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| Company type | Public KK |
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| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | Kyoto, Japan (April 16, 1920) |
| Defunct | February 28, 2010 |
| Fate | Merged with Matsuzakaya |
| Successor | Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Stores Co., Ltd. |
| Headquarters | Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan |
| Products | Daimaru department stores Daimaru Peacock supermarkets |
| Revenue | 467.0 billion yen (2009) |
Number of employees | 3,292 (2007) |
| Parent | J. Front Retailing |
| Website | daimaru.co.jp/english/index.html |
Daimaru (大丸) is a Japanese department store chain, principally located in the Kansai region of Japan. The chain is operated by Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Stores, a subsidiary of J. Front Retailing. At one time Daimaru was an independent company, The Daimaru, Inc. (株式会社大丸), headquartered in Chūō-ku, Osaka.[1]
It has been a member of the International Association of Department Stores from 1962 to 1982. As of 2016, Daimaru had seven stores in Japan, and employed about 3,000 people.[2]