History

1967	December	"NITORI Furniture Store" established.
1972	March	"NITORI Furniture Wholesale Center Co., Ltd." (2 stores) founded.
1975	December	"Nango Store," Japan's first air dome construction, opened as a furniture store in Shiroishi Ward, Sapporo.
1978	June	Company name changed to "NITORI Furniture Co., Ltd."
1980	August	"Distribution Center" moved to Teine Ward, Sapporo and an automated multi-level warehouse opened to save labor and preserve products.
1981	June	"Tomakomai Store" opened in Tomakomai as the first store outside of Sapporo.
1986	May	Direct import of overseas products started.
1986	July	Company name changed to "NITORI Co., Ltd." and store name to "Home Furnishing NITORI".
1989	March	"N.T. Singapore PTE, Ltd." established as a Singapore-based affiliate.
1989	September	Listed on the Sapporo Stock Exchange.
1993	March	"Katsuta Store" opened in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki as the first store in Honshu.
1995	September	Expanded the Distribution Center and established the most advanced automated multi-level warehouse system.
1998	March	Store name changed to "Home Fashion NITORI."
2000	July	"Kanto Distribution Center" reorganized and moved to Shiraoka, Saitama.
2000	August	Marumitsu Co., Ltd. became a wholly owned subsidiary.
2002	October	Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
2003	February	Achieved sales of 100 billion yen.
2003	December	Opened our 100th store.
2004	March	"Pinghu Distribution Center" opened in Shanghai, China. The first Japanese company licensed as a 100% joint venture based on the Foreign Business Investment Export Supply Center Management Law.
	September	Entered the E-commerce market (NITORI Net).
	October	"Kansai Distribution Center" opened. Marumitsu Vietnam Factory opened.
	November	Donated 100 million yen to the victims of Niigate Chuetsu Earthquake.
2005	January	Donated 200 million yen to the victims of the Sumatra Earthquake through the Japan Red Cross Society.
	February	NITORI Hokkaido Aid Fund established.
	March	Set up the NITORI International Scholarship Foundation (The Foundation changed its status to a public interest incorporated foundation in October 2009). Launched the advertising agency business as NITORI Public Co., Ltd. (formerly known as Daimaru Shoji Co., Ltd.) after the taking over the business from Public Center Co., Ltd.
2006	April	"Akabane Store" opened in Kita-ku, Tokyo.
2007	May	The first overseas store "Kaohsiung Dream Mall store" opened in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
	June	Set up the Huizhou Logistics Center in Huizhou, China.
	July	Started a long-term furniture warranty service.
	October	Started "Integrated Kitchen System" business. Entered the home renovation market.
2008	February	Achieved net sales of 200 billion yen.
	June	The first "Price Cut Declaration" started. (Cut prices on a total of 12 subsequent occasions in the period through 2012.)
	November	Awarded silver prize in the 2nd Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry award for "Excellent Product Safety Measure Firm.".
2009	September	Opened our 200th store.
2010	August	Switched to a holding company system. Made the sales division and the logistics division independent, as NITORI Co., Ltd. and Home Logistics Co., Ltd., respectively. Changed the company name to NITORI Holdings Co., Ltd. Sponsored the First NITORI Ladies Golf Tournament. (Continued to sponsor the Tournament in the subsequent period.)
2010	October	Opened the Kyushu Logistics Center in Sasagurimachi, Fukuoka Prefecture.
2011	February	Launched operations for a new Deco Home business format.
	March	Opened a store in our 47th prefecture with "Matsue Store" in Shimane. Donated 1.8 billion yen for the victims of the Great East Japan earthquake.
	April	Established the NITORI Culture Foundation. (The Foundation changed its status to a public interest incorporated foundation in December 2012.)
	June	Launched a new functional product development project with Teijin Ltd. Developed and sold various products, including heat-reflective curtains and school backpacks.
	August	Set up NITORI Facility Co., Ltd. Converted Home Deco Co., Ltd. into a subsidiary.
	October	Opened NITORI Mall Higashi Osaka, NITORI 's first mall operation business.
	November	Received the Director-General for Commerce and Distribution Policy Award in the Fifth Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Award for Best Contributors to Product Safety.
2012	April	NITORI International Scholarship Foundation began recruiting scholarship students for a total of 1 billion yen in scholarships to students who were victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake and were economically unable to attend school.
2012	October	Moved the Sapporo Head Office to Kita-ku, Sapporo City.
2013	February	The number of stores reached 300. Achieved net sales of 300 billion yen.
	October	Opened Aki-Home Fullerton and Aki-Home Tustin in the state of California as the first stores in the United States.
	November	Received the Director-General for Commerce, Distribution and Industrial Safety Policy Award in the Seventh Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Award for Best Contributors to Product Safety.
2014	February	Started distributing NITORI Smartphone App.
	May	Toshiyuki Shirai appointed chief executive officer of NITORI Co., Ltd.
	October	Opened the Wuhan Star City Store in Hubei province as the first store in China.
	November	Received the Director-General for Commerce, Distribution and Industrial Safety Policy Award for the second consecutive year in the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Award for Best Contributors to Product Safety.
2015	February	Achieved net sales of 400 billion yen.
	April	Introduced a new home fashion line of brand called the "NITORI QUALITY LINE." Set up the NITORI Ladies Track & Field Club. Opened the Printemps Ginza Store as the first store inside a department store.
	October	Opened our 400th store.
2016	February	Toshiyuki Shirai took office as the chief executive officer of NITORI Holdings Co., Ltd. based on a resolution of a meeting of the Board of Directors.
	March	Concluded affiliation agreements with three female professional golfers.
	May	Changed corporate status to a company with an audit and supervisory committee based on a resolution of the 44th General Meeting of Shareholders.
	July	Opened the NITORI Otaru Art Village.
	August	Introduced a new line of brand called "DAY value."
2017	March	Launched operations for NITORI Express, a new business format.
	September	Introduced a new line of brand called "&Style". Grand opening of Otaru Art Base.
	October	Opened our 500th store.
2018	May	Made Thai Negoro Co., Ltd. as a wholly owned subsidiary.
	October	Opened NITORI Business Shibuya Showroom.
	November	Grand opening of the stained glass gallery of Otaru Art Base .
2019	February	Built management platform for human resource.
	March	Started apparel brand N Plus.
	July	Nitori, City of Sapporo and Hokkaido University signed collaboration agreement for development of "Future IT Human Resource."
	August	Held the first "Sapporo Susukino Samba Carnival."
	November	Opened our 600th store.
2020	February	Masanori Takeda appointed as chief executive officer of NITORI Co., Ltd.
	August	Signed an affiliation contract with Mizuki Tanaka, professional women's golfer.
	November	Opened our 700th store.
	December	Home Logistics jointly received Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Award at Green Logistics Partnership Conference Awards for Excellence.
2021	February	Opened NITORI Business Grandfront Osaka showroom.
	March	Made SHIMACHU CO., LTD. as a wholly owned subsidiary.
	June	Opened NITORI HOME'S Miyahara Store, an integrated store of NITORI and SHIMACHU.
	September	Began operation of Ishikari DC, the first step toward rebuilding the logistics network.
2022	January	Opened NITORI LaLaport BUKIT BINTANG CITY CENTRE in Malaysia, the first in Southeast Asia.
	February	Opened our 800th store.
	March	Opened NITORI Orchard on Singapore's Orchard Road as the first store in Singapore.
	April	Established Nitor Digital Base LTD., CO. Formed business alliance with EDION Corporation.
2023	March	Opened our 900th store.
	August	Opened NITORI central wOrld as the first store in Thailand.
	September	Opened NITORI Kowloon Bay MegaBox as the first store in Hong Kong.
	November	Opened NITORI emart Hawolgok as the first store in Korea.
	December	Opened NITORI SORA gardens SC as the first store in Vietnam.
2024	March	With the opening of NITORI Tsuruga in Fukui Prefecture, the Nitori Group has achieved 1,000 stores in the world.
	April	Opened NITORI MITSUKOSHI BGC as the first store in the Philippines.
	July	Opened NITORI Central Park as the first store in Indonesia.
	November	Nitori announced their new 10kg drum-type washer-dryer at a product launch event.
	December	Opened NITORI Mumbai R City Mall as the first store in India.
2025	February	Nitori Group's updated corporate Mission (Aspiration): "Enrich the everyday lives of people all over the world.".