Corporate Overview
| Company Name |
Tabio Corporation |
| Start of Business |
Mar. 1968 |
| Company Founding |
Mar. 1977 |
| Capital |
414,789,000 Yen |
| Lines of Business |
planning, manufacture, wholesale and retail sales of socks Operation of the “Kutsushitaya” franchise chain |
Officers
| President |
Naomasa Ochi |
| President |
Katsuhiro Ochi |
| Director |
Toru Nago |
| Director |
Shigeru Tanigawa |
| Director |
Takao Nakamura |
| Auditor |
Akira Oda |
| Auditor |
Atsushi Hirano |
Brief History
| Mar. 1968 |
Started a comprehensive sock wholesale business under the trademark “DANSOX” |
| Mar. 1977 |
Established DAN Co.,Ltd. (Capital: 6 million Yen) |
| Sep. 1981 |
Opened the Tokyo Office |
| Sep. 1982 |
Opened the first retail store in Sannomiya, Kobe |
| Nov. 1984 |
Opened the first Kutsushitaya franchise store in Kurume City, Fukuoka. |
| Jul. 1986 |
Moved the headquarters to its present address. Introduced the C.I. |
| Jun. 1987 |
Established the Central Research & Distribution Center (Koryo-cho, Kita-Katsuragi-gun, Nara Prefecture) |
| Mar. 1988 |
Introduced a POS system for all the franchise stores |
| May 1989 |
Established the first Chaussettia store (new store concept) in Daikanyama, Tokyo |
| Mar. 1990 |
Established the Chaussettia Business Department with offices in Daikanyama |
| Apr. 1992 |
Established the Corporate Society Kutsushitaya Mutual Prosperity (CSM) |
| Aug. 1994 |
Established the Shanghai Tsu-Dan-Koh Knitting Factory Corp. as a joint venture in Shanghai, China |
| Aug. 1998 |
Opened the first “Kutsushitaya Friends” store in the America-mura (American Village), Osaka |
| Nov. 1998 |
Opened the first “Kutsushitaya International” store in Kichijoji, Tokyo |
| Oct. 2000 |
Listed on the Second Section of the Osaka Securities Exchange. |
| Mar. 2001 |
Established the S.V.R. Technical Center. |
| Mar. 2001 |
Established the Net-Branding Division (The present Kurashika Business Department). |
| Jul. 2001 |
Established a subsidiary, DANSOX UK CO., LTD., in the UK. |
| Mar. 2002 |
DANSOX UK CO., LTD. opened the first “Tabio” store in London. |
| Mar. 2004 |
Opened the first DAN store (men’s socks) in Abeno-ku, Osaka. |
| Sep. 2006 |
Changed business name from "DAN CO., LTD" to "Tabio Corporation". |
