Sogo

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Sogo

Sogo Yokohama Department Store
Native name	株式会社そごう
Romanized name	Kabushiki Gaisha Sogō
Company type	KK
Industry	Retail
Founded	1830 in Osaka, Japan
Founder	Ihei Sogo
Headquarters	Chiyoda, Tokyo , Japan
Number of employees	2,845 (2006)
Website	sogo-seibu.jp/sogo/

Sogo Co., Ltd. (株式会社そごう, Kabushiki gaisha Sogō) is a department store chain that operates an extensive network of branches in Japan. In 2009, it merged with The Seibu Department Stores, Ltd. (株式会社西武百貨店) to become Sogo & Seibu Co., Ltd. (株式会社そごう・西武). It once owned stores in locations as diverse as Beijing in China, Causeway Bay in Hong Kong, Taipei in Taiwan, Jakarta and Surabaya in Indonesia, Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, Singapore, Bangkok in Thailand, London in United Kingdom, but most of these international branches are now closed or operated by independent franchisees.