| 1995-02 |
Established Watts Co., Ltd. in Chuo-ku, Osaka in February 1995 with a capital of 10 million yen, launching a 100-yen shop business. |
| 1995-02 |
Established Watts Co., Ltd. in Chuo-ku, Osaka with a capital of 10 million yen, launching a 100-yen shop business. |
| 1995-02 |
Established Watts Co., Ltd. with a capital of 10 million yen in Chuo-ku, Osaka. Daily necessities / miscellaneous goods 100 yen shop business started. |
| 1995-05 |
Acquired stores and products in Miura City, Kanagawa Prefecture and Shimokengun, Nagasaki Prefecture from Kumatsu Co., Ltd., along with employees, and launched a discount shop business for daily necessities and miscellaneous goods. |
| 1995-11 |
Moved headquarters to Higashiosaka City, Osaka Prefecture. |
| 1997-08 |
Opened a distribution center in Inukami, Shiga Prefecture in August 1997. |
| 1997-08 |
Opened a logistics center in Inukami-gun, Shiga Prefecture. |
| 1997-08 |
Opened a distribution center in Inukami, Shiga. |
| 2002-05 |
Listed on JASDAQ in May 2002. |
| 2002-05 |
Listed on the JASDAQ market. |
| 2002-05 |
Listed on JASDAQ. |
| 2003-03 |
From the 9th fiscal year, changed the fiscal year-end from December to August. |
| 2003-12 |
Moved headquarters to the Sumitomo Life OBP Plaza Building in Chuo-ku, Osaka in December 2003. |
| 2003-12 |
Moved headquarters to the Sumitomo Life OBP Plaza Building, 1-4-70 Jomimachi, Chuo-ku, Osaka City. |
| 2003-12 |
Moved the head office to SUMITOMOSEIMEI OBP Plaza Building, 1-4-70 Shiromi, Chuo-ku, Osaka. |
| 2003-12 |
Moved headquarters to the current address: 1-4-70 Jōmi, Chuo-ku, Osaka, Sumitomo Life OBP Plaza Building. |
| 2005-03 |
Divided the 100-yen shop business by region and established five companies: Kanto Watts Co., Ltd., Chubu Watts Co., Ltd., Kansai Watts Co., Ltd., Chugoku Shikoku Watts Co., Ltd., and Kyushu Watts Co., Ltd. |
| 2005-09 |
Acquired shares of San'ei Trading Co., Ltd. and made it a subsidiary. |
| 2006-05 |
Established Value 100 Co., Ltd. through a joint investment with Daikokuten Bussan Co., Ltd. |
| 2006-09 |
Outsourced all logistics operations to Maruwa Transportation Agency Co., Ltd. |
| 2007-03 |
Acquired shares of Oursley Co., Ltd. and made it a subsidiary. |
| 2007-09 |
Kanto Watts Co., Ltd. absorbed San'ei Trading Co., Ltd. (the surviving company is Kanto Watts Co., Ltd.). |
| 2008-06 |
Established Watts Oursley Sales Co., Ltd. |
| 2008-08 |
Transferred the 100-yen shop business of six sales subsidiaries to Watts Oursley Sales Co., Ltd. |
| 2008-08 |
Transferred the 100-yen shop business of six sales subsidiaries (Kanto Watts Co., Ltd., Chubu Watts Co., Ltd., Kansai Watts Co., Ltd., Chugoku Shikoku Watts Co., Ltd., Kyushu Watts Co., Ltd., and Auslee Co., Ltd.) to Watts Auslee Sales Co., Ltd. |
| 2008-09 |
Absorbed the six sales subsidiaries after the business transfer. Watts Oursley Sales Co., Ltd. commenced operations. |
| 2009-01 |
Established Thai Watts Co., Ltd. in Bangkok, Thailand in January 2009. |
| 2009-01 |
Established Thai Watts Co., Ltd. in Bangkok, Thailand. |
| 2009-01 |
Established Thai Watts Co., Ltd. in Bangkok, Thailand. |
| 2010-04 |
Listed on the Osaka Securities Exchange JASDAQ following the merger of the JASDAQ Stock Exchange and the Osaka Stock Exchange. |
| 2011-05 |
Established Watts Oursley Hokkaido Co., Ltd. |
| 2012-03 |
Established Ningbo CMK Household Goods Co., Ltd. in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province in March 2012. |
| 2012-03 |
Established Ningbo CMK Household Goods Co., Ltd. in Zhejiang, China. |
| 2012-10 |
Established Watts Harrisons Sdn. Bhd. in Kuala Lumpur in October 2012. |
| 2012-10 |
Established Watts Harrisons Sdn. Bhd. in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
| 2013-05 |
Transferred a portion of Thai Watts Co., Ltd.'s shares to a local retailer in Thailand and formed a joint venture in May 2013. |
| 2013-05 |
Transferred part of Thai Watts Co., Ltd.'s shares to a local retail company and formed a joint venture. |
| 2013-05 |
Transferred a part of the shares of Thai Watts Co., Ltd. to a local retail company and made it a joint venture. |
| 2013-06 |
Acquired shares of Daizen Co., Ltd. and made it a subsidiary. |
| 2013-07 |
Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange JASDAQ (Standard) following the merger of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Osaka Stock Exchange. |
| 2013-08 |
Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in August 2013. |
| 2013-08 |
Moved to the second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| 2013-08 |
Changed market to the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| 2013-09 |
Established Shanghai Watts Sales & Trading Co., Ltd. in Shanghai in September 2013. |
| 2013-09 |
Established Shanghai Watts Sales & Trading Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China. |
| 2014-03 |
Moved to the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in March 2014. |
| 2014-03 |
Listed as a First Section stock on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| 2014-03 |
Moved to the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| 2014-08 |
Established Watts Peru S.A.C. in Lima, Peru in August 2014. |
| 2014-08 |
Established Watts Peru S.A.C. in Lima, Peru. |
| 2014-08 |
Established Watts Peru S.A.C. in Lima, Peru. |
| 2014-09 |
Split off the Chugoku-Shikoku area business of Watts Ousuri Sales Co., Ltd. and transferred it to Daisen Co., Ltd. via an absorption split. Daisen Co., Ltd. renamed itself to Watts Ousuri Chugoku-Shikoku Co., Ltd. |
| 2014-09 |
Implemented a split-off of the Chugoku Shikoku area business of Watts Auslee Sales Co., Ltd. and transferred it to Daisen Co., Ltd. through absorption split. Daisen Co., Ltd. changed its name to Watts Auslee Chugoku Shikoku Co., Ltd. |
| 2016-03 |
Established Watts Connection Co., Ltd. |
| 2016-04 |
Transferred the operation of the general merchandise store 'BuonaVita' to Watts Connection Co., Ltd. |
| 2016-09 |
Reorganized the three domestic 100-yen shop subsidiaries—Watts Ousuri Sales Co., Ltd., Watts Ousuri Hokkaido Co., Ltd., and Watts Ousuri Chugoku-Shikoku Co., Ltd.—into two companies, Watts East Japan Sales Co., Ltd. and Watts West Japan Sales Co., Ltd., in line with operational realities. |
| 2017-02 |
Relocated the distribution center to Omi-Hachiman, Shiga Prefecture in February 2017. |
| 2017-02 |
Moved the logistics center to Omi-Hachiman City, Shiga Prefecture. |
| 2017-02 |
Moved distribution center to Omihachiman, Shiga. |
| 2018-03 |
Liquidated Ningbo CMK Household Goods Co., Ltd. in Ningbo in March 2018. |
| 2018-03 |
Liquidated Ningbo CMK Household Goods Co., Ltd. |
| 2018-04 |
Transferred all shares of Watts Harrisons Sdn. Bhd. to a local partner in April 2018. |
| 2018-04 |
Acquired shares of Real Co., Ltd., which operates discount shops, and made it a subsidiary. |
| 2018-04 |
Transferred all shares of Watts Harrisons Sdn. Bhd. to the local partner. |
| 2020-04 |
Transferred all shares of Shanghai Watts Sales & Trading Co., Ltd. in April 2020. |
| 2020-04 |
Transferred all shares of Shanghai Watts Sales & Trading Co., Ltd. |
| 2021-10 |
Acquired shares of Onoto F. Retail Co., Ltd. and Nippon Co., Ltd., and made them subsidiaries. |
| 2022-04 |
Moved from the First Section to the Prime market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange due to a review of market classifications. |
| 2022-09 |
Absorbed the East Japan business of Onoto F. Retail Co., Ltd. into Watts East Japan Sales Co., Ltd. via a split, and merged it into Watts West Japan Sales Co., Ltd. via an absorption merger. Watts Connection Co., Ltd. was merged into Watts East Japan Sales Co., Ltd. |
| 2022-09 |
Absorbed the eastern Japan business of Onoto F. Retail Co., Ltd. into Watts East Japan Sales Co., Ltd. through a split-off, and merged Watts West Japan Sales Co., Ltd. into Watts East Japan Sales Co., Ltd. Watts Connection Co., Ltd. was merged into Watts East Japan Sales Co., Ltd. |
| 2023-10 |
Moved from the Prime market to the Standard market. |