Native name | 株式会社ヨドバシカメラ |
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Romanized name | Kabushiki gaisha Yodobashi Kamera |
Company type | Kabushiki gaisha |
Industry | Retail |
Founded | April 1960 |
Founder | Terukazu Fujisawa |
Headquarters | , |
Number of locations | 24 |
Area served | Japan |
Products | |
Number of employees | 5000 (April 2016) |
Subsidiaries | Goldpoint Marketing Co., Ltd. (100%) |
Website | www |
Yodobashi Camera Co., Ltd. (株式会社ヨドバシカメラ, Kabushiki gaisha Yodobashi Kamera) is a major Japanese retail chain specializing in electronics, PCs, cameras and photographic equipment.
Yodobashi Camera's sales rank fourth among consumer electronics mass retailers in Japan, after Yamada Denki, Bic Camera, and K's Holdings. There are 24 stores operating as of May 2021. In recent years, the online shopping platform has been developed to become the second largest in Japan only behind Amazon (though sales of Amazon are over 10 times higher).[1]