Don Quijote (store)

Don Quijote Co., Ltd.
Native name
株式会社ドン・キホーテ
Company typePublic K.K. (TYO: 7532)
IndustryRetail
FoundedSeptember 5, 1980
FounderTakao Yasuda
HeadquartersMeguro, Tokyo, Japan
Number of locations
322 stores (April 2019)[1]
Area served
Japan, Singapore, China (Hong Kong and Macau), Thailand, Taiwan, Malaysia, and the United States (California, Hawaii, and Guam)
ProductsClothing, food, jewelry, housewares, tools, sporting goods and electronics
RevenueIncrease ¥1.94 trillion (2022)[2]
Increase ¥105.26 billion (2022)[2]
Increase ¥66.17 billion (2022)[2]
Total assetsIncrease ¥1.48 trillion (2022)[2]
Total equityIncrease ¥461.54 billion (2022)[2]
Number of employees
4,391 (2010)
ParentPan Pacific International Holdings Corporation [ja][3]
SubsidiariesDon Quijote America
Websitedonki.com (in Japanese)

Don Quijote Co., Ltd. (株式会社ドン・キホーテ, kabushiki gaisha Don Kihōte), often referred to by its shortened name Donki (ドンキ), is a Japanese discount store chain. Stores provide a wide range of products, from basic groceries to electronics and clothing. Distinctly, Don Quijote tends to keep very late hours for Japanese retailing (to 3:00 or 5:00 a.m., or even 24 hours) and it packs its goods from ceiling to floor in a distinct merchandising strategy.

As of 2021, it has over 160 locations throughout Japan and three in Hawaii. In addition, sixteen in Singapore, ten in Hong Kong, four in Malaysia, eight in Thailand, five in Taiwan, two in Macau, and one in Guam are branded as Don Don Donki.[4][5][6][7][8][9]

  1. ^ "月次売上高速報 (Monthly Sales Report Highlights)". ppi-hd.co.jp (in Japanese). Pan Pacific International Holdings Corporation. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Consolidated Financial Highlights - PPIH". Retrieved 2024-04-24.
  3. ^ Du, Lisa (17 April 2019). "The Cult Japanese Retailer Making Billions Breaking All the Rules". Bloomberg.com. Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Don Quijote founder and his ties to Singapore". AsiaOne. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  5. ^ "(Donki) Corporate History". Archived from the original on 2008-03-13. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
  6. ^ Ong, Eunis (19 March 2021). "Japan's Popular Don Don Donki Has Finally Opened Its First Store In Malaysia At Lot 10, Bukit Bintang!". Klook. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  7. ^ "[STORE INFORMATION] DON DON DONKI THAILAND".
  8. ^ "驚安の殿堂 ドン・キホーテ". 驚安の殿堂 ドン・キホーテ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  9. ^ "海外リテール事業|PPIH(旧ドンキホーテHD)". ppih.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-07-28.