 1963 | ・Built a parking building for Ginza store. (The first Bowser elevator system in Japan) |
| 1966 | ・Held a huge sale on live animals on the roof of Ginza store. |
| 1970 | ・Announced a product tie-up with The Daimaru, Inc. and inaugurated the Central Buying System (CBS). |
| 1971 | ・Established Nozawa Shoji Co., Ltd. |
| 1972 | ・Built an annex to Ginza store and opened an underground passage leading to Ginza subway station. ・Added a north wing to Nagoya store. ・Established Chubu Matsuzakaya Store Co., Ltd. and Kanto Matsuzakaya Store Co., Ltd. (Merged into Matsuzakaya Store Co., Ltd. in 2000) |
| 1973 | ・Established Refex Japan, Inc. |
| 1979 | ・Takatsuki store opened. |
| 1991 | ・Nagoya store added a south wing to consist of three buildings. ・Opened “Matsuzakaya Museum” in the south wing of Nagoya store. |
| 1993 | ・Established a corporate philosophy. |
| 1995 | ・Put up a website and opened an online shop. |
| 1996 | ・Added a north wing to Shizuoka store. |
| 1998 | ・Established an employee code of conduct and basic business transaction rules. |
| 2000 | ・Developed the Matsuzakaya environment program and launched a new information system. |
| 2001 | ・Toyota store opened. |
| 2003 | ・Nagoya store added a new south wing to increase its floor space to the largest level in Japan (86,758 m2). |
| 2004 | ・Introduced an executive officer system and established a management code for personal information protection. |
| 2005 | ・Opened an official goods shop at the Exposition of Global Harmony. |
| 2006 | ・Established a pure holding company “Matsuzakaya Holdings Co., Ltd.” |
September 3, 2007 The Daimaru, Inc. and Matsuzakaya Holdings Co., Ltd. Established a joint holding company J. Front Retailing Co., Ltd. and integrated management.
