Robinson Department Store Co., Ltd. 株式会社ロビンソン百貨店 | |
Type: | Subsidiary |
Fate: | Merged |
Successor: | Sogo & Seibu |
Location City: | Kasukabe, Saitama |
Location Country: | Japan |
Locations: | 2 (Kasukabe and Odawara) |
Industry: | Retailing |
Services: | Department stores |
Parent: | Sogo & Seibu |
was a Japanese department store franchise run by Sogo & Seibu.
In 1984, Ito-Yokado, a company that co-operated with J. W. Robinson's backed by restructuring funds from the Sapporo branch of Matsuzakaya, started . Following the next year, the first Robinson Japan store was open in Kasukabe, where the Tōbu Isesaki Line exists as it was outside of Ito-Yokado's area of dominance. Originally a Seibu Department Stores branch was planned in Kasukabe, but as Seibu's contract agreement was terminated during the construction, Ito-Yokado capitalize the opportunity to build the first Robinson Japan. This is in coincidence that the western exit of the Kasukabe Station is near the Kasukabe branch of Ito-Yokado.