Verite Co., Ltd.

Founded: July 1936 (Showa 11)

Established Okubo Watch Shop Co., Ltd. in Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo. Started retail sales and repairs of watches, glasses, and jewelry.

Ohkubo Clock Store Co., Ltd. established in Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo. The company started retail sales and repairs of watches, eyeglasses, and jewelry.

Established: May 13, 1948 (Showa 23)

Opened Tachikawa store at Tachibu Department Store (now From Tachibu) in Tachikawa City, Tokyo, taking the first step in chain store expansion.

Open the Tachikawa store in Chubu Department Store (now From Chubu) in Tachikawa City, kicking off the chain store business.

Changed the company name from Okubo Watch Shop Co., Ltd. to Okubo Co., Ltd.

Company renamed from Ohkubo Clock Store Co., Ltd. to Ohkubo Co., Ltd. in 1965, marking a fresh start as we expanded our chain stores.

Opened Meguro store as the first jewelry specialty store at Meguro Station Building (now Atre Meguro) in Meguro-ku, Tokyo, initiating station building retail.

Opened the first jewelry specialty store in the Meguro Station Building (now Atre Meguro) in Tokyo's Meguro Ward, marking the start of operation in train station buildings.

Opened Osaka store at Hankyu Five in Umeda, Osaka City, expanding into the Kinki region.

Expanded to the Kinki region by opening the Osaka Store in the Hankyu Five shopping center located in the Umeda district of Osaka.

Opened Sendai store at Daiei Sendai in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, expanding into Tohoku.

Expanded to the Tohoku region by opening the Sendai Store in the Daiei Sendai shopping center located in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture.

Opened Sapporo store in Sapporo Station underground mall, expanding into Hokkaido.

Expanded to the Hokkaido region by opening the Sapporo Store in the Sapporo Station underground mall located in the Chuo district of Sapporo.

Transferred the Koyama store to Jewelry Okubo Co., Ltd.

Koyama store operations transferred to Jewelry Ohkubo Co., Ltd.

Transferred the product procurement division to Sun Jewel Co., Ltd.

Product procurement department operations transferred to Taints Jewelry Co., Ltd.

Relocated headquarters to Shibuya-ku, Tokyo.

Relocation of the head office to Tokyo's Shibuya Ward.

Started store expansion of new format store

Launched a new store type branded "Fairy".

Transferred all operations from subsidiary Sun Jewel Co., Ltd. to unify logistics and inventory control.

All operations transferred back from Saint Jewel Co., Ltd., a subsidiary, to unify distribution network and inventories.

Merged with Jewelry Okubo Co., Ltd. to strengthen management foundation. Introduced POS system to improve chain operation efficiency.

Merged with Jewelry Ohkubo to strengthen management foundations. Introduced POS system to improve chain store operation efficiency.

Opened Fukuoka store in Tenjin, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka City, expanding into Kyushu.

Expanded to the Kyushu region by opening the Fukuoka Store in Solaria Plaza shopping center located in Tenjin, in the Chuo district of Fukuoka City.

Changed company name from Okubo Co., Ltd. to Jewel Verite Okubo Co., Ltd.

Company renamed from Ohkubo Co., Ltd. to Jewel Verite Ohkubo Co., Ltd. Listed on the second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

Acquired all shares of Sun Okubo Co., Ltd. to strengthen store network and made it a subsidiary.

Acquired all stocks of Saint Ohkubo Co., Ltd. and made it a subsidiary to reinforce the store network.

Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

Opened Tokushima store in Tokushima City, Tokushima Prefecture, expanding into Shikoku.

Expanded to the Shikoku region by opening the Tokushima store located in Tokushima City, Tokushima Prefecture.

Transfer all shares of the subsidiary Sun Ohkubo Co., Ltd.

Transferred all stocks of the subsidiary, Saint Ohkubo Co., Ltd.

Established Optic Verite Co., Ltd. for the efficiency of the glasses division.

Founded Optic Verite Co., Ltd. to improve the efficiency of the eyeglasses division.

Set up a logistics center in Higashiueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo.

Established a distribution center in Higashi-Ueno, Taito Ward, Tokyo.

Started store expansion of the new business format store "La Verite".

Launched a new store type branded "La Verite".

Established Jewelry Sinon Co., Ltd. by making one store a subsidiary to improve store operation efficiency.

Turning one store into a subsidiary and founding Jewelry Chinon Co., Lt. to improve the efficiency of store operation.

Changed the head office location from Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo to Shibuya-ku, Tokyo.

Relocation of the head office from Shinagawa Ward to Shibuya Ward in Tokyo.

Established the first jewelry workshop as an in-store at Toride Box Hill store in Toride City, Ibaraki Prefecture.

Establishment of the first jewelry workshop in the Toride Box Hill Store located in Toride City, Ibaraki Prefecture.

Established GB Co., Ltd.

Founding of GB Co., Ltd.

Set up the Central Jewelry Workshop and E-commerce Business Division.

Establishment of the Central Jewelry Workshop and E-Commerce Division.

Changed the trade name from Jewel Verite Okubo Co., Ltd. to Verite Co., Ltd.

Company renamed from Jewel Verite Ohkubo Co., Ltd. to VERITE Co., Ltd.

Established Soback Co., Ltd. to improve logistics efficiency.

Founding of Soback Co. Ltd. to improve the distribution efficiency.

Transferred all shares of the consolidated subsidiary Optic Verite Co., Ltd.

Relocated the headquarters to Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture.

Relocation of the head office to Yokohama City in Kanagawa Prefecture.

Signed a sublicense agreement with Société du Figaro in France.

Execution of a sublicensing agreement with France Societe du Figaro.

Started store expansion of the new business format store "Figaro per Verite" in collaboration with FIGARO.

Launch of a new store brand "Figaro per Verite" in collaboration with FIGARO.

Acquired all businesses from the consolidated subsidiary GB Co., Ltd.

All operations transferred back from the consolidated subsidiary, GB Co., Ltd.

Dizico Holdings Limited becomes the parent company.

Digico Holdings Limited becomes our parent company.

Absorbed and merged the consolidated subsidiaries Jewelry Sinon Co., Ltd. and Soback Co., Ltd.

Merger with consolidated subsidiaries Jewelry Chinon Co., Ltd. and Soback Co., Ltd.

Absorbed and merged the consolidated subsidiary Sun Jewel Co., Ltd.

Merger with the consolidated subsidiary Saint Jewel Co., Ltd.

Started store expansion of the new diamond specialty store "MAHARAJA DIAMOND".

Launch of a new type of diamond specialty store, branded "MAHARAJA DIAMOND".

Acquired the retail sales rights for Pandora brand products in Japan through a franchise agreement with Pandora Jewelry Asia-Pacific Limited. (Cancelled on March 31, 2013)

Execution of a franchise agreement with PANDORA Jewelry Asia-Pacific Limited to gain retail sales rights for Pandora brand products in Japan (the agreement has been terminated by mutual agreement on March 31st, 2013).

Opened the first store of the new pierced jewelry specialty store "MiMiKaZaRi (now: MIMIKAZARI)" at Isetan Shinjuku Main Store.

Opening of the first store of a new type of earring specialty store branded "MiMiKaZaRi" in Isetan Shinjuku department store.

Launched a new brand, the Heart & Cupid brand "QIREINI".

Birth of "QIREINI" - a new brand of hearts & arrows diamonds.

Celebrated its 70th anniversary.

70th anniversary of the establishment of the company.

Celebrated the 30th anniversary of being listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Second Section (now Tokyo Stock Exchange Standard).

30th Anniversary of Listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Second Section (now Tokyo Stock Exchange Standard Market).

Opened the first store of the new metal allergy-friendly jewelry specialty store "verite" at Lazona Kawasaki Plaza.

New concept metal allergy-friendly jewelry specialty store “verite” opens its first location at Lazona Kawasaki Plaza.

Sekko Group Holdings Co., Ltd. became the parent company.

SENKO Group Holdings Co., Ltd. becomes our parent company.