Corporate History

1953
 February Established Ikebukuro Station Building Co., Ltd.
1954
 October With the capital participation of Marubutsu Co., Ltd., the Company shifted operations from the management of the Ikebukuro Station Building to the operation of department stores
1957
 May Changed company name to Tokyo Marubutsu Co., Ltd.
December Started operation of department store under the name Tokyo Marubutsu
1963
 July Tokyo Marubutsu Co., Ltd. becomes registered stock of the Osaka Securities Dealers Association
1969
 June Tokyo Marubutsu closed; commenced preparations for the establishment of PARCO store.
November Opened Ikebukuro PARCO
1970
 April Changed company name to PARCO CO., LTD.
1973
 June Shibuya PARCO opened by Tokyo PARCO Co., Ltd. (established in September 1972), Seibu Theater (later renamed PARCO Theater)
1974
 March Absorbed Tokyo PARCO Co., Ltd. which then took over Shibuya PARCO
1975
 August Opened Sapporo PARCO
December Opened Shibuya PARCO Part2
1976
 September Opened Gifu PARCO
December Opened Chiba PARCO
1977
 April Opened Oita PARCO
July Opened Tsudanuma PARCO
1980
 September Opened Kichijoji PARCO
1981
 September Opened Shibuya PARCO Part3
1983
 June Opened Shin-Tokorozawa PARCO
1984
 August Opened Matsumoto PARCO
1986
 May Opened Kumamoto PARCO
1987
 January Stock listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
1988
 June Opened Shibuya Quattro by PARCO (later renamed CLUB QUATTRO)
August Stock listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
September Established PARCO PROMOTION CO., LTD.
1989
 April Launched PEC Card
May Opened Chofu PARCO
June Opened Nagoya PARCO
1990
 September Opened NOS VOS by PARCO in Oizumi Gakuen, Tokyo
1991
 May Opened Shinsaibashi PARCO
September Acquired stake in SEIDENKO CO., LTD.
November Established PARCO (Singapore) Pte Ltd.
1992
 September Opened Shinsaibashi PARCO-2 (DUE)
1993
 October Opened Hibarigaoka PARCO
1994
 March Opened Ikebukuro P’PARCO
Opened Atsugi PARCO
April Opened Hiroshima PARCO
1996
 April Expanded floor space of Matsumoto PARCO
November Opened Otsu PARCO
1997
 March Opened Utsunomiya PARCO, bringing the total number of complexes in Japan and abroad to 20
1998
 November Opened Nagoya PARCO South Building
2000
 March Established PARCO-CITY CO., LTD.
September Merged SEIDENKO CO., LTD. and PARCO PROMOTIONS CO., LTD.; adopts new corporate of PARCO SPACE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
2001
 June Established NEUVE A CO., LTD.
September Opened Hiroshima PARCO Annex
2002
 April Opened Shibuya ZERO GATE
2003
 May Adopted a "Company with Committees" System
2005
 February Opened Pedi Shiodome
March Opened Sapporo PARCO Annex
2006
 August Closed Gifu PARCO
2007
 March Opened Shizuoka PARCO
October Opened Urawa PARCO
2008
 February Closed Atsugi PARCO
August Opened Sendai PARCO
2010
 March Opened Fukuoka PARCO
March Opened PARCO Marina Bay
2011
 January Closed Oita PARCO
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