COMPANY OVERVIEW

Company
Name

URBAN RESEARCH CO.,LTD

CEO

KEISUKE TAKEMURA

HDQTR

URBAN RESEARCH BLD. 10F,
1-6-4 KYOMACHIBORI, NISHI-KU,
OSAKA CITY, OSAKA, 550-0003

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TEL. +81-6-6445-7000

FAX. +81-6-6445-7077

TOKYO
STUDIO

NF PARK BLD. 1F, 2-9-15 FUTABA, SHINAGAWA-KU,
TOKYO,142-0043

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TEL. +81-3-5749-2090

FAX. +81-3-3782-5677

Press
Room

MICO JINGUMAE BLD., 4-25-12 JINGUMAE, SHIBUYA-KU,
TOKYO, 151-0001

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TEL. +81-50-2017-9011

Operational
HDQTR,
Product Su
pport Depa
rtmant

URBAN RESEARCH BLD. 3F,
1-6-4 KYOMACHIBORI, NISHI-KU,
OSAKA CITY, OSAKA, 550-0003

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TEL. +81-6-6445-5252

FAX. +81-6-6445-5253

Distribution
Center
(URDC)

URDC TSURUMI

5-11-9 YOKOZUTSUMI,
TSURUMI-KU, OSAKA CITY,
OSAKA, 538-0052

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TEL. +81-6-4257-3760

FAX. +81-6-4257-3750

Web
Division

URBAN RESEARCH BLD. 8F,
1-6-4 KYOMACHIBORI, NISHI-KU,
OSAKA CITY, OSAKA, 550-0003

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TEL. +81-6-6445-7035

FAX. +81-6-6445-7037

Design
Room

4F, 2-4-4 KITAHORIE,
NISHI-KU, OSAKA CITY, OSAKA,
550-0014

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TEL. +81-6-6536-1585

FAX. +81-6-6536-2424

Founded

1974.7.1

Established

1989.11.8

Company
Capitalization

10 Million Yen

Settlement
of Accounts

31th January

Sales / Year

52 Billion Yen (as of JAN, 2023)

Number of
Shops

Approx. 250

Employment

Approx. 1,500

Main Banks

MITSUI SUMITOMO,
MITSUBISHI TOKYO UFJ,
RESONA, MIZUHO, etc.

Major Sales
Partners

ITOCHU CORP.MITSUI & Co.,LTD.
Toyoshima &Co.LTD.
SUMIKIM BUSSAN CORP.
Marubeni CORP.
YAGI TUSHO LTD....etc.

BUSINESS PRINCIPLES

Flexibility

Our assets are our people.We know that the world of fashion will not stand still, therefore,we stress creativity and imagination in everything we do.

Customer-Orientated

Our customers' interest always come first. We constantly strive to anticipate the rapidly changing needs of our customers and to develop new services and products to meet those needs.

Value

We make an unusual effort to discover something valuable that has both quality and originality from all over the world in order to share those with our customers. We take great pride in offering not only latest fashion but unchageable basics.

HISTORY

1974

Our first Jeans shop opened
in Kadoma city, Osaka.

1989

ZIGU SANSHIN Co., Ltd. established.

1997

Company head office was relocated to
Higashiosaka city,Osaka.

1997

URBAN RESEARCH America- mura,
the first store of this brand,opened
in America-mura, Osaka.

2000

URBAN RESEARCH Horie opened
on Tachibana St.,Nishi-ku, Osaka.

Product design section,
"UR International" (a.k.a. URI ) was set up.

2001

KBF Minamisenba,the first store of this
brand,opened in Minamisenba, Osaka.

Company name changed to
URBAN RESEARCH CO., LTD.

2002

URBAN RESEARCH Shibuya,
the first store in Kanto area,
opened in Shibuya, Tokyo.

Press Room was set up.

2003

URBAN RESEARCH DOORS Chayamachi,
the first store of this brand,
opened in Chayamachi, Osaka.

2004

Company head office was relocated to
Kitahorie, Nishi-ku, Osaka.

URBAN RESEARCH warehouse MITSUI
OUTLET PARK MARINE PIA KOBE,
the first store of this brand,
opened in KOBE,Hyogo

2005

URBAN RESEARCH Nagoya,
the first store in Tokai area,opened.

URBAN RESEARCH ROSSO Kyoto,the
first store of this brand,opened in Kyoto.

2006

DOORS DINING opened in Minamisenba,
Osaka.

Web section was set up.

2008

Tokyo office was establishd
in Harajuku,Tokyo.

KAGURE Omotesando,the first store of
this brand,opened in Omotesando, Tokyo.

2009

URBAN RESEARCH iD LUMINE MAN
Shibuya opened in Shibuya,Tokyo.

KBF+ SHINJUKU MYLOAD
opened in Shinjuku,Tokyo.

URBAN RESEARCH KYOTO moved and
expanded as a flagship shop.

2010

URBAN RESEARCH Store Shinsaibashi,
the first store of this brand,opened in
Shinsaibashi,Osaka.

URBAN RESEARCH Fukuoka PARCO
opened in Fukuoka,Fukuoka.

KBF Hong Kong The ONE
opened in Hong Kong.

2011

URDC (distribution center) was relocated
to Mino City,Osaka.

URBAN RESEARCH & ROSSO
LUMINE YURAKUCHO
opened in Yurakucho,Toyko.

one mile wear Yoyogi Village
opened in Yoyogi,Tokyo.

ONLINE STORE for Taiwan opened.

URBAN RESEARCH warehouse Kurashiki,
the first store in Chugoku area,opened in
Kurashiki,Okayama.

2012

URBAN RESEARCH Sapporo STELLAR
PLACE,the first store in Hokkaido area,
opened in Sapporo,Hokkaido.

URBAN RESEARCH DOORS
MARUGAMEMACHI GREEN Takamatsu,
the first store in Shikoku area,opened in
Takamatsu,Kagawa.

URBAN RESEARCH Make Store Hankyu
Umeda,the first store of this brand,
opened in Umeda,Osaka.

KBFBOX Echika Ikebukuro and KBFBOX
Tennoji MIO Plaza,the first stores of this
brand,opened in Ikebukuro,Tokyo and in
Tennnoji,Osaka.

Tokyo Office and Press Room moved to
Sendagaya,Tokyo.

2013

Company head office was relocated to
Kyomachibori,Nishi-ku,Osaka.

SENSE OF PLACE by URBAN RESEARCH
(a fast fashion type brand) Tennoji MIO
Plaza,the first store of this brand,opened
in Tennoji,Osaka.

WORK NOT WORK URBAN RESEARCH
KITTE Marunouchi opened in Marunouchi,
Tokyo.

FREEMANS SPORTING CLUB - TOKYO
opened as the first flagship store in
Kita-Aoyama, Tokyo.

2014

URDC (destribution center) Tsurumi was
established.

URBAN RESEARCH Sonny Label JOINUS
YOKOHAMA,the first store of this brand,
opened in Yokohama,Kanagawa.

Design Room was set up.

RODE SKO LUCUA Osaka,the first store
of this brand,opened in Umeda,Osaka.

2015

TINY GARDEN KITCHEN Q Plaza Harajuku Tokyo,the first store of this brand,opened in Hrajuku,Tokyo.

TINY GARDEN FOODS LUCUA1100 Osaka,the first store of this brand,opened in Umeda,Osaka.