Deodeo

DEODEO Corporation (株式会社デオデオ, Kabushiki-gaisha DEODEO) is one of the largest consumer electronics retailer chains based in Hiroshima, Japan.

DEODEO Corporation
株式会社デオデオ

Type	Public
Traded as	TYO: 8199 JASDAQ: 8199
Industry	Consumer electronics retail and planning
Founded	May 7, 1947
Defunct	1 October 2010
Headquarters	Hiroshima , Japan
Number of employees	3,234 (as of March 31, 2006)
Website	www.deodeo.co.jp/

Overview

The company was established in 1947 called "Daiichi Sangyo Kabushiki-gaisha" well known as "Daiichi" in Hiroshima.

They changed their store name to "Daiichi" in 1977 and the company name was renamed to "Kabushiki-gaisha Daiichi" in 1986.

In 1997 they had current name "DEODEO" and moved their head office from Hiroshima to Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima.

The company founded "eden Group" with "EDION Corporation" (TYO: 2730based in Nagoya), "MIDORI DENKA Corporation" (based in Amagasaki) and "Kurashino Design,Inc." (based in Tokyo) in 2002. Name changed to "Edion" one or two years ago.

Stores

• Their head store is in Kamiya-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima.
• 91 stores in Chūgoku region (Hiroshima, Okayama, Yamaguchi, Shimane and Tottori).
• 21 stores in Shikoku (Ehime, Kagawa, Tokushima and Kōchi).
• 28 stores in Kyūshū and Okinawa (Fukuoka, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Miyazaki, Nagasaki, Oita, Saga and Okinawa).
• 2 stores in Tōkai region (Mie and Gifu).
• 6 stores in Kantō region (Gunma, Saitama, Tokyo and Kanagawa).
• (store in Taiwan was handed to Best Denki in 2005).

Sports

• DEODEO Athletic Club for Women
  • Midori Fumoto
  • Takako Kotorida
• Sponsorship of Sanfrecce Hiroshima

External links

• DEODEO
• edion Group