Don Quijote

Enter Don Quijote, a chain of one-stop discount shops that offers more than just no-frills low prices, established in Tokyo in 1980. The company listed on the second section of the Tokyo stock exchange in 1998 followed by a listing in the first section in 2000. Eight years later, the company has annual net profits totaling over ¥10.6 billion and almost 150 stores around the country selling everything, from sex toys to Chanel handbags, 24 hours a day.

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