H2O Retailing

is a stock holding company which is a member company of Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group. This article covers about 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

External links

• H₂O Retailing Corporation
• Hankyu Hanshin Department Stores, Inc.