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Don Quijote history
Don Quijote company history timeline
Founded by Takao Yasuda, Don Quijote opened its first store in Suginami, Tokyo in September 1980 under its original name, Just Co.
Originally a retail store, Just Co. quickly switched to wholesale in 1982.
The company opened its first "Don Quijote" named store in Fuchu, Tokyo in March 1989.
The company opened its first "Don Quijote" named store in Fuchu, Tokyo in March 1989. It was not until 1995, six years later, that Just Co. followed suit and it changed its corporate name to Don Quijote Co., Ltd as well.
In June 1998, the company was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Don Quixote of the Mancha (Everyman's Library Children's Classics) by Miguel de Cervantes (1999-09-21)Miguel de Cervantes4.7 out of 5 stars 6Hardcover$46.03
In 2005, idol group AKB48 opened its theater on the eighth floor of the Don Quijote Akihabara Outlet in Tokyo.
In October 2007, Don Quijote purchased the ailing Nagasakiya chain for 140 billion yen.
On June 28, 2017, PAQ, which operated Honolulu-based Times, Big Save and Shima, under the subsidiary QSI, Inc., announced that it had sold the 24 stores it owns in Hawaii to Honolulu-based Don Quijote (USA), using an executed stock purchase agreement with the sale closing in the 3rd quarter of 2017.
Don Quijote opened its first East Asian store outside of Japan at Orchard Central, Singapore, on December 1, 2017.
Don Quijote then opened a second store at the 100AM Mall in Tanjong Pagar on June 14, 2018.
Another notable film adaptation is The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018), a loose retelling of Cervantes’s novel by the director Terry Gilliam.
A third store was opened at City Square Mall in Singapore on January 11, 2019 with a fourth at Novena Square in May 2019.
A store location was announced in June 2019 at Clarke Quay Central, increasing the total to six stores.
On 19 March 2021, the first Don Don Donki store in Malaysia was opened in Lot 10 of Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur.
On 20 January 2022, the second Don Don Donki store in Taiwan will be opened in the Zhongxiao Xinsheng business district of Taipei.
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